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WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 6, 1982

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TOLO HARBOUR, HE SAID, WAS DECLARED THE FIRST WATER CONTROL ZONE, UNDER THE WATER POLLUTION CONTROL ORDINANCE, IN FEBRUARY AND WATER QUALITY OBJECTIVES FOR THE ZONE WERE GAZETTED IN JUNE.

+THE NEXT STEP IS THE MAKING OF DETAILED REGULATIONS WHICH ARE NECESSARY FOR CONTROL AND THEN FINALLY COMES ENFORCEMENT,+ HE ADDED.

SIR EDWARD ALSO SAID REGULATIONS UNDER THE WASTE DISPOSAL ORDINANCE TO CONTROL AGRICULTURAL WASTE, TOXIC, DIFFICULT AND HAZARDOUS WASTES ARE ALSO BEING DRAWN UP.

THE CLEAN HONG KONG CAMPAIGN, LAUNCHED ON OCTOBER 25, 1981, WILL CONTINUE UNTIL THE END OF DECEMBER, A PROGRAMME OF PLANTING TREES, SHRUBS AND PLANTS HAS ALSO BEEN STARTED AND WILL CONTINUE UNTIL 1983.

AT THE SAME TIME, THE MARINE DEPARTMENT HAS INTENSIFIED ITS HARBOUR CLEANSING ACTIVITIES, AND IMPROVED ITS EQUIPMENT BY THE PURCHASE OF FOUR MORE SPECIALLY DESIGNED VESSELS TO PICK UP FLOATING REFUSE.

+NONE OF THIS WILL SUCCEED IN THE LONG RUN WITHOUT THE CONTINUED SUPPORT OF THE PUBLIC AT LARGE. A CLEAN HONG KONG IS UP TO THE PEOPLE OF HONG KONG, SIR EDWARD SAID.

ARTS AND RECREATION ****

WHEN THE JUBILEE SPORTS CENTRE IS FORMALLY OPENED LATER THIS MONTH, HONG KONG WILL HAVE FIRST-CLASS FACILITIES FOR TRAINING SPORTSMEN AND A BASE FROM WHICH TO MEET INCREASED COMMUNITY INTEREST IN SPORT, THE GOVERNOR SIR EDWARD YOUDE, SAID IN THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL TODAY.

THE GOVERNOR SAID THE ARTS AND RECREATION CONTRIBUTE TO A BALANCED LIFE FOR A COMMUNITY THAT IS ENJOYING GREATER LEISURE TODAY THAN IT ENJOYED EVEN A FEW YEARS AGO.

+THE COMMUNITY IS GRATEFUL TO THE URBAN COUNCIL, THE COUNCIL FOR RECREATION AND SPORT, THE COUNCIL FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS, THE RECREATION AND CULTURE DEPARTMENT AND MANY SUBVENTED AND PRIVATE BODIES FOR THEIR EFFORTS IN THIS FIELD, HE SAID.

SIR EDWARD SAID ALSO THAT THGOUGH THE ACADEMY OF PERFORMING ARTS WAS +LITTLE MORE THAN A VISION+ LAST YEAR, A SITE HAD SINCE BEEN FOUND, PLANS DRAWN UP AND WORK STARTED ON THE MAJOR PROJECT.

+ THE ROLE PLAYED BY THE ROYAL HONG KONG JOCKEY CLUB IN THESE TWO ENDEAVOURS IS TO BE COMMENDED, THE GOVERNOR SAID.

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