WEDNESDAY, JULY 19, 1989
HELP FOR SMALL FACTORIES URGED
THE
GOVERNMENT SHOULD SMALL-SCALE FACTORIES TO MEASURES.
HELP
OFFER ASSISTANCE THEM COMPLY
AND WITH FOLLUTION
ADVICE
TO
CONTROL
THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL
PROF THE HON C. K. POON SAID THIS IN TODAY (WEDNESDAY) IN THE DEBATE ON THE WHITE PAPER ON POLLUTION.
MORE SMALL FACTORIES AND THE GOVERNMENT SHOULD REACH OUT TO
ATTRACTIVE RATES, AND TO PROVIDE THEM WITH CONSULTANCY SERVICES AT
CLEAN UNDERTAKE MORE AND BETTER LONG-TERM RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT IN
RECOVERY FIELDS, PROF POON TECHNOLOGY, POLLUTION CONTROL AND WASTE SAID.
LEVEL AND
MEANS
HE SUGGESTED THAT THE GOVERNMENT REVIEW THE CURRENT
MOST EFFECTIVE MECHANISMS OF SUPPORT IN ORDER TO WORK OUT THE OF PROVIDING CONSULTANCY SERVICES ON A NON-PROFIT MAKING BASIS.
"I FEEL
THIS POLLUTION
WOULD BE
COST-EFFECTIVE
HE SAID.
WAY
ΤΟ
A
COMBAT
ENVIRONMENTAL
FROM INDUSTRY WITHOUT THREATENING THE LIFELINE OF OUR ECONOMIC PROSPERITY,
MUST IN ANY MUST REALISE
THE
HE ADDED THAT WHILE LEGISLATIVE SANCTIONS WERE A ATTEMPT TO REDUCE INDUSTRIAL WASTE, THE GOVERNMENT UNIQUE SITUATION IN HONG KONG.
LOCAL
MANUFACTURING
INDUSTRIES OVER 97 PER CENT OF THE
WERE EMPLOYEES AND MANY WERE SMALL INDUSTRIES EMPLOYING FEWER THAN 100 OPERATING IN MULTI-STOREY BUILDINGS WITH SEVERE SPACE CONSTRAINTS.
EXTRA
THE SPACE ΤΟ ACCOMMODATE
AVAILABLE
"MANY FACTORIES SIMPLY DO NOT HAVE
IN EQUIPMENT POLLUTION PREVENTIVE ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION MEASURES NEED TO BE CUSTOM-MADE TO SUIT KONG'S UNIQUE SITUATION," HE SAID.
SHOPS.
HONG
MORE INVESTMENT IN WASTE DISPOSAL URGED
THE HON EDWARD HO URGED THE GOVERNMENT IN COUNCIL TODAY (WEDNESDAY}
IN THE CONSTRUCTION INVESTING DISCHARGE OF EFFLUENTS.
NOT ΤΟ
THE LEGISLATIVE LOSE SIGHT OF THE PRIORITY OF OF INFRASTRUCTURE FOR THE PROPER
DISPOSAL HAD, UP то
MR HO
NOW,
SPEAKING IN THE DEBATE ON THE WHITE PAPER ON POLLUTION,
SAID INFRASTRUCTURE FOR SEWAGE AND WASTE BEEN GIVEN A LOW PRIORITY.
/HE SAID