FRIDAY, MARCH 3, 1989
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HK DELEGATION TO ATTEND INTERNATIONAL OZONE LAYER CONFERENCE
THE SECRETARY FOR LANDS AND WORKS, MR GRAHAM LEADING A HONG KONG DELEGATION TO ATTEND A SAVING THE CONFERENCE TO BE HELD IN LONDON, BETWEEN MARCH 5 AND 7,
BARNES, IS
OZONE LAYER
THE CONFERENCE IS BEING HELD BY THE UNITED KINGDOM GOVERNMENT IN ASSOCIATION WITH THE UNITED NATIONS ENVIRONMENT PROGRAMME.
IN
ITS PURPOSE IS ΤΟ PROMOTE INTERNATIONAL CO-OPERATION DEALING WITH THE SERIOUS ENVIRONMENTAL PROBLEMS POSED BY CHLOROFLUOROCARBONS (CFC'S), PARTICULARLY THEIR DAMAGING EFFECT ON THE OZONE LAYER AND THEIR CONTRIBUTION ΤΟ THE SO-CALLED "GREENHOUSE EFFECT".
DISCUSSING THE CFC'S TO HELP
THE LONDON CONFERENCE WILL ALSO FOCUS ON DEVELOPMENT OF ALTERNATIVE PRODUCTS AND PROCESSES TO REDUCE INDUSTRY'S DEPENDENCE ON THESE OZONE-DEPLETING CHEMICALS.
MORE THAN 50 COUNTRIES WILL BE REPRESENTED
AT A MINISTERIAL LEVEL.
IN
THE CONFERENCE
THE
EMINENT LEADING SCIENTISTS ON THIS SUBJECT AND REPRESENTATIVES OF THE WORLD'S MAJOR CFC-PRODUCERS WILL ALSO TAKE PART IN CONFERENCE TO DISCUSS THE SCIENTIFIC, INDUSTRIAL AND POLITICAL ASPECTS OF OZONE LAYER PROTECTION.
THROUGHOUT THE CONFERENCE, THERE WILL BE A SERIES OF SESSIONS WHEN DELEGATES CAN MEET AND RAISE DETAILED QUESTIONS WITH SCIENTISTS AND INDUSTRIAL EXPERTS.
HONG KONG IS A PARTICIPANT IN THE "MONTREAL PROTOCOL ON SUBSTANCES THAT DEPLETE THE OZONE LAYER" VIA INCLUSION IN THE UNITED KINGDOM'S RATIFICATION OF THE PROTOCOL.
THE PROTOCOL CAME INTO EFFECT ON JANUARY 1 THIS YEAR AND THE CONTROL PROVISIONS CONTAINED IN IT REGARDING PRODUCTION AND CONSUMPTION OF CFC'S SHOULD DECOME OPERATIVE BY JULY THIS YEAR.
HONG KONG INTENDS TO FULFIL HER INTERNATIONAL OBLIGATIONS UNDER THE MONTREAL PROTOCOL BY ENACTING NEW LEGISLATION TO BAN THE MANUFACTURE OF THE OZONE-DEPLETING CHEMICALS AND ΤΟ RESTRICT THEIR CONSUMPTION.
OTHER MEMBERS OF THE HONG KONG DELEGATION ARE MR ROB LAW, ASSISTANT DIRECTOR IN THE ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION DEPARTMENT AND MRS CLARIE LO, PRINCIPAL ASSISTANT SECRETARY OF THE TRADE AND INDUSTRY BRANCH.
THEY ARE DEPARTING HONG KONG TONIGHT (FRIDAY) AND WILL JOIN MR GRAHAM BARNES IN LONDON.
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