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FRIDAY, OCTOBER 22, 1982

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CHIEF SECRETARY VISITS ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

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THE CHIEF SECRETARY, SIR PHILIP HADDON-CAVE, YESTERDAY (THURSDAY) VISITED THE ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY AND WAS BRIEFED ON THE WORK BEING DONE TO PROTECT HONG KONG'S ENVIRONMENT.

SIR PHILIP WAS TOLD OF THE GROWING INVOLVEMENT OF THE AGENCY IN THE TERRITORY'S PLANNING PROCESS. THIS PROVIDED THE NECESSARY OPPORTUNITY TO AVOID THE POTENTIAL ENVIRONMENTAL PROBLEMS OF THE FUTURE BY ENSURING THAT POLLUTION CONTROL MEASURES ARE INCORPORATED IN MAJOR DEVELOPMENTS, RIGHT AT THE OUTSET.

GOOD PROGRESS HAS ALREADY BEEN MADE IN THIS DIRECTION AND POLLUTION CONTROL MEASURES HAVE BEEN INTRODUCED FOR MAJOR NEW DEVELOPMENTS SUCH AS THE INDUSTRIES ON THE TAI PO INDUSTRIAL ESTATE, THE CHINA CEMENT COMPANY WORKS AT TAP SHEK KOK, THE CHEMICAL PLANTS ON TSING YI ISLAND AND THE TWO COAL-FIRED POWER STATIONS.

WITHOUT THESE CONTROLS, THESE INSTALLATIONS COULD WELL HAVE CREATED ENVIRONMENTAL PROBLEMS ON A SCALE AND OF A SEVERITY NOT YET EXPERIENCED IN HONG KONG.

SIR PHILIP WAS SHOWN ALSO THE MODERN INSTRUMENT LABORATORIES AND COMPUTING FACILITIES WHICH PROVIDE THE BACK-UP TO THE COMPREHENSIVE SURVEY AND POLLUTION MONITORING PROGRAMME NOW BEING IMPLEMENTED BY THE AGENCY.

FESTIVAL FOR ALL AGES IN WONG TAI SIN ****

THE WONG TAI SIN FESTIVAL 82', A LARGE SCALE CULTURAL AND RECREATIONAL EVENT ORGANISED BY THE DISTRICT BOARD AND THE WONG TAL SIN DISTRICT ARTS COUNCIL, WILL BE OPENED ON SUNDAY (OCTOBER 24) BY THE SECRETARY FOR CITY AND NEW TERRITORIES ADMINISTRATION, MR IAN MACPHERSON.

COSTING THE DISTRICT BOARD MORE THAN $400 000, THE MONTH-LONG FESTIVAL WILL FEATURE A WIDE RANGE OF ENTERTAINMENT PROGRAMMES, RECREATIONAL ACTIVITIES, OUTINGS AND EXHIBITIONS WHICH HAVE BEEN SPECIALLY DESIGNED FOR RESIDENTS OF DIFFERENT AGE GROUPS.

THESE WILL INCLUDE A NUMBER OF SPORTS EVENTS, MUSICAL PERFORMANCES, MAGIC SHOWS, FOLK DANCE, A YOUTH SEMINAR AND OTHER PROGRAMMES.

FOR THE AGED PEOPLE, THERE WILL BE A VARIETY OF EVENTS INCLUDING GAMES DAYS, HEALTH EXHIBITIONS, MEDICAL CHECKUPS A VEGETARIAN LUNCH PICNIC, A SECOND HONEYMOON CAMP, A FAMILY REUNION CAMP, VARIETY SHOWS AND A CARNIVAL.

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