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As a result, he said one of the two consultant groups, Cremer and
Warner, would submit an additional report covering this further aspect in
about four months.
Mr. Akers-Jones went on to say that interest had been expressed
in establishing a plant to manufacture polystyrene from imported raw materials
on Tsing Yi Island.
The plant would, if established, secure supplies of this vital
material for local industry.
In view of the present position of the plastics industry, he said,
the environmental aspects of establishing such a factory on Tsing Yi were
also being examined as a matter of urgency.
"These applications raise questions much larger than whether
environmental considerations render acceptable or unacceptable the establishment
on Lamma Island of an oil refinery with or without a petrochemical annex.
be put.
"They raise the question of the use to which Lamma Island should
Should it be industriel, residential or recreational?
"If it should be partly industrial, or residential, or partly a bit
of both, what form would be in the public interest and how can that form be
reconciled with, and bring benefit to, those who live on the island of Lamna
as well as to the public of Hong Kong as a whole?
"If the eventual decision significantly altered the scope of Lamma
for recreation, what steps should be taken to develop and preserve alternative
arcas to meet the rising demand for recreation?" Mr. Akers-Jones asked.
He stressed that all these wider questions were under just as active
consideration as the one Mr. Lobo had asked.
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