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WEDNESDAY, JUNE 24, 1987

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ENVIRONMENTAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS IN THE PIPELINE

THE CHIEF SECRETARY,

(WEDNESDAY) A NUMBER OF PIPELINE, HONG KONG CAN

MR DAVID FORD, SAID THIS

AND ACTIVITIES THE PRESENT THAT BASED ON EVENING IMPORTANT ENVIRONMENTAL DEVELOPMENTS IN THE ACHIEVE A MUCH MORE PLEASANT AND HEALTHY ENVIRONMENT.

ASSOCIATION FOR POINTED OUT THAT DEVELOPED OF SOLID

SPEAKING AT THE ANNUAL DINNER OF THE HONGKONG THE ADVANCEMENT OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY, MR FORD THESE DEVELOPMENTS INCLUDED FIRSTLY, THE LONG-TERM STRATEGY DEPARTMENT FOR DISPOSING BY THE ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION WASTES.

BASED ON

THE

DEVELOPMENT OF THREE LARGE NORTH WEST NEW ISLAND, "THEY SHOULD

HE SAID THAT WAS LANDFILL SITES, ONE EACH TO SERVE THE NORTH EAST AND TERRITORIES, AND ONE FOR KOWLOON AND HONG KONG LAST FOR THE NEXT 30 TO 40 YEARS,

HE ADDED.

PRIVATE OF THE

THE SO MUCH. IT WOULD ENTERPRISE THE WASTE DISPOSAL

MR FORD SAID THE STRATEGY WOULD ENABLE THE DOING AWAY WITH INCINERATORS WHICH HAD POLLUTED THE HARBOUR AREA ALSO PRESENT THE OPPORTUNITY TO PASS OVER TO AND OPERATION ENTIRE FUNDING, CONSTRUCTION ACTIVITIES CURRENTLY OPERATED BY GOVERNMENT.

"ANOTHER REASON WHY I EXPECT TO SEE A THE ENVIRONMENT IS THE MAJOR INITIATIVES WE IMPROVE ARRANGEMENTS FOR DISPOSING OF SEWAGE,

GRADUAL IMPROVEMENT IN HAVE TAKEN RECENTLY TO

HE SAID.

WEST KOWLOON

THESE INCLUDED A START ON THE $600 MILLION NORTH

PREPARATION SCHEME.

OF MASTER PLANS FOR EAST KOWLOON AND THE SOUTH

OF HONG

ISLAND, AND AN OVERALL DISPOSAL STRATEGY THAT IS AIMED

THE NEXT CENTURY. AT SETTLING THE PROBLEM WELL INTO

KONG

FORD SAID

INVESTMENT

REQUIRED

IN

SEWERAGE

MR

THE INFRASTRUCTURE WOULD RUN TO ABOUT $11 BILLION IN THE COMING DECADE.

SAFEGUARD OUR FOR CONTROLS WOULD BE

"THAT IS AN ESSENTIAL INVESTMENT, NOT ONLY TO HEALTH AND WELL-BEING BUT TO RPOVIDE THE ESSENTIAL INFRASTRUCTURE INDUSTRY, WHITHOUT WHICH MORE STRINGENT POLLUTION REQUIRED,' HE SAID.

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IMPORTANT

DEVELOPMENTS INCLUDED THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL, THE POLLUTION KNOWN AS FROM

OTHER MR FORD SAID THE LIVESTOCK CONTROLS INTRODUCED TODAY TO THE NEW REGULATIONS TO CONTROL MAJOR EMITTERS OF AIR

ΤΟ SCHEME

CONTROL SMOKE SPECIFIED PROCESSES AND A TAXIS, MINIBUSES AND OTHER DIESEL ENGINED VEHICLES.

EMISSIONS

HE

ΤΟ THE

WHILE STRESSING THAT THESE NEW CONTROLS WERE ALL ESSENTIAL.

ΤΟ KEEP THEM

ASSURED THAT THE GOVERNMENT WOULD BE CAREFUL NECESSARY MINIMUM.

"WHERE APPROPRIATE,