16
MONDAY, MAY 16, 1994
THE CONCPET
OF
GREEN
THE
MORAL
MORAL
STRESSING THE NEED TO ATTRIBUTE A MORAL STATUS TO OF GREEN PRODUCTIVITY, DR REED SAID: "THE UNDERLYING VALUES
BE INCULCATED
IN EARLY MUST THEREFORE PRODUCTIVITY EDUCATION OF THE COMMUNITY IN THE SAME WAY AS OTHER FUNDAMENTAL
AND IN THE EARLY YEARS OF FORMAL VALUES, THROUGH FAMILY EXAMPLE
EDUCATION."
HE SAID THE
GOVERNMENT
HAD IN
RECENT
YEARS
MADE
EFFORTS, INCLUDING THE INCLUSION OF ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES
SETTING UP OF THE FIRST SYLLABUS AND THE
CENTRES, TO IMPROVE ENVIRONMENTAL RESOURCE IN THE HONG KONG COMMUNITY.
VIGOROUS INTO SCHOOL
PLANNED
OF A
SERIES OF THE ENVIRONMENTAL ETHIC
HAD
INVOLVED, A WILLINGNESS
AND
TO
VARIOUS GREEN GROUPS SEVERAL COMMERCIAL
INTRODUCE
IN-HOUSE
DR REED SAID HE WAS PLEASED TO SEE THAT BECOME INCREASINGLY ORGANISATIONS HAD ACTIVITIES AIMED AT IMPROVING ENVIRONMENTAL AWARENESS.
SHOWN
REED SALD WHILE HE RECOGNISE THE MERIT OF BY THE END
ON THE POLLUTER PAYS PRINCIPLE (PPP), DR ACKNOWLEDGED THAT HONG KONG HAD BEEN SLOW TO PPP, ARRANGEMENTS WERE NOW IN HAND FOR THE INTRODUCTION, OF THIS YEAR, OF CHARGES FOR THE TREATMENT
AND COMMERCIAL CHEMICAL WASTES AND FOR DISPOSED OF AT LANDFILL SITES.
AND DISPOSAL OF INDUSTRIAL WASTES
SEWAGE, NORMALLY
A GENERALLY
"EVEN IF SOME SUCCESS IS ACHIEVED IN ESTABLISHING IMPROVED ENVIRONMENTAL ETHIC IN THE COMMUNITY, HUMAN NATURE BEING WHAT FOR THE STICK' IN THE SCHEME OF IT IS, THERE IS ALWAYS A PLACE THINGS, HE SAID.
FOR MEASURES
VARIOUS
WERE WHICH WERE NOW
THE PUNITIVE
OFFENCES POLLUTION EMBODIED IN THE VARIOUS POLLUTION CONTROL ORDINANCES, ENFORCED BY FIVE LOCAL CONTROL OFFICES.
DR
WAS
ANOTHER IMPORTANT ROLE OF THE GOVERNMENT IN GREEN PRODUCTIVITY,
SAID. REED
ENSURE THE AVAILABILITY TO INFRASTRUCTURE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL
COLLECTION, THE DISPOSAL OF WASTE WATERS, FOR CHEMICAL AND WELL AS FOR GENERAL MUNICIPAL WASTES.
COMMUNAL AND OTHER SPECIAL WASTES AS
OF TREATMENT
COMPREHENSIVE PLANS TO MEET THIS
PURPOSE HAD BEEN DRAWN UP
SINCE 1986, HE SAID.
" IMPLEMENTATION OF THESE PLANS IS NOW MOVING FORWARD RAPIDLY SEWAGE AND OTHER WASTE WITH AROUND $2.4 BILLION DUE TO BE SPENT ON DISPOSAL FACILITIES IN 1994/95 RISING TO $9.5 BILLION IN 1996/97, SAID.
ALREADY IMPLEMENTED
INCLUDK
PARTS OF THE PLANS COMMISSIONING OF A CHEMICAL WASTE TREATMENT PLANT AND THE BUILDING LANDFILLS AND REFUSE TRANSFER STATIONS.
HE
THE
OF
NOTING
THAT SMALL. AND MEDIUM SIZED
COULD INDUSTRIES OWN INTERNAL TRAINING READILY DEVELOP AND SUPPORT THEIR
PROGRAMMES SAID IT WAS AND INFORMATION DATABASES FOR CLEAN TECHNOLOGY, DR REED
ENSURE THAT THE INDUSTRIES PROPERLY THE ROLE OF THE GOVERNMENT CONCERNED HAD ACCESS TO SUCH PROGRAMMES.
NOT
ין'
/HE SAID