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WEDNESDAY, HAY 27, 1987

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AS FOR THE ELECTRONIC MEDIA, EACH STATION IS REQUESTED TO SEND A CREW OF NO MORE THAN TWO PEOPLE (EXCLUDING THE REPORTER). THEY ARE ADVISED TO ARRIVE AT LEAST 30 MINUTES EARLIER TO SET UP THEIR CAMERAS AT FIXED POSITIONS.

THERE WILL BE A TWO-MINUTE PHOTO-CALL BEFORE THE START OF

THE PRESS CONFERENCE FOR STILL PHOTOGRAPH.

PLEASE ALSO NOTE THAT CLEAN SOUND OUTLETS WILL BE PROVIDED FOR RECORDING PURPOSES AT THE BACK OF THE CONFERENCE ROOM.

SYSTEMATIC REPLANNING AND

ADJUSTMENT NEEDED TO RESOLVE ENVIRONMENTAL FOE

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HONG KONG CANNOT IMMEDIATELY ASPIRE TO THE SAME STANDARDS OF ENVIRONMENT AS THOSE ENJOYED IN SOME OTHER COUNTRIES WITH MORE USABLE LAND, THE SECRETARY FOR LANDS AND WORKS, MR GRAHAM BARNES, SAID TODAY (WEDNESDAY).

MR BARNES WAS SPEAKING AT A ONE-DAY JOINT SEMINAR ON ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING, MANAGEMENT AND TECHNOLOGY IN HONG KONG ORGANISED BY THE HONG KONG INSTITUTE OF PLANNERS AND THE CENTRE OF URBAN STUDIES AND URBAN PLANNING OF THE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG IN COLLABORATION WITH THE HONG KONG INSTITUTE OF ENGINEERS AND THE CENTRE OF ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES OF THE HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC.

THE MAIN PURPOSE OF THE SEMINAR, HELD TO MARK THIS YEAR'S WORLD ENVIRONMENT DAY ON JUNE 5, IS TO STIMULATE PUBLIC INTEREST

IN DIFFERENT PROFESSIONAL APPROACHES TO ENVIRONMENTAL IMPROVEMENT IN HONG KONG.

MR BARNES SAID WITH SO MUCH INVESTED IN LAND AND EXISTING INFRASTRUCTURE AND BUILDINGS, HONG KONG COULD NOT ACHIEVE IMPROVEMENTS OTHER THAN THROUGH A LONG AND SYSTEMATIC PROGRAMME OF REPLANNING AND ADJUSTMENT.

IN THESE CIRCUMSTANCES HE BELIEVED THAT THE MAIN OBJECTIVE SHOULD BE TO SEGREGATE POLLUTING INDUSTRY.

HE SAID HONG KONG HAD BEEN EXTRAORDINARILY FORTUNATE THAT IN QUANTITATIVE TERMS THERE WAS LESS SERIOUSLY POLLUTING INDUSTRY THAN IN MANY OTHER COUNTRIES, BUT, ON THE OTHER HAND, BECAUSE MOST OF THE TERRITORY'S INDUSTRY OPERATED IN MULTI-STOREY BUILDINGS CONSTRUCTED FOR RENT AND SALE AND THERE HAD ALWAYS BEEN A PHILOSOPHIC RELUCTANCE TO DICTATE WHO SHOULD DO WHAT AND WHERE. POLLUTERS WERE MORE TOTALLY MIXED UP WITH OTHER INDUSTRY AND LAND USERS THAN WAS NORMAL ELSEWHERE.

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