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WEDNESDAY, JUNE 5, 1991
ENCOURAGING RESULTS ON ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION
* * * * *
ENCOURAGING RESULTS HAVE BEEN PRODUCED
OF THE WHITE PAPER ON POLLUTION TWO YEARS AGO.
AFTER THE PUBLICATION
THE HON PROGRESS TODAY
ENVIRONMENT AND LANDS, THE SECRETARY FOR PLANNING, GRAHAM BARNES, STATED THIS WHILE TABLING THE FIRST REVIEW OF ON THE 1989 WHITE PAPER ON POLLUTION IN THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL (WEDNESDAY).
OF THE VERY RESULT, OVER
MR BARNES SAID: "AS WITH THE REVIEW ITSELF, MOST TIGHT DEADLINES WE IMPOSED UPON OURSELVES, WE MET. AS A THE PAST TWO YEARS WE HAVE PRODUCED SOME ENCOURAGING RESULTS:
WE HAVE SUBSTANTIALLY REDUCED AIR POLLUTION;
PROGRESS ON IMPLEMENTING
WE HAVE MADE GOOD DISPOSAL STRATEGY;
A NEW
WASTE
WE HAVE REDUCED NOISE DISTURBANCE GENERALLY; AND
WE HAVE ACHIEVED OUR TARGETS SO FAR IN WATER SEWERAGE.
POLLUTION AND
PAPERS THAT HAVE HE CONTINUED: "THERE CAN BE FEW OTHER WHITE
AND MONITORING, AND I BEEN SUBJECT TO SUCH RIGOROUS IMPLEMENTATION BELIEVE HONG KONG CAN BE PROUD OF WHAT IT HAS ACHIEVED SO FAR.
"WE HAVE CREATED A FAIR AMOUNT OF MOMENTUM IN THESE YEARS. WE NOW HAVE TO MAINTAIN THIS MOMENTUM," HE SAID,
FIRST TWO
WILL HAVE
SUIT TO FIT THE
MR BARNES STATED: "TO MEET OUR FUTURE OBJECTIVES WE TO ADAPT TO CHANGING CIRCUMSTANCES, AND TAILOR OUR CLOTH.
CHALLENGES
OF
"BUT IN THE SAME WAY THAT HONG KONG HAS MET THE THE FIRST TWO YEARS, I BELIEVE THAT WE WILL CONTINUE TO FIND WAYS OF SUPPORT, THE RECORD ACHIEVING OUR OBJECTIVES, AND THAT, WITH MEMBERS
THAT WILL
WE HAVE
TO CONTINUED
MOVE OF THE NEXT TWO YEARS
RENEWED IN THE FORWARD
BATTLE ΤΟ
OUR ENVIRONMENT WITH DETERMINATION AND VIGOUR."
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