MONDAY, NOVEMBER 28, 1988
CENTRE TO HELP INDUSTRY DEAL WITH POLLUTION
TECHNOLOGY FOR INDUSTRY WILL BE
A CENTRE OF ENVIRONMENTAL ESTABLISHED WITH A $4 MILLION DONATION FROM THE HONGKONG AND SHANGHAI BANKING CORPORATION AND WILL PAY PARTICULAR ATTENTION TO DEALING WITH POLLUTION PROBLEMS FACED BY FACTORIES OPERATING IN MULTI-STOREY BUILDINGS.
THIS WAS ANNOUNCED BY THE GOVERNOR, SIR DAVID WILSON, TODAY (MONDAY) WHEN HE OFFICIATED AT THE OPENING CEREMONY OF THE POLMET 88 CONFERENCE.
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"THIS CENTRE WILL BE OPERATED IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE HONG KONG PRODUCTIVITY COUNCIL AND THE CITY POLYTECHNIC OF HONG KONG," SIR DAVID SAID.
NOTING THAT MORE THAN 80 PER CENT OF ALL FACTORIES IN HONG KONG EMPLOYED LESS THAN 20 PEOPLE AND MANY OPERATED IN MULTI-STOREY BUILDINGS WITH SEVERE SPACE CONSTRAINTS, SIR DAVID SAID BUSINESSES OF THIS TYPE CLEARLY HAD PARTICULAR PROBLEMS IN PREVENTING POLLUTION.
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"THE CENTRE WILL ADDRESS THESE. IT WILL ALSO DESIGN, ADAPT CONSTRUCT DEMONSTRATION TREATMENT SYSTEMS FOR VARIOUS INDUSTRIES, INCLUDING TEXTILE BLEACHING AND DYEING, METAL FINISHING AND ELECTRONICS, THE GOVERNOR SAID.
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SIR DAVID SAID THE SETTING UP OF THE CENTRE WAS AN IMPORTANT INITIATIVE BY HONG KONG'S BIGGEST BANK, AND HE CALLED BUSINESS ORGANISATIONS TO JOIN THE FIGHT AGAINST POLLUTION.
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AFTER ALL, CLEANER PRODUCTION PROCESSES COST-EFFECTIVE AS WELL AS LESS POLLUTING," HE ADDED.
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THE GOVERNOR ALSO UNDERLINED THE IMPORTANCE OF PUBLIC SUPPORT IN OVERCOMING ENVIRONMENTAL PROBLEMS.
HE POINTED OUT THAT AS HONG KONG HAD BECOME MORE AFFLUENT, PEOPLE WERE MORE AWARE OF THE NEED TO PROTECT THE ENVIRONMENT.
"THEY REAI ISE THAT POLLUTION WILL. NOT DISAPPEAR OF ITS OWN ACCORD AND ALSO THAT TO CONTROL AND OVERCOME POLLUTION WILL COST LARGE SUMS OF MONEY.
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ESSENTIAL "THIS KIND OF PUBLIC SUPPORT IS SUCCESSFUL IN THE FIGHT AGAINST POLLUTION," THE GOVERNOR SAID.
OUTLINING THE VAST CHANGES IN THE TERRITORY OVER THE PAST [) DECADES ITS POPULATION HAD GROWN FROM 3.7 MILLION TO 5.6 MILI UN AND ITS GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT FROM $43 BILLION ΤΟ $228 BILLION, SIR DAVID SAID: "IT IS SMALL WONDER THAT
E NOW FACE PROBLEMS OF
POLLUTION.
"WE RECOGNISE