TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 5, 1989
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AND MRS CHAN SAID THAT AMONG ALL PROVINCES IN CHINA, GUANGDONG
CLOSEST ECONOMIC RELATIONS WITH ITS SPECIAL ECONOMIC ZONES HAD THE
HONG KONG.
"OFFICIALS
THERE
HAVE REPEATEDLY
EMPHASISED
THAT BUSINESS
THAT
CONTACTS AND PRODUCTION ACTIVITIES ARE CARRYING ON AS USUAL, AND GUANGDONG WILL REMAIN AT THE FOREFRONT OF THE OPEN DOOR POLICY.
"WE HAVE SEEN NO EVIDENCE SO FAR TO THE CONTRARY,
AS A
" SHE SAID.
ΤΟ SPEAKING OF THE LONGER TERM, MRS CHAN SAID CHINA WAS LIKELY
INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT, WHILE HONG CONCENTRATE ON AGRICULTURAL AND
SPECIALISATION
REGIONAL TRADING AND KONG WOULD INCREASE ITS SERVICE CENTRE, BUT WITH MANUFACTURING REMAINING AS A MAJOR SECTOR ECONOMIC ACTIVITY.
OF
IN
"AS A FREE AND OPEN ECONOMY AND WITH OUR STRATEGIC POSITION
то THE FULL THE ASIA PACIFIC REGION. WE ARE WELL POISED TO EXPLOIT
CONTINUED GROWTH IN THE BUSINESS OPPORTUNITIES THAT WILL ARISE FROM THIS REGION." SHE SAID.
"HONG KONG'S
SURVIVAL DEPENDS
то
THIS
GENERATE LIES OUR
ON OUR ABILITY WEALTH, NOT ONLY FOR OURSELVES BUT ALSO FOR CHINA. IN BEST GUARANTEE FOR THE FUTURE."
PUBLIC URGED TO COMMENT ON DRAFT WASTE DISPOSAL PLAN
ON END ON
THEIR COMMENTS MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC ARE URGED TO FORWARD THE DRAFT WASTE DISPOSAL PLAN AS THE CONSULTATION PERIOD WILL SEPTEMBER 18.
A STATUTORY DOCUMENT WHICH THE DRAFT WASTE DISPOSAL PLAN IS
OF SOLID DESCRIBES PROPOSED AND FUTURE ARRANGEMENTS FOR THE DISPOSAL AND SEMI-SOLID WASTES.
THESE
INCLUDE HOUSEHOLD. CONSTRUCTION, INDUSTRIAL WASTES, CHEMICAL WASTES AND SEWAGE SLUDGES.
COMMERCIAL AND
WHICH WILL ENSURE HONG "THE DRAFT PLAN PROPOSES A PROGRAMME
DISPOSING OF KONG HAS THE CAPABILITY, WELL INTO THE NEXT CENTURY, OF ALL ITS WASTES," A GOVERNMENT SPOKESMAN EXPLAINED TODAY (TUESDAY).
DEVELOPMENT OF
LANDFILLS,
"IT INCLUDES THE STATIONS, CHEMICAL WASTE TREATMENT AND LIVESTOCK WASTE ADDED.
REFUSE TRANSFER
H DISPOSAL, HE
COPIES OF THE DRAFT PLAN, WHICH WAS PUBLISHED ON AUGUST 4,
FROM THE STILL AVAILABLE
ENVIRONMENTAL DISTRICT OFFICES,
ARE
PROTECTION
DEPARTMENT
AND
ENSURE
AND
SHOULD ANYBODY WHO WISHRS TO COMMENT ON THE DRAFT PLAN
ENVIRONMENT THAT THEIR COMMENTS REACH THE SECRETARY FOR PLANNING, LANDS (FORMERLY SECRETARY FOR LANDS AND WORKS) BY SEPTEMBER 18.
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