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HOWEVER, HE SAID THE GOVERNMENT HAD NOW AGREED TO CONCEDE TO MEMBERS' PROPOSAL AND RELEVANT AMENDMENTS WOULD BE MADE AT THE COMMITTEE STAGE OF THE BILL.
WITH REGARD TO THE QUESTION OF MULTIPLE NOISE SOURCES, MR POON NOTED THAT THE BILL INCLUDED A PROVISION ENABLING THE GOVERNMENT ΤΟ CONSIDER THIS ASPECT AND ΤΟ DETERMINE WHETHER OR NOT
NOISE ABATEMENT NOTICE SHOULD BE ISSUED IN SUCH A CASE.
"ALTHOUGH IT IS POSSIBLE, AT LEAST IN PRINCIPLE, TO DETERMINE THE MOST DOMINANT OF THESE SOURCES, IT COULD NOT BE DENIED THAT THERE ARE MANY PRACTICAL PROBLEMS IN THE ENFORCEMENT ACTION, ESPECIALLY IN SOME COMPLEX SITUATIONS, HE SAID,
HE THEREFORE URGED THAT CARE SHOULD BE EXERCISED TO ENSURE THAT THE ENFORCEMENT WAS APPLIED IN A FAIR AND EQUITABLE MANNER.
FURTHERMORE, MR POON HOPED THAT THE ISSUE OF GENERAL TRAFFIC NOISE CONTROL, WHICH HAD NOT BEEN INCLUDED IN THE BILL, WOULD BE SERIOUSLY CONSIDERED BY THE GOVERNMENT, ESPECIALLY IN THE AREA OF PLANNING,
MR POON LATER MOVED A COMMITTEE STAGE AMENDMENT то THE BILL PROPOSING THAT THE LIMITED VALIDITY OF THE CONSTRUCTION NOISE PERMIT SHOULD BE DELETED AND THAT IT WOULD BE INCUMBENT ON THE ADMINISTRATION TO PROCESS THE APPLICATION EXPEDITIOUSLY WITHIN THE STIPULATED PERIOD OF 28 DAYS, OTHERWISE A PERMIT SHOULD BE DEEMED TO HAVE BEEN. ISSUED.
SECRETARY FOR ENVIRONMENT NEEDED
THE GOVERNMENT SHOULD ESTABLISH A NEW POST OF SECRETARY FOR THERE WILL TOWN PLANNING AND ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION TO ENSURE THAT BE
PROPER CO-ORDINATION BETWEEN
AND BOARD
THE ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION DEPARTMENT.
THE TOWN
PLANNING
WHEN
THE HON MARTIN LEE MADE THIS SUGGESTION TODAY (WEDNESDAY} SPEAKING IN THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL IN SUPPORT OF THE NOISE CONTROL BILL 1988.
IN
MR LEE SAID A RECENT COMPLAINT
BY ΤΟ OMELCO
RESIDENT
REPRESENTATIVES OF TSUEN TAK GARDENS
TSUEN WAN HIGHLIGHTED THE DEFICIENCY IN TOWN PLANNING AS
AS THE LACK OF CO-ORDINATION BETWEEN THE TOWN PLANNING BOARD AND THE ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION DEPARTMENT.
WELL
/HE SAID