WEDNESDAY, JULY 12, 1989
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ENERGY POLICY HAS SERVED HK WELL
* * * * *
WHICH,
THE GOVERNMENT WILL CONTINUE ITS CURRENT ENERGY POLICY LARGELY BASED ON THE OPERATION OF MARKET FORCES, HAS SERVED HONG WELL, THE ACTING FINANCIAL SECRETARY, THE HON DAVID NENDICK, TOLD LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL TODAY (WEDNESDAY).
KONG THE
то
WAY, "
K.
WISH "IN NORMAL TIMES WHEN SUPPLIES ARE ADEQUATE WE DO NOT BE SO RESTRICTIVE THAT INDUSTRIES ARE ADVERSELY AFFECTED IN ANY
PROF THE HON C. MR NENDICK SAID IN REPLYING TO A QUESTION FROM POON.
TO "IT IS ALSO NOT OUR WISH
IMPOSE RESTRICTIONS AFFECT THE LIFESTYLE OF OUR COMMUNITY, " HE SAID.
MR NENDICK POINTED OUT TWO LOCAL FACTORS WHICH INTO ACCOUNT IN ESTABLISHING AN ENERGY CONSERVATION KONG.
WHICH
MAY
MUST BE TAKEN POLICY FOR HONG
FIRST, HONG KONG WAS A VERY SMALL USER OF
BY ENERGY
AND
THE SECONDLY, INTERNATIONAL STANDARDS,
TERRITORY WAS TOTALLY DEPENDENT ON IMPORTS OF RAW MATERIALS FOR ENERGY GENERATION.
"HOWEVER, WE CANNOT AFFORD TO BE COMPLACENT SEE SCOPE FOR CONSERVING ENERGY, HE ADDED.
AND WE
CERTAINLY
WAS CONCERNED, MR THE COMMISSIONING OF A COULD BEST BE ACHIEVED
AS FAR AS ENERGY CONSERVATION IN BUILDINGS NENDICK SAID THE GOVERNMENT WAS CONSIDERING ΤΟ RECOMMEND HOW THIS CONSULTANCY STUDY THROUGH LEGISLATION.
MAJOR
ENERGY UTILISATION STUDY
BUILDINGS AND INSTALLATIONS IN THE
DETAILED THIS WAS IN ADDITION TO A WHICH WAS UNDERTAKEN ON EARLY 1980'S.
THE GOVERNMENT HAD SINCE
PUBLISHED INFORMATION ON
ENERGY
CONSERVATION IN BUILDINGS AND HAD MADE IT AVAILABLE TO THOSE INVOLVED IN PROPERTY DEVELOPMENT AND BUILDING MANAGEMENT.
NOTED
REFERRING TO THE OIL CRISES OF 1973 AND 1979, MR NENDICK THE PUBLIC SECTOR HAD LEARNT THEIR LESSONS AND HAD MAINTAINED A NUMBER
THE OF ENERGY ECONOMY MEASURES, SUCH AS
REDUCTION OF NON-ESSENTIAL LIGHTING AND AIR-CONDITIONING.
INCLUDED ALSO IN THE
то SCHOOLS
NURTURE A MORE
"THE CONCEPT OF ENERGY CONSERVATION IS CURRICULA OF BOTH PRIMARY AND SECONDARY ENERGY-CONSCIOUS COMMUNITY," HE SAID.
[CONSERVATION
AND
WAS
IN REGULATING
OIL IN 1979, THE
CONTROL) ORDINANCE ENACTED TO EMPOWER THE GOVERNMENT TO TAKE SWIFT ACTION THE SUPPLY AND CONSUMPTION OF ENERGY.
USE OF
HAVE
"FROM TIME TO TIME WE HAVE IMPOSED RESTRICTIONS ON THE
WE AND FLOODLIGHTING. ELECTRIC LIGHT FOR ADVERTISING DISPLAYS
IN ALSO
AND EVEN THE PAST ADOPTED DAYLIGHT SAVING HOURS SUSPENSION OF NIGHT RACE MEETINGS, MR NENDICK SAID,
TT
THE
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