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SEA WATER FOR FLUSHING

WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 15, 1986

AN ONGOING PROGRAMME

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THE GOVERNMENT HAS AN ONGOING PROGRAMME TO SUPPLY SEA WATER TO THE PUBLIC FOR FLUSHING OF TOILETS, THE ACTING SECRETARY FOR LANDS AND WORKS, THE HON JOHN TODD, SAID IN THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL TODAY (WEDNESDAY).

REPLYING TO THE HON MRS PAULINE NG, MR TODD SAID WHERE A SEA WATER SUPPLY SYSTEM WAS AVAILABLE, FRESH WATER FROM THE GOVERNMENT SYSTEM WAS USUALLY NOT PERMITTED FOR FLUSHING PURPOSES.

IN AREAS WHERE A SEA WATER SYSTEM WAS PLANNED, BUT NOT YET CONSTRUCTED, FRESH WATER WAS USED AS AN INTERIM MEASURE.

THERE WERE ALSO SOME PREMISES AND RURAL AREAS WHICH HAD THE IR OWN INDEPENDENT SUPPLY OF FLUSHING WATER, GENERALLY DER IVED FROM WELLS.

+IN GENERAL, THERE IS NO SHORTAGE OF FLUSHING WATER SUPPLY FROM GOVERNMENT SOURCES EXCEPT IN SAI KUNG AND IN SOME REMOTE VILLAGES, MAINLY IN THE NEW TERRITORIES,+ MR TODD SAID.

IN THE CASE OF SAI KUNG, THE PROBLEM WOULD BE RESOLVED IN ABOUT THREE YEARS WHEN THE NEW WATER TREATMENT PLANT AT PAK KONG WAS COMPLETED.

+ IN RESPECT OF VILLAGES WHICH ARE AT PRESENT BEYOND REACH OF THE GOVERNMENT MAINS SYSTEM, A PROGRAMME IS IN HAND TO EXTEND SUPPLY TO MANY OF THESE AREAS, MR TODD SAID.

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NEW LABELLING REGULATIONS TO BE INTRODUCED

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THE COMMISSIONER FOR LABOUR IS CONSIDERING THE INTRODUCTION OF REGULATIONS REQUIRING THE IDENTIFICATION AND LABELLING OF POTENTIALLY HARMFUL SUBSTANCES WHICH ARE INCREASINGLY BEING USED IV INDUSTRY, THE SECRETARY FOR EDUCATION AND MANPOWER, THE HON NEIL HENDERSON, SAID TODAY (WEDNESDAY).

REPLYING TO A QUESTION BY PROFESSOR THE HON C.K. POON AT THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL, MR HENDERSON SAID THAT UNDER THE PROPOSAL, INFORMATION TO BE CLEARLY SHOWN ON THE CONTAINER WOULD INCLUDE THE NAME OF THE SUBSTANCE OR SOME OTHER IDENTIFICATIONS AND ITS MAIN PROPERTIES.

/HE ADDED