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FRIDAY, MAY 1, 1992
REGULATIONS ON SAFE DISPOSAL OF CHEMICAL WASTE EFFECTIVE TODAY
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WILL BE MANNER IN HONG
THAT CHEMICAL WASTE A SET OF REGULATIONS TO ENSURE DISPOSED OF IN A SAFE AND ENVIRONMENTALLY ACCEPTABLE KONG COMES INTO EFFECT TODAY (MAY 1).
(GENERAL) REGULATION AND ARE GAZETTED TODAY
THE WASTE DISPOSAL (CHEMICAL WASTE) RELATED SECTIONS OF THE WASTE DISPOSAL ORDINANCE TO PROVIDE A FRAMEWORK OF CONTROL ON DISPOSAL OF CHEMICAL WASTE.
(CHEMICAL WASTE) THAT WASTE FOR HOURS
CHEMICAL
THE WASTE DISPOSAL REGULATION WHICH STIPULATES
THE DELIVER
WASTE WITHIN 48
ALSO GAZETTED TODAY IS (GENERAL) (AMENDMENT) COLLECTORS MUST .DISPOSAL.
NEW
WILL REGULATIONS CONTRAVENTION OF THE MAXIMUM FINE OF $100,000 AND SIX MONTHS' IMPRISONMENT.
BE LIABLE
TO A
BE
STORAGE,
A GOVERNMENT SPOKESMAN SAID: "THE LONG-AWAITED CONTROL WILL APPLICABLE TO ALL ASPECTS OF THE DISPOSAL ACTIVITY INCLUDING TRANSPORT AND DISPOSAL OF CHEMICAL WASTE IN HONG KONG.
THE
"IT WILL ALSO REQUIRE ALL WASTE PRODUCERS TO REGISTER WITH DIRECTOR OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION," THE SPOKESMAN SAID.
FOR THE "THESE CONTROLS WILL BE IMPLEMENTED IN PHASES. A DATE
WILL BE ANNOUNCED SHORTLY -COMMENCEMENT OF THE REGISTRATION PROCESS
TAKE SIX MONTHS TO COMPLETE, AND REGISTRATION IS EXPECTED TO ADDED.
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AFFECTED BY THE NEW TO HELP THOSE INDUSTRIES WHICH MIGHT BE
A CODE OF PRACTICE WILL BE REGULATIONS, GUIDANCE NOTES AND LATER ISSUED BY THE ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION DEPARTMENT.
BY A SEMINAR ON THE EFFECT OF THE REGULATION WILL ALSO BE HELD
THE EPD WILL ALSO THE CENTRE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL TECHNOLOGY SHORTLY. HOLD A SERIES OF BRIEFINGS FOR THE AFFECTED INDUSTRIES.
HK FIRE SERVICES RENOWNED AND REWARDING
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MR JOHN MARCH, TODAY AND SAID
THE RETIRING DIRECTOR OF FIRE SERVICES, (FRIDAY) PRAISED THE FIRE SERVICES FOR ITS FIRST CLASS WORK IT IS A REWARDING DEPARTMENT TO SERVE.
SPEAKING AT A FIRE SERVICES PASSING-OUT PARADE FOR AND 21 AMBULANCEMEN AT THE PAT OFFICERS, 19 FIREMEN SERVICES TRAINING SCHOOL, MR MARCH SAID:
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