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"WE MAY HAVE SOME OF THE BEST NATURAL PARKS IN THE WORLD, BUT WE DUMP 1,200 CUBIC METRES OF LIVESTOCK WASTE INTO OUR RIVERS AND STREAMS EACH DAY,
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THIS DAILY DISCHARGE OF FILTH HAD POISONED OUR RIVERS AND STREAMS, ALMOST EXTINGUISHED MARINE LIFE IN THE HARBOUR AND HAD BECOME A SERIOUS HAZARD TO PUBLIC HEALTH,
MR PATTEN SAID THE SCALE OF THE TASK WAS BIG, BUT FOR A CITY LIKE HONG KONG IT WAS HARDLY OVERWHELMING.
TECHNOLOGY TO ACT.
"WE HAVE THE
WE HAVE THE RESOURCES REQUIRED. WE CAN MAKE A BIG DIFFERENCE, AND SWIFTLY, IF WE CHOOSE.
"AND THEN, WHEN WE HAVE CLEANED UP HONG KONG, WE WILL HAVE A NEW PRODUCT FOR EXPORT. ENVIRONMENTAL TECHNOLOGY IS GOING TO BE A
'GROWTH AREA' FOR MANY YEARS TO COME.'
MR PATTEN SAID WE HAD, OF COURSE, MADE SIGNIFICANT PROGRESS RECENT YEARS.
IN
1989
"WE ARE STEADILY MOVING AHEAD WITH IMPLEMENTATION OF THE WHITE PAPER, WHICH ENVISAGED A 10-YEAR PROGRAMME TO MAKE HONG KONG MORE ENVIRONMENTALLY-FRIENDLY.
"I AM HAPPY TO BE ABLE TO SAY THAT ALREADY 73 OF ITS 118 TARGETS HAVE BEEN MET.
"THERE HAVE BEEN SOME DRAMATIC IMPROVEMENTS; LEVELS, FOR EXAMPLE, HAVE BEEN CUT BY 40% SINCE 1990 IN THE AREAS WORST AFFECTED.
SULPHUR DIOXIDE AND UP TO 80%
"BUT THERE IS MUCH MORE TO BE DONE," HE STRESSED.
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MORE POLICE ON STREETS TO DETER CRIME * * * * *
DESCRIBING LAW AND ORDER AS A PERMANENT PRIORITY AREA, THE GOVERNOR, THE RT HON CHRISTOPHER PATTEN, TOLD THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL TODAY (WEDNESDAY) THE COMMUNITY'S FIRST LINE OF DEFENCE AGAINST CRIME IS A SUBSTANTIAL AND VISIBLE POLICE PRESENCE ON THE STREETS.
"NOTHING DETERS THE POTENTIAL LAW-BREAKER, PARTICULARLY VIOLENT CRIMINAL GANGS, MORE THAN A HIGH RISK OF COMING FACE-TO-FACE WITH FULLY-TRAINED, WELL-EQUIPPED AND THOROUGHLY PROFESSIONAL POLICE
MR PATTEN SAID IN HIS POLICY ADDRESS.
TEAMS,
H
HE
SAID THE CRIMINAL AND THE CORRUPT THREATENED OUR WAY OF LIFE, AND WE NEEDED TO DETER POTENTIAL LAWBREAKERS, то PURSUE RUTHLESSLY AND TO ENSURE THAT THEY WERE BROUGHT SWIFTLY TO
CRIMINALS
JUSTICE.
/"THE COMMUNITY