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FRIDAY, DECEMBER 16, 1988
FINISHING INDUSTRY NEEDS PROPER ACCOMMODATION
SEVERE
SAID TODAY (FRIDAY) ENVIRONMENTAL AND
LOCAL FINISHING
THE DIRECTOR OF INDUSTRY, MR K.Y. YEUNG, THAT BECAUSE OF THE
INFRASTRUCTURAL
THE REASONABLE TO EXPECT CONSTRAINTS, IT WAS NOT INDUSTRY TO UPGRADE OR EXPAND ITS PRODUCTION CAPACITY.
ADDRESSING MEMBERS OF THE TEXTILE INSTITUTE (HONG KONG SECTION} INDUSTRY WAS AT A DINNER PARTY, MR YEUNG ADMITTED THAT THE FINISHING FACING A HOST OF PROBLEMS.
HE SAID HE
REALISED THAT THE
FINISHING
RIGHT
INDUSTRY WOULD BE WILLING TO INVEST IN ITS EXPANSION AND MODERNISATION, GIVEN THE CONDITIONS.
THESE THAT
CONDITIONS ARE,
FOR
AND EFFLUENT
LAND NAMELY, "WE KNOW PURPOSE-BUILT FACTORIES, ADEQUATELY SUPPLIED WITH WATER TREATMENT AND DISPOSAL FACILITIES.
THIS
BUT
RESOURCES
WAY FORWARD ARE CLEARLY
H
"THE INDUSTRIAL ESTATES CORPORATION HAS GONE SOMB
MEETING
ITS TOWARDS
OWN DEMAND INSUFFICIENT TO MAKE SUBSTANTIAL HEADWAY IN DEALING WITH THE PROBLEM, HE SAID.
LAID IN THE CREATION OF AN
THE ANSWER, MR YEUNG BELIEVED, INDUSTRIAL ZONE FOR WATER INTENSIVE USERS.
HE SAID THAT PROPOSALS WERE NOW BEING CONSIDERED TO
FOR WATER INTENSIVE AREA OF LAND AT TIN SHUI WAI SUCH AS THE FINISHING INDUSTRY.
INDUSTRIAL
SET ASIDE USERS
FEASIBLE то
"THE INTENTION IS TO ASCERTAIN WHETHER IT WILL BE
WITH WATER AND EFFLUENT SUPPLY THIS INDUSTRIAL AREA TREATMENT WORKS, AND IF SO AT WHAT COST.
ADEQUATELY
"IF THE PROPOSALS WERE ACCEPTED, A DETAILED
WOULD BE UNDERTAKEN.
FEASIBILITY STUDY
ORDERS OF COST FIRST GRANT
"SUBJECT TO FEASIBILITY BEING ESTABLISHED AND PROVING AFFORDABLE, WE ARE LIKELY TO BE ABLE TO MAKE THE
INDUSTRIAL INTENSIVE
USERS INCLUDING FINISHING OF LAND FOR MILLS IN LATE 1992 OR EARLY 1993," MR YEUNG EXPLAINED.
WATER
WOULD
IN
BE THE
THE OPPORTUNITY SAID, IF THIS PLAN 'AME ABOUT, HE
LASTING IMPROVEMENT AND CREATED NOT ONLY FOR A SIGNIFICANT
ALSO FOR INVESTMENT BY ENVIRONMENT OF CERTAIN URBAN DISTRICTS, BUT THE FINISHING INDUSTRY IN EXPANDING AND UPGRADING ITS CAPACITY.
/MR YEUNG
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