WEDNESDAY, JULY 19, 1989
HIGHEST POSSIBLE PRIORITY FOR PROTECTING ENVIRONMENT
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PROTECTING AND
THE IN
LANDS FOR
HONG KONG'S GOVERNMENT'S AND WORKS,
THAT SAVING AN ASSURANCE
POSSIBLE RANKING ENVIRONMENT HAS THE HIGHEST OVERALL PRIORITIES WAS GIVEN BY THE SECRETARY THE HON GRAHAM BARNES, IN THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL TODAY (WEDNESDAY).
BARNES
WHITE
PAPER ON SPEAKING IN THE DEBATE ON THE
BY THE STRONG HEARTENED WAS MOST SAID HE ENCOURAGEMENT GIVEN BY COUNCILLORS TO THE GOVERNMENT'S TACKLING THE VARIOUS POLLUTION PROBLEMS.
POLLUTION, SUPPORT STRATEGIES
MR AND IN
PAPER, THE WHITE "THERE ARE 100 STRATEGIES IN
HE SAID. ALREADY BEGUN TAKING ACTION ON EACH ONE,
H
ANTI-POLLUTION
PUBLICITY TO DRIVE HOME THE MESSAGE OF THE WHITE PAPER WOULD CONTINUE.
AND WE HAVE
AND ENVIRONMENTAL
A PUBLIC CARRY OUT ΤΟ TIMES
APPOINTING
PREPARE
AND TELEVISION AND
INCLUDE WOULD THESE SAID MR BARNES RELATIONS CONSULTANT TO HELP THE GOVERNMENT
FREE RADIO PUBLICITY CAMPAIGNS, AND MORE PUBLICISE THE MESSAGES.
OVER SOME
UP INDUSTRIAL
THE GOVERNMENT WOULD SHORTLY BE CONSULTING INDUSTRY MAJOR INITIATIVES, SUCH AS SULPHUR IN FUEL OIL AND TIGHTENING WATER POLLUTION CONTROL ORDINANCE TO REDUCE THE AMOUNTS OF EFFLUENTS POLLUTING HONG KONG'S WATERS.
INEXPENSIVE IT
RELATIVELY WAS SAID MR BARNES ANTI-POLLUTION MEASURES AND HE SAID HE WOULD LIKE TO FACTORIES AND WORKSHOPS MAKING USE OF THE SERVICES PRODUCTIVITY COUNCIL.
SUCH
ΤΟ INSTAL SEE MORE SMALL PROVIDED
THE
BY
INITIATIVES
AS
THE
AT
THE
AND
THE GOVERNMENT WOULD ALSO ENCOURAGE CENTRE OF ENVIRONMENTAL TECHNOLOGY FOR INDUSTRY ESTABLISHED CITY POLYTECHNIC IN CO-OPERATION WITH THE PRODUCTIVITY COUNCIL, WHICH WAS FINANCIALLY ASSISTED BY THE HONGKONG AND SHANGHAI BANK.
ON
EMPHASIS
ASSISTING THE CENTRE, WHICH WOULD LAY PARTICULAR
DEMONSTRATE NON-POLLUTION FACTORIES, WOULD SMALL AND MEDIUM-SIZED TREATMENT AND RECOVERY SYSTEMS FOR INDUSTRIAL WASTE.
THE TERRITORY'S
SEWERAGE
COLLECTION,
MAJOR REVIEW OF MR BARNES SAID A
OF SEWAGE FACILITIES WAS NEARING COMPLETION AND AN ESTIMATED $12 BILLION WOULD
A PROGRAMME OF CONSTRUCTION BE NEEDED FOR TREATMENT AND DISPOSAL FACILITIES.
WOULD BE
NEEDED FOR
IMPLEMENTING THE FORM OF THREE VERY
STATIONS, TRANSFER
THE LARGE REPLACING THE
A FURTHER $5 BILLION TERRITORY'S WASTE DISPOSAL PLANS IN LANDFILLS AND
ASSOCIATED REFUSE
SMELLY URBAN LANDFILLS AND INCINERATORS.
"BUT I MUST STRESS THAT WE HAVE A
OVERCOME. THE
PROGRAMME LARGE SOLUTIONS
VERY
SOME VERY TOUGH PROBLEMS TO GOING TO HAVE TO BE VERY FIRM,
"
MR BARNES SAID.
WITH
ARE THEREFORE
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