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THURSDAY, OCTOBER 9, 1986

+NOW THE REVIEW IS NEXT YEAR, AND THEREFORE THERE'S VERY LITTLE THAT COULD BE SAID YESTERDAY. WE MUST WAIT NOW FOR THE REVIEW.+

SIR DAVID ADDED THAT THE LAST WHITE PAPER HAD DESCRIBED IN SOME CONSIDERABLE DETAILS THE MATTERS WHICH WOULD HAVE TO BE COVERED IN THE NEXT REVIEW.

IN RESPONSE TO A REMARK THAT IN THE GOVERNOR'S SPEECH POLLUTION CONTROL SEEMED TO GET VERY LOW PRIORITY IN GOVERNMENT'S PLANS FOR NEXT YEAR, SIR DAVID SAID THE GOVERNOR'S SPEECH WAS A VERY COMPREHENSIVE ONE.

+OBVIOUSLY YOU CANNOT COVER EVERY NOOK AND CRANNY OF THE ADMINISTRATION IN A SPEECH OF THAT KIND. BUT IT WAS A VERY COMPREHENSIVE SPEECH, BOTH ABOUT WHAT HAS BEEN DONE AND WHAT IS GOING TO BE DONE IN THE FUTURE.+

SIR DAVID SAID PROPOSALS FOR WASTE DISPOSAL AND THE WASTE DISPOSAL LEGISLATION WERE NOW WELL ON THEIR WAY.

+ AND YOU'RE PROBABLY AWARE OF THE IMPROVEMENTS THAT ARE BEING MADE IN POLLUTION CONTROL IN THE SHA TIN AND TOLO HARBOUR AREAS AND THE PLANS FOR GETTING RID OF PIGS ON A PHASED BASIS FROM THE URBAN AREAS AND FOR CONTROLLING PIGS IN RURAL AREAS.

+1 THINK THOSE PLANS ARE FAIRLY WELL KNOWN,+ SIR DAVID SAID.

TURNING TO NOISE POLLUTION, SIR DAVID SAID LEGISLATION BEING DRAFTED AT THE PRESENT MOMENT AND ANTI-NOISE POLLUTION PROPOSALS WERE WELL UNDER WAY. THE LEGISLATION SHOULD COME BEFORE THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL DURING THE COURSE OF THIS SESSION.

REFERRING TO COMPLAINTS ABOUT NOISE FROM THE TELEGRAPH BAY CONSTRUCTION SITE, SIR DAVID SAID: IN THE CONSTRUCTION PROCESS, THEY ARE TRYING TO REDUCE THE NOISE AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE. +

HE ADDED THAT A SOUTHERN DISTRICT BOARD MEMBER FROM THE BAGUIO VILLAS HAD TOLD HIM THAT AS A RESULT OF REPRESENTATION BY RESIDENTS, SOME IMPROVEMENT HAD AT LEAST BEEN MADE AND THEY WERE NOT SO MUCH TROUBLED BY DUST NOW THAN THEY WERE IN THE PAST.

IN RESPONSE TO A REMARK THAT THERE HAD BEEN TALK ABOUT HIS RETIRING, SIR DAVID SAID: +WE ALL HAVE TO RETIRE SOME TIME AND I WILL BE 60 NEXT YEAR. AND I WOULD HAVE WORKED IN HONG KONG FOR 30 YEARS NEXT YEAR, WHICH IS REALLY QUITE A LONG TIME.

ASKED WHETHER THAT WOULD BE THE TIME TO LEAVE HONG KONG, SIR DAVID SAID: +NO. I WON'T BE LEAVING HONG KONG. MY WIFE AND I WOULD LIKE TO STAY ON LN HONG KONG. AND I HOPE IN SOME WAY WE WOULD BE ABLE TO GO ON SERVING THE PEOPLE OF HONG KONG.+

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