WEDNESDAY, JUNE 21, 1989
40 COUNTRIES AT
OF CFC'S TO FREEZE EFFECT
SOME SIGNATORIES TO THE PROTOCOL, NUMBERING PRESENT, WERE REQUIRED TO FREEZE PRODUCTION AND CONSUMPTION AT THEIR 1986 LEVELS WITH EFFECT FROM JULY 1 THIS YEAR, PRODUCTION AND CONSUMPTION OF HALONS AT THEIR 1986 LEVELS WITH FROM JANUARY 1, 1992; AND, TO REDUCE CONSUMPTION OF CFC'S CENT OF 1986 LEVELS IN FIVE YEARS AND TO 50 PER CENT IN 10 YEARS.
THE PRESENT
ΤΟ 80 PER
BILL, WHICH WAS BROADLY IN LINE WITH
SOUGHT PROVIDE A
TO
THE THE PROHIBIT REGISTRATION AND
OF THE PROVISIONS
PROTOCOL, MONTREAL MANUFACTURE OF CFC'S AND HALONS, AND TO LICENSING SCHEME TO CONTROL THE IMPORT AND EXPORT OF CFC'S AND HALONS.
CONTROL OR
"IT ALSO PROVIDES REGULATION-MAKING POWERS FOR THE
OF PROHIBITION
THE MANUFACTURE, IMPORT
OF OR EXPORT
PRODUCTS MAY BECOME CONTAINING, OR MADE WITH, THE CONTROLLED SUBSTANCES WHICH NECESSARY AT A LATER
ACCORDANCE WITH PROVISIONS IN THE MONTREAL PROTOCOL.
STAGE IN
THE "IT IS WORTHY TO NOTE THAT AS HONG KONG HAS NOT ENGAGED IN
THIS BILL HAS MADE A MANUFACTURE OF CFC'S AND HALONS IN THE PAST,
BANNING THE POSITIVE MOVE BEYOND THE REQUIREMENTS OF THE PROTOCOL BY PRODUCTION OF SUCH SUBSTANCES," PROF POON SAID.
TIME FOR HONG GENERALLY
IN ORDER TO PROVIDE A LEGISLATIVE FRAMEWORK IN то FULFIL KONG
ITS INTERNATIONAL OBLIGATIONS, MEMBERS ACCEPTED THAT THE BILL SHOULD BE SUPPORTED, HE SAID.
SUCH A DECISION WAS MADE ON
THE THE UNDERSTANDING THAT
AFTER ADMINISTRATION WOULD REVIEW THE BILL IN ABOUT ONE YEAR'S TIME,
PROTOCOL, WHICH WAS THE NEXT MEETING OF THE PARTIES TO THE MONTREAL
DEPLETING EXPECTED TO COME UP WITH MORE STRINGENT CONTROLS OVER OZONE SUBSTANCES.
THE IN THE COURSE OF DELIBERATION, MEMBERS WERE CONCERNED THAT
HALONS PROHIBITION OF MANUFACTURE OF CFC'S AND
IN
WOULD HONG KONG
HOWEVER SMALL ENTIRELY OUTLAW THE PRODUCTION OF ANY SUCH SUBSTANCES, THE QUANTITY, EVEN FOR THE PURPOSE OF
AND ACADEMIC
INSTRUCTION.
IN THIS RESPECT, GROUP'S VIEW THAT AN AMENDMENT SHOULD BE MADE HALONS SO PRODUCED FROM THE DEFINITION SAID.
THE
OF
RESEARCH
ADMINISTRATION HAD AGREED WITH THE
TO
CFC'S EXCLUDE
PROF "MANUFACTURE"
1
AND POON
CLAUSE 12(C)
PERSON UNTIL
ANOTHER POINT WHICH AROUSED MEMBERS' CONCERN WAS OF THE BILL, WHICH EMPOWERED AN AUTHORISED OFFICER TO DETAIN A
ΤΟ SEARCH FOUND IN ANY PLACE OR PREMISES WHICH HE WAS ALLOWED THE PREMISES OR PLACE HAD BEEN SEARCHED.
THEY
OF SUCH POWER. MEMBERS WERE WORRIED ABOUT THE POSSIBLE ABUSE
HOWEVER, REASSURED WERE,
THAT THE ADMINISTRATION
ORDINANCE HAD NOT EQUIVALENT POWER IN THE IMPORT AND
GIVEN
RISE TO DIFFICULTIES IN THE PAST.
BY THE
EXPORT
/MEMBERS ALSO
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