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Saturday, December 29, 1973

HE ADVISORY COMMITTEE ON ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION SET UP

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A high-powered Committee has been formed to advise on the increasing

problem of environmental pollution.

Called the Advisory Committee on Environmental Pollution, the

Jommittee has been created by the amalgamation of the former Advisory

Committee on Air Pollution and the Advisory Committee on Environmental

Pollution on Land and Water.

It will come into effect on January 1 and will advise on all forms

of pollution control on land, sea, water and air and also on noise pollution.

The Committee's terms of reference are to keep under constant

review the state of the environment and pollution and to advise the

Secretary for the Environment on appropriate measures which might be taken

to combat pollution of all kinds.

The Chairman is Mr. J.L. Marden, until recently Chairman of the

Advisory Committee on Air Pollution.

Other unofficial members are appointed from industry, the universities

and other organisations. They include Miss Pauline Chan, Mr. Chan Pak Yip,

Mr. Hilton Cheong- heen, Dr. L.K. Ding, Mr. W.M. Donald, Mr. H.M.G. Forsgate,

Dr. Norman Ko, lir. Henry Litton, Dr. Daniel Ng, Professor D.S. Payne,

Mr. W.M. Sulke, Professor L.B. Thrower, and Mr. Geoffrey Yeh.

Official representation will be provided from the New Territories

Administration, Commerce & Industry Department, Public Works Department,

Agriculture & Fisheries Department, Royal Observatory, Labour Department,

Medical & Health Department, Civil-Aviation Department, Urban Services

Department, Marine Department, and the Transport Department.

The Deputy