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WEDNESDAY, MAY 11, 1994
FEEDBACK TO ENVIRONMENT WHITE PAPER POSITIVE
THE
COMMUNITY FEEDBACK TO THE SECOND REVIEW OF THE 1989 WHITE PAPER ON POLLUTION IN HONG KONG IS GENERALLY POSITIVE, THE ACTING SECRETARY FOR PLANNING, ENVIRONMENT AND LANDS, MR CANICE MAK, TOLD THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL TODAY (WEDNESDAY).
REPLYING TO A QUESTION BY THE HON PETER WONG, MR MAK SAID: "THE SECOND REVIEW OF THE 1989 WHITE PAPER ON POLLUTION IN HONG KONG, PUBLISHED IN DECEMBER LAST YEAR, IS A DOCUMENT WHICH SETS OUT IN DETAIL WHAT WE HAVE ACHIEVED, WHAT WE ARE STILL WORKING ON AND WHAT WE HOPE TO DO IN FUTURE.
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ALTHOUGH THE FEEDBACK WAS DIVERSIFIED, HE SAID, THERE WERE ITEMS COMMON TO MANY RESPONSES, AND THESE ITEMS INCLUDED THE NEEDS FOR MORE ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION, TO PROMOTE RECYCLING, TO TACKLE AIR POLLUTION AND TO PROMOTE SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT.
MR MAK SAID THE GOVERNMENT HAD BEEN FORMULATING ACTION PLANS IN RESPONSE TO THESE.COMMON ITEMS.
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"FOR EXAMPLE, WE ARE PLANNING TO TAKE VARIOUS ACTIONS TO BUILD THE CONTROLS ALREADY PROVIDED FOR UNDER THE AIR POLLUTION CONTROL ORDINANCE, AND FOREMOST AMONG THESE PLANS ARE REGULATIONS TO CONTROL OPEN BURNING AND EXAMINATION OF THE FEASIBILITY OF CONVERTING POWERED TAXIS AND PUBLIC LIGHT BUSES ΤΟ UNLEADED PETROL ENGINES, HE SAID.
DIESEL
POWERED
$123M SPENT ON AIRPORT SECURITY
YEAR
THE GOVERNMENT SPENT $123.03 MILLION ON AIRPORT SECURITY IN THE 1993/94.
THE ACTING SECRETARY FOR SECURITY, MR KEN WOODHOUSE, SAID TODAY (WEDNESDAY) THE TOTAL CAPITAL AND RECURRENT COST FOR RESPONSIBILITIES DISCHARGED BY THE CIVIL AVIATION DEPARTMENT AND THE POLICE LAST YEAR IN RESPECT OF SECURITY MEASURES IMPLEMENTED AT THE AIRPORT IN THE LAST FINANCIAL YEAR WERE $6.03 MILLION AND $117 MILLION RESPECTIVELY.
IN A WRITTEN REPLY TO A QUESTION BY THE HON HOWARD YOUNG IN THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL, MR WOODHOUSE SAID AIRLINES OPERATING AT THE AIRPORT WERE ALSO RESPONSIBLE FOR PROVIDING A NUMBER OF SECURITY SERVICES ΤΟ MEET THE STANDARDS REQUIRED BY THE DIRECTOR OF CIVIL AVIATION.
THESE MEASURES INCLUDED THE SECURITY SCREENING OF PASSENGERS, HAND LUGGAGE, HOLD-STOWED AND INTERLINE TRANSFER BAGGAGE, HE SAID.
MR WOODHOUSE SAID THE COST OF PROVIDING THESE SERVICES WAS RECOVERED BY THE AIRLINES THROUGH A $20 SECURITY SERVICE CHARGE WAS LEVIED ON ALL DEPARTING PASSENGERS.
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