FRIDAY, DECEMBER 10, 1993
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ENVIRONMENTAL CO-OPERATION WITH GUANGDONG TO CONTINUE
THE JOINT HONG KONG
GUANGDONG ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION LIAISON GROUP, AT ITS FOURTH MEETING IN GUANGZHOU ON DECEMBER 8, 1993, HAS AGREED TO CONTINUE THEIR CO-OPERATION ON ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES OF COMMON INTEREST.
THE LIAISON GROUP DISCUSSED AND ENDORSED THE PROGRESS REPORT BY ITS TECHNICAL SUB-GROUP (TSG) ON ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION OF DEEP BAY AND ITS CATCHMENTS.
THE TSG WILL
CONTINUE ΤΟ
EXCHANGE MONITORING DATA AND
EXPERIENCE IN ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT AND WILL PROCEED WITH THE JOINT MONITORING PROGRAMME IN DEEP BAY AND ITS TRIBUTARIES.
THE MEETING ALSO DISCUSSED THE TERRITORIAL DEVELOPMENT STRATEGY REVIEW AND THE PROPOSAL TO DEVELOP STRATEGIES FOR POLLUTION PREVENTION AND CONTROL IN THE PEARL RIVER DELTA.
THE LIAISON GROUP AGREED THAT BOTH SIDES SHOULD CONTINUE TO EXCHANGE INFORMATION ON ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES THROUGH THE ESTABLISHED AND OTHER INFORMAL LIAISON CHANNELS.
THE MEETING IN GUANGZHOU WAS FOLLOWED BY A TWO-DAY VISIT IN SHENZHEN TO SEE THE ACTUAL MONITORING WORK IN THE AREA AND TO SEE HOW POLLUTION CONTROL AND ENVIRONMENTAL MEASURES ARE PUT IN PLACE IN THE MANUFACTURING INDUSTRIES.
THE LIAISON GROUP WAS LED ON THE HONG KONG SIDE BY THE SECRETARY FOR PLANNING, ENVIRONMENT AND LANDS, MR TONY EASON AND ON THE QUANGDONG SIDE BY THE DIRECTOR OF THE ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION BUREAU OF GUANGDONG PROVINCE, MR QIANG BINGHUAN,
MEMBERS OF THE HONG KONG DELEGATION INCLUDE THE DIRECTOR OF DRAINAGE SERVICES, MR SIU CHUEN, THE DIRECTOR OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION, DR STUART REED, THE DIRECTOR OF PLANNING, MR K S PUN AND REPRESENTATIVES OF THE AGRICULTURE AND FISHERIES DEPARTMENT.
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TRAVEL INDUSTRY COMPENSATION RULES
THE CHAIRMAN OF THE TRAVEL INDUSTRY COMPENSATION FUND MANAGEMENT BOARD, DR JAMES KUNG, ANNOUNCED TODAY (FRIDAY) THAT THE MANAGEMENT BOARD, APPOINTED BY THE GOVERNOR TO HOLD, MANAGE AND APPLY THE FUND, HAD MADE RULES IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 32G OF THE TRAVEL AGENTS ORDINANCE.
THE RULES ARE TRAVEL INDUSTRY COMPENSATION FUND (PROCEDURE EX GRATIA PAYMENTS) RULES AND TRAVEL INDUSTRY COMPENSATION (AMOUNT OF EX GRATIA PAYMENTS AND FINANCIAL PENALTY) RULES.
FOR
FUND
/THE PURPOSES