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WEDNESDAY, APRIL 20, 1994
PLACES
AS FOR HOSPITAL SERVICES, THE HOSPITAL AUTHORITY IS PLANNING TO PROVIDE 260 NEW ACUTE GERIATRIC BEDS AND 200 NEW GERIATRIC DAY BY 1997 TO MEET PROJECTED DEMAND IN FULL.
WITH REQUIRING
A TOTAL OF 1,200 INFIRMARY PLACES AND SEVEN NURSING HOMES 1,400 BEDS WILL ALSO BE PROVIDED BY 1997 FOR ELDERLY PEOPLE RESIDENTIAL NURSING CARE.
OUTREACH MRS WONG NOTED THAT THE GOVERNMENT WOULD ALSO DEVELOP
MORE SPECIALIST TEAMS IN SERVICES THROUGH THE SETTING UP OF FIVE
BETWEEN
AND WELFARE MEDICAL THE INTERFACE FACILITATE 1994/95 TO
ELDERLY SERVICES AS WELL AS TO ACHIEVE A BETTER CONTINUUM OF CARE FOR PATIENTS.
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MEASURES FOR WASTE MINIMISATION AND RECYCLING
ΤΟ
OF
RUBBER WASTE ARE
TYRES,
BEING
YEAR,
REGULATIONS
PROHIBIT THE OPEN BURNING CABLES WITH PLASTIC INSULATION AND CONSTRUCTION DRAFTED AND ARE EXPECTED TO TAKE EFFECT BEFORE THE END OF THIS THE SECRETARY FOR PLANNING, ENVIRONMENT AND LANDS, MR TONY EASON, TOLD THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL TODAY (WEDNESDAY).
IN A WRITTEN REPLY TO A QUESTION BY THE HON MICHAEL HO
TO
AND EXAMINE MR EASON
THE SAID
GOVERNMENT POLICY WAS MEASURES TO LIMIT THE AMOUNT OF WASTE PRODUCED AND TO ENCOURAGE RECOVERY AND RECYCLING.
THE GOVERNMENT SOME OF THE MEASURES ADOPTED BY GOVERNMENT BODIES TO PROMOTE AND ASSIST LOCAL INDUSTRIES IN INDUSTRIAL WASTES INCLUDE: -
MUN-KA,
PROMOTE WASTE
AND
NON- RECYCLING
*
THE POSSIBLE ESTABLISHMENT OF AN INTERMEDIATE SORTING
CONSTRUCTION AT TSBUNG KWAN O TO ASSIST THE
SEPARATE
MATERIAL:
PLANT
INDUSTRY то FILL OUT THE PUTRESCIBLE WASTE TO PROVIDE USEFUL
ACTIVE DISCUSSIONS BETWEEN INTERESTED PARTIES TO PROMOTE THE RECYCLING OF USED TYRE;
ENCOURAGEMENT
WASTE TREATMENT
OPERATOR TO RECYCLE INDUSTRIAL SOLVENTS; AND
CENTRE
TO
THE CHEMICAL
RECYCLING
INTRODUCTION BY THE CENTRE OF ENVIRONMENTAL TECHNOLOGY OF WASTE EXCHANGE OR
INFORMATION SERVICE TO
BUSINESS AND INDUSTRY.
A
THE
IN
ADDITION, MR EASON SAID, THE GOVERNMENT HAS STARTED A CONSULTANCY STUDY ON WASTE REDUCTION TO EXAMINE RECYCLING AND RECOVERY.
FULL
WAYS FOR FURTHER
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