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WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 10, 1979
WORK IN HAND TO TIGHTEN CONTROL OVER INSHORE POLLUTION
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WORK IS NOW WELL IN HAND TO TIGHTEN CONTROLS OVER THE POLLUTION OF INSHORE WATERS AND STREAMS AND TO IMPROVE THEIR EFFECTIVENESS, THE SECRETARY FOR THE ENVIRONMENT, THE HON. DEREK JONES TOLD THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL TODAY (WEDNESDAY),
IN REPLY TO A QUESTION FROM THE HON. WONG LAM, MR. JONES SAID TWO BILLS WERE BEING DRAFTED TO DEAL WITH THIS PROBLEM AND FUNDS SOUGHT TO OBTAIN ADDITIONAL PROFESSIONAL STAFF AND EQUIPMENT NEEDED TO IMPLEMENT NEW LEGISLATION ON ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AS WELL AS FOR PLANNING, RESEARCH, AND MONITORING WORK ESSENTIAL FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF A WATER POLLUTION CONTROL STRATEGY.
HE SAID THE FIRST ITEM OF NEW LEGISLATION, A NEW WATER POLLUTION CONTROL BILL TO LIMIT AND CONTROL THE DISCHARGE OF LIQUID EFFLUENTS, WAS AT AN ADVANCED STAGE OF DRAFTING AND EXPECTED TO BE TABLED IN THE COUNCIL WITHIN THE NEXT FEW MONTHS.
THE OTHER NEW LEGISLATION, A WASTE DISPOSAL BILL, WOULD DEAL, AMONG OTHER THINGS, WITH THE DISPOSAL OF AGRICULTURAL WASTES WHICH WERE ONE OF THE MAIN CAUSES OF STREAM POLLUTION.
MR. JONES SAID WITH ALL THIS, HE EXPECTED TO SEE A CONSIDERABLE IMPROVEMENT IN THE NOT TOO DISTANT FUTURE IN THE SITUATION WHICH AT PRESENT WAS NOT ENTIRELY SATISFACTORY.
SMOKE POLLUTION PROSECUTIONS
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THE COMMISSIONER FOR LABOUR, THE HON. NEIL HENDERSON, TOLD THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL TODAY (WEDNESDAY) THAT THERE WERE 14 PROSECUTIONS AGAINST FACTORIES FOR EXCEEDING PERMITTED LIMITS FOR EMITTING SMOKE AND RELATED OFFENCES LAST YEAR.
REPLYING TO A QUESTION FROM THE REV. THE HON. JOYCE
M. BENNETT, MR. HENDERSON SAID THESE WERE AMONG THE 50 PROSECUTIONS TAKEN UNDER THE CLEAN AIR ORDINANCE AND ITS SUBSIDIARY LEGISLATION DURING THE YEAR.
+THERE WERE ALSO 17 PROSECUTIONS TAKEN OUT AGAINST FACTORIES FOR UNAUTHORISED INSTALLATION OR ALTERATIONS OF FURNACES, OVENS, OR CHIMNEYS,+ HE SAID.
+ THE REMAINING 19 SIMILAR OFFENCES WERE COMMITTED MAINLY BY HOTELS AND RESTAURANTS, HE ADDED.
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