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FRIDAY, OCTOBER 19, 1990
DISTRICT EFFORTS CRUCIAL IN ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION
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THE
GOVERNMENT
ATTACHES
EQUAL
TO
PROMOTING TERRITORY-WIDE KOWLOON, MR DAVID LAN
IMPORTANCE ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION BOTH AT THE DISTRICT AND LEVELS, REGIONAL SECRETARY FOR HONG KONG AND SAID TODAY (FRIDAY).
AND
REMARKS WHEN ADDRESSING THE MR LAN MADE THESE
CENTRAL WESTERN JOINT AREA COMMITTEES SEMINAR ON "ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION".
VARIOUS CITING CENTRAL AND WESTERN AS AN EXAMPLE, HE SAID THAT
NUMBER OF PROJECTS TO GOVERNMENT DEPARTMENTS WERE NOW WORKING ON A
CONDITIONS ENVIRONMENTAL
AND OTHER RELATED IMPROVE THE DISTRICT'S FACILITIES.
WHICH OCCUPIES AN AREA OF 10 "THE $350 MILLION HONG KONG PARK,
COMPLETION HECTARES ON THE FORMER VICTORIA BARRACKS, IS SCHEDULED FOR
PROVIDE AN ADDITIONAL NEXT YEAR," MR LAN SAID, ADDING THAT IT WOULD ATTRACTION TO LOCAL RESIDENTS.
CORPORATION
BE HE SAID TWO MAJOR URBAN RENEWAL PROJECTS TO
WOULD FURTHER LAND DEVELOPMENT ENVIRONMENT OF THE DISTRICT.
THE
UNDERTAKEN BY IMPROVE THE
WAS VITAL TO PROBLEMS.
HOWEVER, HE STRESSED THAT
MORE EFFECTIVELY
OF SUPPORT TACKLE THE
DISTRICT ENVIRONMENTAL
ORGANISATIONS
POLLUTION
DISTRICT BOARD (DB) AND COMMITTEES (AC'S) HAD MADE SIGNIFICANT ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES ΤΟ THE
MR LAN SAID THE CENTRAL AND WESTERN THE DISTRICT'S VARIOUS AREA CONTRIBUTIONS BY MAKING SUGGESTIONS ON GOVERNMENT.
HAD HELPED MINIMISE FOR INSTANCE, HE SAID, THE AC'S CONCERNED
THE KENNEDY TOWN ABATTOIR BY-PRODUCT THE AIR POLLUTION PROBLEM BY PLANT AND THE SAI STREET LARD WORKSHOP TO RESIDENTS.
ENVIRONMENTAL
WAN AC MEMBERS, THE IMPROVEMENTS TO YU
FOLLOWING RECOMMENDATIONS BY THE SHEUNG GOVERNMENT HAD RECENTLY MADE TERRACE IN CENTRAL, HE SAID.
APART FROM MAKING CONSTRUCTIVE SUGGESTIONS,
ORGANISING
DB AND ACS HAD ALSO TAKEN AN ACTIVE PART IN ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION ACTIVITIES FOR LOCAL RESIDENTS.
HE BELIEVED THAT A LARGE-SCALE COMPETITION
NEWSPAPERS BEING HELD
IN
AWARENESS
RESIDENTS AMONG
ENVIRONMENT.
DISTRICT WOULD
LAM
MR LAN
SAID, THE A NUMBER OF
ON RETRIEVING OLD GENERATE A BETTER
PROTECTING
THE
THE OF THE IMPORTANCE OF
/ON THE