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"AS MORE TRANSFER STATIONS ARE BUILT WE SHALL BE ABLE TO DOWN THE MUNICIPAL INCINERATORS WHICH ARE THEMSELVES A SOURCE POLLUTION, HE SAID.
CLOSE OF AIR
CLOSURE OF THE LAI CHI "THIS PROGRAMME WILL START WITH THE
THE REMAINING LAI CHI KOK KOK 'B' PLANT AROUND THE END OF THIS YEAR.
EARLY 1990'S AND THE KENNEDY TOWN INCINERATORS WILL BE CLOSED BY THE AND THE ONE IN KWAI CHUNG AT THE TURN OF THE CENTURY."
OF CHEMICAL 100,000 TONNES SIR DAVID NOTED THAT SOME WERE PRODUCED IN HONG KONG EVERY YEAR, AND MUCH OF IT WAS DUMPED THE NEAREST DRAIN OR NULLAH TO BECOME A MAJOR SOURCE OF POLLUTION.
WASTE INTO
HE SAID.
A
"WE MUST PROVIDE FACILITIES FOR ITS PROPER DISPOSAL, "EARLY NEXT YEAR A CONTRACT WILL BE AWARDED FOR THE CONSTRUCITON OF CHEMICAL WASTE TREATMENT CENTRE AT TSING YI.
DISPOSE OF CHEMICAL "IT WILL PROVIDE A MEANS FOR INDUSTRY TO
IT WILL NOT HAVE ANY WASTES IN AN ENVIRONMENTALLY ACCEPTABLE MANNER. ADVERSE EFFECT ON THE ENVIRONMENT OF THOSE WHO LIVE ON THE ISLAND.'
TI
BE
ON NOISE CONTROL, SIR DAVID SAID THE ENVIRONMENT COULD ALSO
AND HE NOTED THAT IMPROVED THROUGH THE CONTROL OF EXCESSIVE NOISE,
NOISE CONTROL ORDINANCE WAS AFTER A LONG PERIOD OF PREPARATION THE ENACTED IN JULY.
LEGISLATION AND EXPANDED
PARTICULARLY
THE ORDINANCE CONSOLIDATED EXISTING CONSIDERABLY THE SCOPE OF CONTROL, MANUFACTURING AND CONSTRUCTION ACTIVITIES.
"THE MAJOR PROVISIONS OF THE NEW LEGISLATION
HE SAID. IMPLEMENTED BY THE MIDDLE OF NEXT YEAR,
IN
RELATION
TO
SHOULD BE FULLY
QUIET CITY. THEY WILL HELP KEEP
"THESE MEASURES ARE NOT GOING TO MAKE HONG KONG A
BUT THAT. IT IS FAR TOO DYNAMIC A PLACE FOR NOISE TO A MORE TOLERABLE LEVEL."
GOVERNOR ANNOUNCES NEW POLICY BRANCHES
UNIT
A CENTRAL POLICY TO RESPOND
ANNOUNCED
TWO NEW POLICY BRANCHES WILL BE CREATED AND
ADMINISTRATION то
THE WILL BE FORMED
ENABLE EFFECTIVELY TO NEW DEMANDS, THE GOVERNOR, SIR DAVID WILSON, TODAY (WEDNESDAY).
HE TOLD THE LEGISLATIVE
COUNCIL
RECENTLY CARRIED OUT AN EXAMINATION OF THE OF THE CIVIL SERVICE.
THAT THE
GOVERNMENT
HAD
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MANAGEMENT STRUCTURE
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