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SUNDAY, JUNE 9, 1988
SIR DAVID NOTED THAT THE COST OF IMPLEMENTING
THE PLAN WOULD BE SUBSTANTIAL; IN KWUN TONG ALONE THE COST WOULD BE ABOUT $700 MILLION.
"THEY WILL BE EXPENSIVE IN TERMS OF RESOURCES ALSO.
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"BUT I CAN ASSURE YOU THAT THE GOVERNMENT WILL GIVE TOU PRIORITY TO THESE MAJOR PLANS TO IMPROVE WATER QUALITY AROUND TERRITORY, SIR DAVID STRESSED.
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"WE MUST GIVE HONG KONG ITS PROPER NAME
"FRAGRANT HARBOUR,"
HE ADDED.
"AIR POLLUTION, SAID SIR DAVID, "IS ANOTHER PROBLEM IN KWUN TONG'S INDUSTRIAL AREAS. WE HAVE TAKEN A SERIES OF MEASURES UNDER THE AIR POLLUTION CONTROL ORDINANCE TO REDUCE THE AMOUNT OF POLLUTANTS, ONE OF WHICH IS SULPHUR DIOXIDE.
"WE ARE NOW LOOKING AT THE POSSIBILITY OF CONTROLLING THE SULPHUR CONTENT OF INDUSTRIAL FUELS. IF WE MANAGE ΤΟ DO THAT, IT WOULD MAKE A SUBSTANTIAL DIFFERENCE TO THE AIR QUALITY IN MANY OF THE WORST POLLUTED AREAS, HE SAID.
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THE ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION DEPARTMENT HAS SET UP A NEW VEHICLE TEST CENTRE AT THE BEGINNING OF THIS YEAR ΤΟ CONTROL BLACK SMOKE FROM ROAD VEHICLES.
"THIS CENTRE HAS THE CAPACITY TO CHECK 17,000 VEHICLES PER ANNUM, AND SHOULD SIGNIFICANTLY REDUCE THE AMOUNT OF VEHICLE SMOKE EMISSIONS, PARTICULARLY IN SUCH AREAS AS KWUN TONG,' SIR DAVID SAID.
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ON THE PROBLEM OF NOISE, SIR DAVID SAID IT HAD TAKKN THE GOVERNMENT A LONG TIME TO DO SOMETHING ABOUT IT.
"THIS IS NOT BECAUSE OF ANY LACK OF WILL ON OUR PART, IT IS SIMPLY THAT DIFFERENT SECTORS OF THE COMMUNITY HAVE WIDELY DIFFERENT POINTS OF VIEW AND EACH HAS TO BE CONSIDERED AND RECONCILED IF ARE TO CARRY EVERYONE WITH US ON MEASURES SUCH AS THIS, HF EXPLAINED.
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BUT AFTER ALL THESE YEARS OF DISCUSSION, CONSULTATION AND NEGOTIATION, SIR DAVID SAID HE SINCERELY HOPED THE NOISE CONTROL, BILL WOULD BE PASSED IN THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL DURING THE CURRENT SESSION.
"THE BILL IS WIDE RANGING. IT NOT ONLY EXTENDS EXISTING CONTROLS IN ENVIRONMENTAL NOISE GENERALLY, BUT
IT ALSO PUTS PARTICULAR EMPHASIS ON CONSTRUCTION AND INDUSTRIAL NOISE, SECRETARY ADDED.
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HE POINTED OUT THAT A LESS NOTICEABLE YET SUBSTANTIAL PROBLEM FOR HONG KONG'S ENVIRONMENT WAS THE VAST AMOUNT OF DOMESTIC AND OTHER WASTES THAT HONG KONG GENERATED DAILY. KWUN TONG ALONE PRODUCES 1,400 TONNES PER DAY.
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