FRIDAY, MAY 26, 1989
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BUSINESS COMMUNITY URGED TO HELP SAVE THE ENVIRONMENT
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THE BUSINESS COMMUNITY IN HONG KONG WAS
ΤΟ CONTRIBUTION
TO MAKE ITS OWN
SAVE HONG
ADOPTING THE CONCEPT OF ENVIRONMENTAL AUDITING.
URGED TODAY (FRIDAY)
ENVIRONMENT KONG'S
BY
SPEAKING
AT A
ROTARY CLUB
LUNCHEON
MEETING,
ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION, DR STUART REED, ALSO CALLED ON
OF MANUALS ON PREPARATION TO SPONSOR THE
SECTOR
AUDITING AIMED AT SPECIFIC TYPES OF BUSINESS ACTIVITY.
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DIRECTOR OF THE PRIVATE
ENVIRONMENTAL
OUR
VALUABLE
ADUITING
NOT CAN
HELP ONLY
SAFEGUARD ENVIRONMENTAL ENVIRONMENT, IT CAN HAVE THE SIDE EFFECT OF SAVING MONEY AND SENIOR MANAGEMENT TIME, DR REED SAID.
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"IT IS A MANAGEMENT TOOL COMPRISING A OF HOW EVALUATION OBJECTIVE PERIODIC AND
A
AND ITS EQUIPMENT COMPANY ORGANISATION IN PERFORMING, DR REED EXPLAINED.
SYSTEMATIC, DOCUMENTED, WELL THE
AND
ENVIRONMENTAL
PROCEDURES
ARE
MANAGEMENT TASK OF
MEETING
THE
SMOKING," HE
"IT ISN'T THE SAME AS THE DAY TO DAY LINE
EFFLUENTS ARE ENSURING, FOR EXAMPLE, THAT LIQUID
NOT STATUTORY EFFLUENT STANDARDS OR THAT CHIMNEYS ARE SAID.
ONCE EVERY "IT IS RATHER A QUESTION OF STEPPING BACK, PERHAPS
ENVIRONMENTAL
AND POLICY
ITS COMPANY'S 12 MONTHS, AND REVIEWING A
POLICY, OVERALL PERFORMANCE IN THE PAST 12 MONTHS IN RELATION TO THIS
EXECUTIVE ACTION IS AND THEN FOLLOWING-UP TO ENSURE REQUIRED IS TAKEN.
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WHATEVER THAT
THE ENVIRONMENTAL AUDITING CONCEPT, WHICH HAS BEEN DEVELOPED IN EUROPE, WAS FORMALLY ADOPTED BY THE INTERNATIONAL CHAMBER OF COMMERCE BEEN 90 AT ITS EXECUTIVE BOARD MEETING IN NOVEMBER LAST YEAR. IT HAS
OPERATIONS ог
MEDIUM-SIZED THE FAR APPLIED COMPANIES.
MOSTLY TO
LARGE
AND
IT HOW
DR REED SAID, "WE WILL "TO ADOPT THIS CONCEPT IN HONG KONG,
IN OF MANUALS
STRAIGHT FORWARD SPELLOUT IN A SERIES HAVE TO
CAN BE
SECTORS APPLIED TO SPECIFIC VERY CLEAR TERMS INDUSTRY AND BUSINESS.
AND OF
STEP "I BELIEVE THAT THE AVAILABILITY OF MANUALS THAT SET OUT,
IN INVOLVED
ENVIRONMENTAL AUDITING, BY STEP, THE SIMPLE PROCEDURES
COMPANIES WOULD PROVIDE A FRAMEWORK AND BASIS TO GUIDE AT LEAST
MAKE AND PEOPLE TOWARDS
THEY
SOME
CAN THEMSELVES
TO
THE
CONTRIBUTION
SAVING HONG KONG'S ENVIRONMENT.
HE APPEALED
TO
MAJOR HONGS
AND
INDUSTRIAL
AND
COMMERCIAL
THESE
GROUPINGS FOR SPONSORSHIP FOR THE PREPARATION OF ONE OR MORE OF
MANUALS.
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