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WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 10,
1990
IN THE YEAR 2000, THE GOVERNOR SAID, THE NEW AIRPORT WOULD OPERATION, WITH ROAD AND RAIL LINKS TO TSING YI AND KOWLOON VIA STRING OF BRIDGES AND TUNNELS.
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"THE KOWLOON PENINSULA WILL HAVE EXPANDED IN SIZE BY A THIRD AS A RESULT OF RECLAMATION IN THE WEST.
NEARING
RUNWAY, RECLAMATION "IN THE AREA SURROUNDING THE OLD KAI TAK EQUIVALENT TO ALMOST THE ENTIRE SIZE OF KOWLOON TODAY WILL BE COMPLETION," HE SAID.
THE CENTRAL BUSINESS ON HONG KONG ISLAND, SIR DAVID SAID,
THE NEW DISTRICT WOULD HAVE BEEN TRANSFORMED BY ITS EXPANSION ONTO HARBOUR RECLAMATION.
NEW AND WELL-DESIGNED TOWNS WOULD BE UNDER CONSTRUCTION IN TUNG CHUNG AND TAI HO ON LANTAU.
"IN CARRYING
OUT THESE MASSIVE DEVELOPMENT PLANS, GOVERNMENT AND THE COMMUNITY MUST CONTINUE TO PAY ATTENTION ENVIRONMENT, SIR DAVID STRESSED.
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"HERE AGAIN, THERE ARE HARD CHOICES TO BE MADE. AWAY FROM DEVELOPMENT IN AN ATTEMPT TO PRESERVE THE STATUS QUO.
OF REGARDLESS WOULD
NOR CAN WE PRESS BE STAGNATION,
HE SAID. CONSEQUENCES. THAT WOULD BE WANTON DESTRUCTION,
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SIR DAVID SAID LAST YEAR'S WHITE PAPER ON POLLUTION FORMED THE BASIS FOR THE GOVERNMENT'S PROGRAMME OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION.
OF THE NOISE "WE ARE ALREADY OPERATING THE MAIN PROVISIONS CONTROL ORDINANCE; AND THE REQUIREMENT FOR LOWER SULPHUR CONTENT FUEL,
IMPROVEMENT IN AIR INTRODUCED IN JULY, HAS RESULTED IN A DRAMATIC QUALITY, THE GOVERNOR SAID.
"THE AVERAGE LEVEL OF SULPHUR DIOXIDE IN THE AIR WE BREATHE HAS 80 PER FALLEN BY OVER 40 PER CENT TERRITORY-WIDE, AND BY AS MUCH AS CENT IN SOME AREAS.
"BY EARLY NEXT YEAR, WHEN WE INTRODUCE UNLEADED PETROL AND TAKE LOOK OTHER MEASURES TO DEAL WITH SMOKY VEHICLES, WE SHOULD BE ABLE TO
HE SAID. FORWARD TO STILL CLEANER AIR,
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THE GOVERNOR
SAID, THE
WATER
POLLUTION
CONTROL
MEANWHILE, PROGRAMME WAS BEGINNING TO IMPROVE THE WATER QUALITY AT OUR BEACHES.
THE NUMBER OF BEACHES CLOSED BECAUSE OF UNACCEPTABLE LEVELS POLLUTION HAD BEEN HALVED THIS YEAR TO THREE.
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"BUT WE HAVE STILL A LONG WAY TO GO. STRENGTHEN THE WATER POLLUTION CONTROL ORDINANCE.
THE NEXT STAGE IS
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"THIS WILL HAPPEN IN DECEMBER, WHEN AMENDMENTS ALREADY BY THIS COUNCIL WILL TAKE EFFECT," HE SAID.
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