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WEDNESDAY, JULY 11, 1990
CONSIDERABLE PROGRESS ON CONTROL OF CFC'S
CONSIDERABLE PROGRESS IS BEING MADE IN IMPLEMENTING OBLIGATIONS IMPOSED BY THE MONTREAL PROTOCOL IN THE CONTROL OF USE OF CHLOROFLUOROCARBONS (CFC'S).
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THE SECRETARY FOR PLANNING, GRAHAM BARNES, STATED THIS IN A WRITTEN REPLY TO A QUESTION HON PETER WONG IN THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL TODAY (WEDNESDAY).
HE POINTED OUT THAT THE GOVER ENT BANNED LOCAL MANUFACTURE CFC'S AND HALONS FROM JULY 1, 1989.
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FROM THE SAME DATE, THE GOVERNMENT ALSO FROZE THE IMPORT OF CFC'S AT 1986 LEVELS, SETTING UP A SCHEME TO REGISTER IMPORTERS AND EXPORTERS OF THESE SUBSTANCES, ALLOCATING A MAXIMUM IMPORT QUOTA TO THEM, AND LICENSING EACH IMPORT AND EXPORT SHIPMENT.
THE GOVERNMENT WAS COMMITTED TO REDUCING USE TO 80 PER CENT OF THE 1986 LEVELS BY 1993, AND TO 50 PER CENT BY 1998 AND DID NOT ANTICIPATE PROBLEMS IN ACHIEVING THESE TARGETS, HE SAID.
FROM JANUARY 1, 1990, THE GOVERNMENT BANNED THE IMPORT OF REGULATED CFC'S AND HALONS FROM COUNTRIES WHICH HAD NOT RATIFIED THE MONTREAL PROTOCOL.
MR BARNES SAID THE GOVERNMENT WAS CURRENTLY DRAFTING LEGISLATION WHICH WOULD BAN THE MANUFACTURE AND IMPORT OF NON-ESSENTIAL AEROSOL PRODUCTS CONTAINING CFC'S AND HALONS.
THE GOVERNMENT WAS THEREFORE MORE THAN MEETING THE INTERNATIONAL OBLIGATIONS, AND WOULD KEEP THE OZONE LAYER PROTECTION ORDINANCE UNDER CONSTANT REVIEW, SO AS TO FALL IN LINE WITH ANY NEW INTERNATIONAL OBLIGATIONS THAT THE TERRITORY WAS REQUIRED ΤΟ MEET, AND TAKE FULL ADVANTAGE OF THE AVAILABILITY OF ANY NEW CFC SUBSTITUTES, HE SAID.
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GOVT CONSIDERING SETTING UP FILM ARCHIVES
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THE GOVERNMENT IS CONSIDERING SETTING UP A FILM ARCHIVES, ACQUISITION, PRESERVATION, DOCUMENTATION AND EDUCATION BEING ITS BASIC FUNCTIONS, THE SECRETARY FOR HOME AFFAIRS, THE HON PETER TSAO, INFORMED THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL TODAY (WEDNESDAY).
IN A WRITTEN REPLY TO A QUESTION FROM THE HON ELSIE TU, TSAO SAID PRELIMINARY ESTIMATES INDICATED THAT THE CAPITAL COST OF SETTING UP OF A FILM ARCHIVES COULD BE IN THE REGION OF $8 AND THE RECURRENT COSTS AROUND $4 MILLION A YEAR.
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