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THURSDAY, JUNE 10, 1993
STANDARDS - I
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GOVERNOR : IT IS OUR INTENTION TO INTRODUCE TOUGHER THINK THEY'RE CALLED EURO-1 STANDARDS ON HEAVY DIESEL VEHICLES WHICH EMISSIONS. WE SHOULD HAVE, I THINK, A SIGNIFICANT IMPACT ON DIESEL ALSO WANT TO GO RATHER FURTHER THAN THAT. WE WANT TO TRY TO IMPROVE AND TIGHTEN UP TESTING STANDARDS AND, SPEAKING FOR MYSELF AND SPEAKING FOR THE GOVERNMENT, I WOULD LIKE US TO ENCOURAGE SOME OF THOSE WHO PRESENT RUN DIESEL VEHICLES WHEN THEY REPLACE THEM TO MOVE OVER
THINK BY So 1 PETROL.
THOSE THREE WHICH USE VEHICLES
UNLEADED
UP ON THE EMISSION INDIVIDUAL ROUTES
FIRST OF ALL, TIGHTEN ENG STANDARDS; SECONDLY, TIGHTENING UP ON TESTING AND, THIRDLY, PERSUADING FROM THOSE WHO RUN FLEETS OF VEHICLES WHEN THEY BUY NEW ONES TO MOVE DIESEL TO UNLEADED PETROL I HOPE IN THOSE THREE WAYS WE CAN HAVE SIGNIFICANT IMPACT ON OUR AIR QUALITY HERE IN HONG KONG.
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YOU WANT ΤΟ MR HENRY TANG: GOVERNOR, I OWN A DIESEL STATION WAGON.
TIME SCHEDULE DO YOU HAVE A
ON KNOW WHEN I SHOULD GET RID OF IT. THOSE STAGES WHICH YOU HAVE OUTLINED EARLIER?
GOVERNOR I'M NOT QUITE SURE HOW LARGE THE HONOURABLE MEMBER'S IS, BUT I CAN TELL HIM THAT WE'LL BE...
WAGON
MR HENRY TANG: IT'S A SEVEN PASSENGER STATION WAGON,
GOVERNOR : I DON'T HAVE THAT LARGE A FAMILY.
MR HENRY TANG : I DO.
AN
GOVERNOR : WE WILL BE INTRODUCING THE SO-CALLED EURO-1 STANDARD, ADVANCED EMISSION STANDARD FOR LARGE DIESEL VEHICLES TOGETHER WITH THE INTRODUCTION OF A HIGHER QUALITY AUTOMOTIVE DIESEL FUEL WITH A REDUCED I THINK THAT WILL SULPHUR CONTENT FROM 0.5 TO 0.2 PER CENT IN 1995. BE DEALING WITH RATHER LARGER DIESEL VEHICLES THAN EVEN THE ESTATE CAR OWNED BY THE HONOURABLE MEMBER. BUT MAYBE WHEN HE IS CHANGING OVER
BUT MAYBE WHEN HE IS I DON'T KNOW HOW OFTEN HE BUYS A NEW CAR CHANGING OVER, HE WOULD CONSIDER BUYING A CAR WHICH RAN
PETROL.
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ON UNLEADED
MANDATED
OF
MR MAN SAI-CHEONG: ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT HAS BEEN IN MANY DEVELOPED COUNTRIES SUCH AS USA, TO INVESTIGATE THE EXTENT
PROJECT ENVIRONMENTAL DEGRADATION AND IMPACT ON PUBLIC HEALTH WHEN A
EIA ONLY FOCUSES ON IN HONG KONG, HOWEVER, THE IS TO BE BUILT. SIGHTING, CONSTRUCTION AND OPERATION OF MAJOR DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS
CAN ENVIRONMENTS. PROJECTS WHICH MAY BE LOCATED IN SENSITIVE GOVERNOR INFORM US WHETHER THE HONG KONG GOVERNMENT WOULD CONSIDER BROADEN THE APPLICATION OF EIA AND WHETHER THIS ASSESSMENT CAN BE MADE MANDATORY?
OR THE
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