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TUESDAY, JUNE 24, 1986
THE NEW PROGRAMME HAD BEEN DEVELOPED FROM ADVICE PROVIDED BY A CONSULTANT FROM THE UNITED NATIONS INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT ORGANISATION (UNIDO) FOR THE IMPLEMENTATION OF A MOTOR VEHICLE EMISSIONS PROGRAMME IN HONG KONG.
IT IS ESTIMATED THAT AS MANY AS 25 000 VEHICLES COULD BE TESTED EACH YEAR UNDER THE NEW SYSTEM.
EPCOM ALSO WELCOMED ARRANGEMENTS WHICH WOULD BE INSTITUTED SHORTLY WITHIN THE GOVERNMENT FOR SYSTEMATIC AND CO-ORDINATED REVIEW OF MAJOR GOVERNMENT PROJECTS.
UNDER THE NEW ARRANGEMENTS, DEPARTMENTS WOULD BE REQUIRED, FOR CERTAIN CATEGORIES OF PROJECTS, TO NOTIFY THE DIRECTOR OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION BEFORE PROCEEDING WITH DETAILED PLANNING OF SUCH PROJECTS.
THE DIRECTOR OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION WOULD THEN BE RESPONSIBLE FOR CONDUCTING AN ENVIRONMENTAL REVIEW OF THE PROJECTS NOTIFIED TO HIM AND RECOMMENDING TO DEPARTMENTS WHERE NECESSARY, SUITABLE MITIGATORY MEASURES FOR INCORPORATION INTO THE PLANNING AND IMPLEMENTATION OF THE PROJECTS.
EPCOM ALSO DISCUSSED REVISED PROPOSALS FOR THE CONTROL OF POLLUTION CAUSED BY ANIMAL WASTES.
IT ALSO STUDIED A PROPOSAL FOR EPIDEMIOLOGICAL STUDIES RELATED TO BEACH WATER POLLUTION IN HONG KONG, WHICH WOULD BE UNDERTAKEN BY THE COMMUNITY MEDICINE DEPARTMENT OF THE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG IN COLLABORATION WITH THE ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION DEPARTMENT AND THE MICROBIOLOGY DEPARTMENT OF THE UNIVERSITY.
TEXTILE TALKS WITH CANADA END *****
THE FIRST ROUND OF THE BILATERAL TALKS WITH CANADA ON HONG KONG'S POST-1986 ARRANGEMENTS FOR EXPORT OF TEXTILES AND APPAREL TO CANADA ENDED YESTERDAY (MONDAY).
A TRADE DEPARTMENT SPOKESMAN DESCRIBED THE TALKS AS A CORDIAL AND FRANK EXCHANGE OF VIEWS.
ANOTHER ROUND OF TALKS WILL BE HELD LATER IN THE YEAR BUT THE DATE AND LOCATION ARE YET TO BE FIXED.
THE CURRENT HONG KONG-CANADA BILATERAL TEXTILES AGREEMENT WILL EXPIRE ON DECEMBER 31.
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