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FRIDAY, APRIL 3, 1987

MR FORD SAID HE GOT THE IMPRESSION THAT CHINA WAS STILL LOOKING AT FEASIBILITY STUDIES AND THAT ITS PLANS WERE AT A VERY EARLY STAGE.

+AND I THINK THERE AREN'T FIRM DECISIONS ON WHETHER IT WOULD BE A SMALL AIRPORT OR FOR SERVING LOCAL CHINA NEEDS OR WHETHER IT WOULD BE A LARGER AIRPORT, HE SAID.

ASKED WHETHER IT WOULD CONFLICT WITH HONG KONG'S NEW SECOND AIRPORT, MR FORD SAID: I THINK THAT PLANNING IS AT SUCH AN EARLY STAGE THAT WE CAN AVOID ANY QUESTION OF CONFLICT THERE.+

+1 CERTAINLY DO NOT THINK THAT WILL CREATE A PROBLEM FOR US, HE ADDED.

ASKED WHEN CHINA AND HONG KONG WOULD MEET AND DISCUSS THE PROBLEM, MR FORD SAID THERE WOULD BE QUITE SOME TIME YET.

+OBVIOUSLY THEY ARE AT A VERY EARLY STAGE OF PLANNING. AS YOU KNOW, WE ARE LOOKING INTO THE FUTURE OF KAI TAK, AND THAT WE WON'T BE IN A POSITION TO TAKE A DECISION ON THE FUTURE INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT IN HONG KONG, I THINK, FOR AT LEAST TWO OR THREE YEARS. SO LONG AS WE STAY IN TOUCH IN THE MEANTIME, I THINK THAT'S ALL WE NEED TO DO,+ HE SAID.

AIR POLLUTION CONTROL MEASURES GAZETTED

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THE AIR POLLUTION CONTROL (AMENDMENT) BILL 1987 WHICH AIMS CHIEFLY TO IMPROVE OR STREAMLINE CERTAIN PROVISIONS IN THE AIR POLLUTION CONTROL ORDINANCE AND TO GIVE EFFECT TO THE CONTROL OF SPECIFIED PROCESSES UNDER THE ORDINANCE WAS GAZETTED TODAY (FRIDAY).

A SPOKESMAN FOR THE ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION DEPARTMENT SAID THAT SPECIFIED PROCESSES COVER MAJOR AIR POLLUTANTS AND PLANTS OF HIGH AIR POLLUTION POTENTIAL SUCH AS ELECTRICITY WORKS, CEMENT WORKS AND INCINERATORS.

TWENTY-THREE CATEGORIES OF PROCESSES HAVE BEEN DESIGNATED AS SPECIFIED PROCESSES. APART FROM THOSE MENTIONED ABOVE, OTHERS INCLUDE ACRYLATE WORKS, ALUMINIUM WORKS, CERAMIC WORKS, CHLORINE WORKS, COPPER WORKS, GAS WORKS, IRON AND STEEL WORKS, METAL RECOVERY WORKS, MINERAL WORKS, PÉTROCHEMICAL WORKS, SULPHURIC ACID WORKS, TAR AND BITUMEN WORKS, FRIT WORKS. LEAD WORKS. AMINES WORKS AS BESTOS WORKS, CHEMICAL INCINERATION WORKS, HYDROCHLORIC ACID WORKS, HYDROGEN CYANIDE WORKS, AND SULPHIDE WORKS.

THERE ARE