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THURSDAY, JUNE 4, 1987

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PROFESSIONAL BODY ON WATER POLLUTION AND MANAGEMENT FORMED

THE

MONITORING OF WATER QUALITY AND WATER POLLUTION CONTROL IN TERRITORY TOOK A STEP FORWARD TODAY (THURSDAY) WITH THE AMALGAMATION

OF BRANCH OF THREE UK PROFESSIONAL BODIES TO FORM THE HONG KONG INSTITUTION OF WATER AND ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT (IWEM).

THE

THEY ARE THE INSTITUTE OF WATER POLLUTION CONTROL, THE INSTITUTION OF PUBLIC HEALTH ENGINEERS

OF INSTITUTE

WATER

ENGINEERS AND SCIENTISTS.

AND

THE

SPEAKING AT A MEETING MARKING THE AMALGAMATION OF THE THREE

DIRECTOR PROFESSIONAL BODIES, THE

OF ENVIRONMENTAL

DR PROTECTION, STUART REED, SAID THIS WAS A FAR-SIGHTED AND IMAGINATIVE STEP PART OF THE INSTITUTIONS CONCERNED.

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ON THE

"THE TIMING IS IMPECCABLE, SAID DR REED, "BECAUSE Ι BELIEVE WE ARE AT THE THRESHOLD OF A PHASE OF DEVELOPMENT THAT WILL MAKE HONG KONG'S PAST SPECTACULAR ACHIEVEMENTS SEEM PEDESTRIAN

COMPARISON".

EVEN BY

"MOST OF THE DEVELOPMENTS I REFER TO," DR REED CONTINUED, "HAVE POTENTIAL IMPLICATIONS EITHER DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY FOR THE QUALITY OF THE WATERS THAT SURROUND THE TERRITORY AND FOR THE SUPPLY

NEEDS OF WATER TO SERVICE THE EXPANDING DOMESTIC

OF

THE POPULALTION".

AND

INDUSTRIAL

"IT WILL REQUIRE THE COMBINED, CO-ORDINATED AND SUSTAINED EFFORTS OF ALL THOSE WITH PROFESSIONAL, TECHNICAL AND ENTREPRENEURIAL

ENSURE SKILLS IN THESE FIELDS TO

THAT WHAT NEEDS TO BE DONE IN RELATION TO SAFEGUARDING OUR AQUATIC ENVIRONMENT AND OUR WATER IS DONE."

AREA,

SUPPLY

MARINE MAJOR

DEVELOPMENTS REFERRED TO BY DR REED AS LIKELY TO AFFECT WATER QUALITY INCLUDED THE POSSIBLE NEW AIRPORT, LARGE ADDITIONAL RECLAMATIONS, MANY OF THEM IN THE VICTORIA HARBOUR

ΤΟ EXPANSIONS IN ROAD AND RAIL LINKS WITH CHINA LEADING

CONCOMITANT IN PORT REQUIREMENTS FOR AN EXPANSION

FACILITIES WAY BEYOND THE TERMINAL 6 THAT IS CURRENTLY UNDER CONSTRUCTION AND TERMINAL 7 WHICH IS NOW AT THE DESIGN STAGE.

INSUPERABLE

NO "I BELIEVE THERE WILL BE

DR PROBLEMS,

REED WARNING AT ASSERTED. "BUT I FEEL IT IS NECESSARY TO SOUND A WORD OF

DEVELOPMENT. THIS 19 THIS STAGE IN RELATION TO THE OVERALL STYLE OF THAT THE CONSERVATIVE CREEPING INCREMENTALISM THAT HAS SERVED US

BE A REASONABLY WELL IN THE PAST MAY NOT

APPROACH FOR THE

FUTURE".

VIABLE

SUCCESSIVE AREAS WE

IN

RECLAIMED "FOR EXAMPLE, IN THE PAST WE HAVE OF LAND ADJACENT TO EXISTING URBAN AREAS AND FOR EACH RECLAMATION

THE SUBMARINE HAVE ADDED ON THE SEWERAGE INCREMENTALLY AND EXTENDED OUTFALLS. THIS HAS BEEN

SUCCESSFUL IN THE PAST AVOIDING THE WORST WATER POLLUTION PROBLEMS, HE SAID.

MORE

LESS OR

"

/HT I