WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 12, 1988
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PROGRESS MADE IN TACKLING POLLUTION, GOVERNOR
SIR
PROGRESS MADE IN DEALING WITH LIVESTOCK WASTE, AND NOISE POLLUTION WAS OUTLINED BY THE GOVERNOR, IN THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL TODAY (WEDNESDAY).
WASTE DISPOSAL DAVID WILSON,
SIR DAVID SAID IN HIS ADDRESS THAT HE HAD DEVOTED A "THIS IS BECAUSE OF TIME TO THE ENVIRONMENT, AND ADDED:
THE CONTINUED THAT THE CONDITIONS IN WHICH WE LIVE, LIKE OUR ECONOMY, ARE ESSENTIAL ASPECTS OF MAKING HONG KONG IT TO BE
GOOD DEAL
I BELIEVE GROWTH OF WE WANT
A PLACE WHERE PEOPLE WANT TO GO ON WORKING AND LIVING.
SIR DAVID
NOTED THAT ON THE LIVESTOCK WASTE CONTROL SCHEME,
WASTE IN STREAMS FOR MANY YEARS INDISCRIMINATE DUMPING OF LIVESTOCK AND WATERCOURSES HAD BEEN ONE OF THE MAJOR CAUSES OF POLLUTION.
URBAN AREA TOLO COVER
IN JUNE, THE KEEPNG OF LIVESTOCK WAS BANNED IN THE
WERE CONTROLS
INTRODUCED ΤΟ AND IN THE NEW TOWNS; AND HARBOUR, ANGLERS BEACH AT TSUEN WAN, AND SILVERMINE BAY ON LANTAU.
PROHIBITED AREAS HAD NOW MOST OF THE LIVESTOCK FARMS IN THE CEASED BUSINESS, AND THE REMAINDER WOULD SOON FOLLOW,
IN FARMS
THE NEWLY CONTROLLED
THERE WERE SOME 300 AROUND 200 OF THESE WOULD GIVE UP LIVESTOCK INTENDED TO COMPLY WITH THE CONTROLS.
OF THIER
AREAS: FARMING AND THE OTHERS
PRIVATE "DEMONSTRATION PROJECTS ARE NOW BEING SET UP ON
LIVESTOCK WASTE TO SHOW FARMERS HOW TO ACCEPTABLE AND ECONOMIC MANNER, HE SAID.
DISPOSE
"
FARMS IN AN
GRADUALLY TO OTHER
"OVER THE NEXT EIGHT
PARTS
OF
YEARS, THE CONTROLS WILL BE EXTENDED
THE TERRITORY. WE CANNOT EXPECT BUT THE PROBLEM IS BEING TACKLED.
AN
LEAD
"IN
THE
TO A WATERS,
INSTANT, OVERALL IMPROVEMENT.
TIME,
CLEANING SIGNIFICANT
IN REDUCTION PARTICULARLY IN TOLO HARBOUR.
UP
WILL WATERCOURSES
COASTAL POLLUTION OF OUR THE
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PROPER DISPOSAL OF IMPROVING THE ENVIRONMENT,
LONG-TERM
TURNING TO WASTE DISPOSAL, SIR DAVID SAID DOMESTIC REFUSE WAS AN IMPORTANT PART OF
BEING MADE IN IMPLEMENTING A AND GOOD PROGRESS WAS NOW STRATEGY,
THE NEW TERRITORIES AWARDED FIRST
THE DESIGN OF TWO HUGE LANDFILL SITES IN WAS AT AN ADVANCED STAGE, AND IN DECEMBER A CONTRACT WOULD BE
AND PRIVATE FOR THE CONSTRUCTION
OPERATION OF HONG KONG'S REFUSE TRANSFER STATION, IN KOWLOON BAY.
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