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BESIDES, THE ORDINANCE SHOULD IN FUTURE BE ENFORCED ON A TERRITORY-WIDE BASIS, HE ADDED.
NOTING THAT THE DYEING AND FINISHING INDUSTRY SIGNIFICANT SOURCE OF POLLUTION, MR HSU SAID: "IN THIS
CASE, TERM SOLUTION TO THE POLLUTION PROBLEM WILL NEED TO BE FOUND.
WAS A A LONG
"TO THIS END, ADDITIONAL STUDIES TO INCREASE THE CAPACITY OF VARIOUS TRUNK SEWERS AND SEWAGE TREATMENT WORKS ARE BEING UNDERTAKEN TO DETERMINE WHETHER SUITABLE INFRASTRUCTURE CAN BE PROVIDED
TO MEET THE FUTURE NEEDS OF THE DYEING AND FINISHING INDUSTRY."
COUNCILLORS PRAISED FOR HARD WORK
THF DEPUTY TO THE GOVERNOR, SIR DAVID FORD, PAID TRIBUTE TO THE HARD WORK OF THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCILLORS WHEN HE PRESIDED OVER THE LAST MEETING TODAY (WEDNESDAY) IN THE COUNCIL'S 1987-88 SESSION.
SIR DAVID SAID THAT A TREMENDOUS AMOUNT OF TIME AND EFFORT HAD BEEN CONTRIBUTED BY LEGCO MEMBERS TO ENSURING THAT ONE OF THE PRIME FUNCTIONS OF THE COUNCIL, THE MAKING OF LEGISLATION, WAS ACHIEVED.
"THIS SESSION HAS SEEN A RECORD NUMBER OF BILLS ENACTED
IN ALL," HE NOTED.
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90
"OF THESE, 31 WERE ENACTED IN THE FIRST SIX MONTHS SESSION AND 59 IN THE LAST THREE MONTHS.
OF
THIS
SIR DAVID THANKED MEMBERS FOR THEIR PATIENCE AND UNDERSTANDING IN DEALING WITH THE LARGE VOLUME OF WORK GENERATED IN THE PAST FEW MONTHS.
HE ADDED THAT THE ADMINISTRATION WOULD DO ITS BEST ΤΟ ENSURE THAT IN THE FUTURE THE FLOW OF LEGISLATION TO THE COUNCIL WAS BETTER DISTRIBUTED THROUGHOUT THE YEAR.
SIR DAVID SAID THE FIRST MEETING IN THE 1988-89 SESSION WAS SCHEDULED FOR WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 12.
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