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Wednesday, June 6, 1973
REVIEW OF OFFENSIVE TRADES
A comprehensive review is to be made of the problems posed by
offensive trades, the Director of Urban Services, the Hon. D.R.W. Alexander,
told the Legislative Council today.
He said a programme was needed to provide for the removal of
offensive trades into properly designated areas, and this would be
studied by the various departments concerned in consultation with
Advisory Committee on Environmental Pollution on Land and Water.
Meanwhile, the District Commissioner, New Territories, the
Hon. I.F. Macpherson, reported that about 75,000 square feet of land
had been reserved for tannery operators in the Kwai Chung offensive
trades zone.
trades.
The balance of 244,000 square feet is reserved for other offensive
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