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Wednesday, August 1, 1973
REPORTS ON OIL REFINERY PUBLISHED SOON
The Government will shortly publish its views and reports on the
environmental and pollution aspects of a proposal to set up an oil refinery
on Lamma Island.
Announcing this in the Legislative Council today, the Acting Secretary
for the Environment, the Hon. D.. Akers-Jones, said these publications would
include a summary of the findings by two consultant groups and by a government
party.
The publication of these reports on the economic and environmental
significance of a major development of this sort on Lamma would provide an
opportunity for informed public discussion before the matter was finally
decided.
He assured the Council that all relevant important issues related
to the subject would be debated before a decision was taken, and after the
facts had been made public.
In reply to a question by the Hon. R.E. Lobo on the pros and cons
of the proposed scheme, the Acting Secretary said some people had pointed out
that the establishment of a refinery raised the possibility of a related
petrochemical complex.
Indeed, tentative enquiries which included such a complex had very
recently been received, he said,
"It is patently desirable to reach a view from the outset on what
additional environmental problems would be raised by such a petrochemical
installation."1
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