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THURSDAY, AUGUST 27, 1987

"I HAVE BEEN DOING SOME OF THAT ALREADY. I GO ON SOME WHICH ARE NOT NECESSARILY ANNOUNCED TO GOVERNMENT DEPARTMENTS, WENT WITH MY WIFE TO A HOSPITAL RECENTLY.

VISITS AND I

"I SHALL BE DOING THOSE SORT OF VISITS AS WELL AS THE MORE PUBLICISED ONES LIKE THIS AFTERNOON. SOMETIMES, IT'S EASIER TO GO AND SEE THINGS FOR YOURSELF IF YOU ARE GOING WITH JUST TWO OR THREE PEOPLE RATHER THAN WITH SEVERAL HUNDRED," HE SAID.

UN ENVIRONMENT OFFICIALS BRIEFED ON HK PROGRESS

THE EXECUTIVE

OF

THE

DIRECTOR

AND THE

PROGRAMME (UNEP), DR MUSTAFA TOLBA,

ASIA

UNITED

NATIONS

ENVIRONMENT

AND THE DIRECTOR AND REGIONAL

DR PACIFIC,

NAY HTUN, MET THE REPRESENTATIVE FOR DIRECTOR OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION, DR STUART REED, TODAY (THURSDAY) FOR A BRIEFING ON ENVIRONMENTAL DEVELOPMENTS IN HONG KONG

DR TOLBA AND DR NAY HTUN ARRIVED HERE LAST NIGHT STOP-OVER AND WOULD FLY TO PEKING THIS AFTERNOON.

FOR A SHORT

TOLBA AND DR NAY DURING THE MEETING, DR REED OUTLINED TO DR

DEPARTMENT AND THE PROTECTION ENVIRONMENTAL HTUN THE WORK OF THE

PLANNED, FOR MEASURES THAT HAD BEEN INTRODUCED ALREADY, OR ARE BEING PROFECTING HONG KONG'S ENVIRONMENT.

HAD

HE EXPLAINED THAT THE ENVIRONMENTAL PROGRAMME IN HONG KONG

THE GOVERNMENT DEVELOPED PROGRESSIVELY OVER THE PAST DECADE AND THAT

DISPOSAL AND POLLUTION HAD SPENT OVER HK$4,000 MILLION ON CONTROL FACILITIES DURING THAT PERIOD.

WASTE

PROTECTION LEGISLATION

THREE MAJOR PIECES OF ENVIRONMENTAL

POLLUTION CONTROL ORDINANCE THE WASTE DISPOSAL ORDINANCE, THE WATER

1980 AND THE AIR POLLUTION CONTROL ORDINANCE HAD BEEN ENACTED BETWEEN AND 1983, AND WERE NOW BEING ENFORCED PROGRESSIVELY.

WITH 1TS BILL CONTROL LAW, THE DRAFT NOISE A FOURTH NEW

THIS YLAR AND A RELATED TECHNICAL MEMORANDA, WAS GAZETTED IN MARCII

GROUND WAS NOW PUBLIC CONSULTATION HAS BEEN COMPLETED RE ENTLY. TRE BEING PREPARED FOR PROGRESSING THE NOISE CONTROL MEASURES THROUGH LEGISLATURE DURING THE COMING SESSION.

THE

/DR REED