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AS A RESULT, SIR DAVID SAID, SOME 11,000 FACTORIES WOULD HAVE TO ADOPT MORE STRINGENT ANTI-POLLUTION STANDARDS, SETTING UP TREATMENT FACILITIES WHERE THESE WERE NECESSARY.
THESE AMENDMENTS ALSO REMOVED PREVIOUSLY PERMITTED EXEMPTIONS, WHICH VIRTUALLY AMOUNTED TO A LICENCE TO POLLUTE.
"BUT THAT WILL NOT BE THE END OF THE STORY. FURTHER AMENDMENTS WILL BE PUT TO THIS COUNCIL NEXT YEAR.
SITE BEGUN.
"WE MUST ALSO PRESS ON WITH OUR $14 BILLION SEWAGE PROGRAMME. INVESTIGATION AND ENGINEERING STUDIES FOR THIS HAVE ALREADY
"ALL THESE MEASURES WILL IMPROVE DRAMATICALLY THE QUALITY OF WATER IN OUR NULLAHS AND STREAMS AND, MOST NOTABLY, IN OUR HARBOUR, HE SAID.
SIR DAVID POINTED OUT THAT LEGISLATION WAS ONLY PART OF OUR EFFORT TO IMPROVE THE ENVIRONMENT,
THE COMMISSIONING IN APRIL OF HONG KONG'S FIRST REFUSE TRANSFER STATION AT KOWLOON BAY HAD MADE IT POSSIBLE TO CLOSE THE JORDAN VALLEY LANDFILL.
WITHIN THE NEXT FEW MONTHS, THE LAI CHI KOK INCINERATOR WOULD HAVE BEEN SHUT DOWN WELCOME NEWS TO THOSE LIVING NEARBY.
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HE SAID TENDERS WERE BEING EVALUATED FOR A SECOND STATION; A THIRD WAS BEING PLANNED; AND A CONTRACT FOR A CHEMICAL WASTE TREATMENT CENTRE WAS DUE TO BE SIGNED SHORTLY.
"NOR HAVE WE LOST SIGHT OF THE FACT THAT POLLUTION IS NO RESPECTER OF BORDERS.
"THE ESTABLISHMENT OF A JOINT HONG KONG-GUANGDONG ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION LIAISON GROUP IN JULY SHOWS YET AGAIN THE IMPORTANCE WE ATTACH TO CO-OPERATION WITH CHINA ON SPECIFIC ISSUES WHICH AFFECT US. BOTH," SIR DAVID SAID.
ENCOURAGING AS THESE DEVELOPMENTS WERE, SIR DAVID SAID, THERE WAS MUCH MORE STILL TO BE DONE.
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"I HOPE THAT NOT ONLY THE GOVERNMENT BUT ALSO OUR MAJOR TRADING AND INDUSTRIAL ORGANISATIONS WILL TAKE PART AND
THEIR DETERMINATION TO PROTECT OUR ENVIRONMENT.
"THE ADOPTION OF RECYCLING SCHEMES BY COMPANIES ESTATES IS A SIGN THAT THE COMMUNITY IS BECOMING CONSCIOUS OF ITS RESPONSIBILITY FOR THE ENVIRONMENT, HE SAID.
AND HOUSING INCREASINGLY
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THE GOVERNOR SAID ONE WELCOME MOVE WAS THE OPENING IN NOVEMBER LAST YEAR OF A CENTRE OF ENVIRONMENTAL TECHNOLOGY FOR INDUSTRY AT THE CITY POLYTECHNIC, FUNDED BY THE PRIVATE SECTOR.
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