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WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 4, 1992
ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION IS OUR PRIORITY: CS
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IN HIS SPEECH LAST MONTH HAS PUT GOVERNOR UPON THE NEED TO GIVE ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION A PRIORITY WITHIN GOVERNMENT AND IN THE COMMUNITY AS A WHOLE, THE CHIEF SECRETARY, DAVID FORD, SAID TODAY (WEDNESDAY).
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OFFICIATING AT FESTIVAL '92, SIR DAVID PROTECTION FOR A LONG TIME.
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YEARS, WE HAVE IGNORED IT. WE'VE USED THE PLANET GIANT GABBAGE CAN. BUT WE KNOW WE SIMPLY CANNOT GO ON DOING THAT OF DAMAGE WITHOUT CATASTROPHIC CONSEQUENCES BOTH FOR US, AND THE IMPORTANT FOR OUR CHILDREN," SIR DAVID SAID.
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"AND IT IS PARTICULAR SAD HERE IN HONG KONG, BECAUSE HONG HAS SOME OF THE FINEST SURROUNDINGS IN THE WORLD AND YET SOME OF WORST POLLUTIONS.
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HAVE THE MONEY TO DEAL WITH THE PROBLEM NOW, WE HAVE TECHNOLOGY, AND WHAT WE MUST MAKE SURE WE ALSO HAVE IS THE WILL POWER.
BUT AND THAT IS WHY THERE ARE OF COURSE, MANY OTHER PRESSING ISSUES,
ΤΟ WE MUST NOT LOSE SIGHT OF THE GREAT NEED TO KEEP PUSHING THE NEED IMPROVE OUR ENVIORNMENT.
POURING CHEMICALS "WE CANNOT GO ON PUTTING FILTH INTO OUR AIR, INTO OUR WATER AND DUMPING RUBBISH INTO THE SEA. WE HAVE TO PUT A STOP TO IT," HE SAID.
MEASURES TO REDUCE USE OF HARDWOOD
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THE GOVERNMENT IS AIMING THROUGH SPECIFICATION AS AN IMMEDIATE MEASURE TO MINIMISE THE USE OF HARDWOOD, TROPICAL OR OTHERWISE, FOR HOARDINGS ON CONSTRUCTION SITES.
THIS WAS STATED BY THE SECRETARY FOR WORKS, MR JAMES BLAKE, AT SEMINAR ON PROGRESS AND PRESERVATION OF THE ENVIRONMENT TODAY (WEDNESDAY).
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"CONTRACTORS TENDERING WILL BE REQUIRED TO PROPOSE ALTERNATIVES IN THEIR TENDERS, OR DIRECTED TO USE SPECIFIED ACCEPTABLE ALTERNATIVES WHEN A NUMBER ARE READILY AVAILABLE,' MR BLAKE SAID.
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IN ADDITION TO ENCOURAGING ALTERNATIVE MATERIALS FOR HOARDINGS AND FORMWORK, THE GOVERMENT WILL LOOK TO MINIMISE THE USE OF HARDWOOD FOR PROPPING AND STRUTTING OF FORMWORK, OR PLANKING AND SHORING FOR TRENCHES, BY ASKING CONTRACTORS TO PUT FORWARD SYSTEMS THAT MAXIMISE THE RE-USE OF MATERIALS OTHER THAN WOOD.
MR BLAKE HOPED THAT ACTIONS IN THESE AREAS WOULD BE SEEN TO PRODUCING RESULTS EARLY NEXT YEAR.
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