TUESDAY, MARCH 5, 1991
2
OF DECADES FOR THE OZONE LAYER, IN THE USE OF CFC'S,
WE
THE HOLE SAW
A GOOD EXAMPLE WAS THAT IT TOOK ONLY A COUPLE CHLOROFLUROCARBONS (CFC'S) TO TEAR A GIANT HOLE IN BUT EVEN IF THERE WERE A COMPLETE HALT TODAY
NEXT CENTURY BEFORE
MIDDLE
IT WOULD BE THE BEGINNING TO SHRINK,
14
OF
INSIDIOUS LOOKING CLOSER TO HOME, IN HONG KONG, THE SAME SLOW
IN PLACE
OUR SEWERAGE
WASTE SYSTEMS AND DETERIORATION HAS TAKEN
DR REED SAID. DISPOSAL ARRANGEMENTS AS A RESULT OF THE PAST NEGLECT,
THE
"THE CONDITION WILL NOT CHANGE UNLESS THERE IS A CHANGE IN
AND POLLUTION ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION ATTITUDE DEEP-ROOTED
THAT CONTROL ARE SOMETHING THAT HONG KONG CANNOT AFFORD.
IN HONG KONG WE CANNOT "IF WE WANT A SUSTAINABLE COMMUNITY HAVE DEVELOPMENT WITHOUT AT THE SAME TIME TAKING FULL ACCOUNT ENVIRONMENTAL IMPLICATIONS, DR REED SAID.
OF THE
ON THE ATTITUDE OF HONG KONG COMMUNITY TO ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES, QUITE A DR REED SAID HE WAS VERY PLEASED TO SEE THAT THERE HAD SIGNIFICANT CHANGE IN THE PAST TWO OR THREE YEARS.
BEEN
OF THE NOT ΤΟ
"A PARTICULARLY IMPORTANT FACTOR HAS BEEN THE CREATION DISTRICT BOARDS IN 1982, WHICH HAVE PROVIDED A NATURAL FOCUS, MENTION
FOR LOCAL RNVIRONMENTAL A NATURAL POLITICAL PLATFORM, CONCERNS.
"THE DB ELECTIONS HELD THIS WEEK SHOWED THAT QUITE A NUMBER CANDIDATES HAVE DEMONSTRATED THEIR CONCERN ON THE ENVIRONMENT.
OF
WHO
OF THE ELECTIONS 'A SURVEY OF CANDIDATES THAT WAS MADE AHEAD BY A LOCAL ENVIRONMENTAL GROUP REPORTED THAT 36 PER CENT OF THOSE RESPONDED TO THE SURVEY WERE CLASSIFIED AS 'GREEN CANDIDATES'.
"THIRTY-SIX PER CENT IS A GREAT STEP
FORWARD AND IMPROVEMENT LITTLE OR ON, SAY, 10 YEARS AGO WHEN I SUSPECT THERE WOULD HAVE BEEN
DISTRICT LEVEL IN MOST NO INTEREST IN ENVIRONMENTAL MATTERS AT THE DISTRICTS, DR REED SAID.
"
DR REED URGED THESE NEW OR RE-ELECTED DB MEMBERS WHO CLASSIFIED ENVIRONMENT THEMSELVES AS "GREEN" TO MAINTAIN THEIR COMMITMENT TO THE THROUGHOUT THEIR TERM OF OFFICE.
PROVISIONAL RESULTS OF RETAIL SALES SURVEY FOR DECEMBER RELEASED
* *
A
SURVEY
THE VALUE OF TOTAL RETAIL SALES IN DECEMBER 1990, ESTIMATED
WITH MILLION, INCREASED BY 9% WHEN COMPARED $10,987
THEIR VOLUME INCREASED BY 2%, ACCORDING ΤΟ WHILE
BY RELEASED TODAY (TUESDAY) RESULTS OF STATISTICS DEPARTMENT.
AT
DECEMBER 1989
THE PROVISIONAL THE CENSUS AND
THE
CHANGES IN THE VOLUME OF RETAIL SALES REFER TO CHANGES IN VALUES OF RETAIL SALES AFTER DISCOUNTING ESTIMATED CHANGES IN PRICES.
/THE INDICATORS