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THERE WERE ALSO MASTER SEWERAGE PLANS FOR AREAS PARTICULARLY BADLY HIT OR THREATENED BY POLLUTION.
ANOTHER CRUCIAL MATTER FOR THE REGIONAL COUNCIL 19 THE AVAILABILITY OF A SECURE MEANS OF DISPOSAL FOR THE 1,400 TONNES OF WASTE COLLECTED DAILY BY THE REGIONAL SERVICES FLEET OF 110 REFUSE COLLECTION VEHICLES,
IT WAS EXPLAINED THAT THE DEPARTMENT, AND ITS PREDECESSOR, THE ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY, HAD BREN WORKING FOR A DECADE TO DEVELOP A COMPREHENSIVE AND FULLY INTEGRATED WASTE NIC POSAT 9CHEME. THIS SCHEME WAS NOW BEING IMPLEMENTED.
IT WAS ENVISAGED THAT IT WOULD PROVIDE A SECURE MEANS OP DISPOSING OF HONG KONG'S WASTE FOR THE NEXT 20-30 YEARS
A SITUATION THAT DR REED SAID MANY SIMILAR CONURBATIONS ELSEWHERE IN THE WORLD WOULD ENVY.
DEPARTMENT STAFF ALSO EXPLAINED THAT, HAVING ESTABLISHED A SOLUTION TO THE PROBLEM OF ENSURING A SECURE ROUTE FOR THE DISPOSAL OF THE TERRITORY'S WASTE, ATTENTION WAS NOW BEING TURNED TO WAYS OF REDUCING THE AMOUNT OF WASTES ARISING AND PUTTING ANY WASTES THAT WERE CREATED TO A BETTER USE.
OTHER MATTERS OF MUTUAL INTEREST THAT WERE DISCURSED IN THE COURSE OF THE VISIT WERE AIR POLLUTION CONTROLS, HANDLING OF AIR POLLUTION COMPLAINTS, AND IMPLEMENTATION OF THE LIVESTOCK WASTE CONTROL SCHEME.
FS VISITS YUEN LONG INDUSTRIAL ESTATE
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THE FINANCIAL SECRETARY, MR PIERS JACOBS, SPENT THIS MORNING VISITING THE YUEN LONG INDUSTRIAL ESTATE AND DISTRICT.
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ACCOMPANIED BY THE SECRETARY FOR TRADE AND INDUSTRY MR HAMISH MACLEOD, MR JACOBS FIRST WENT TO THE YUEN LONG INDUSTRIAL ESTATE WHERE HE WAS BRIEFED BY THE GENERAL MANAGER OF THE HONG KONG INDUSTRIAL ESTATES CORPORATION, MR TONY SAVAGE.
MR JACOBS WAS TOLD THAT THE ESTATE, WHICH PROVIDES 67 HECTARES OF INDUSTRIAL LAND, WAS ALREADY 40 PER CENT SOLD OR ALLOCATED ΤΟ MANUFACTURERS,
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