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FRIDAY, AUGUST 28, 1987

THE SPOKESMAN SAID, "ALL CHILDREN AGED BELOW 18 AND SOME ADULT TRAVELLERS WILL STILL NEED TO OBTAIN HONG KONG RE-ENTRY PERMITS WHEN TRAVELLING TO AND FROM CHINA AND MACAU. THESE ADULT PERSONS INCLUDE THOSE WHOSE HKIC'S *** HAVE BEEN PERFORATED, DEFACED, LOST OR THOSE WHO ARE EXEMPTED FROM OBTAINING HKIC."

HE REITERATED THAT TRAVELLERS WHO DO NOT CARRY HKIC'S WHEN TRAVELLING THROUGH COMPUTERISED CONTROL POINTS SHOULD PRODUCE COMPLETED ARRIVAL/DEPARTURE CARDS. то FACILITATE IMMIGRATION EXAMINATION, PARENTS ARE REQUESTED TO COMPLETE ARRIVAL/ DEPARTURE CARDS ON BEHALF OF THEIR MINORS WHO ARE NOT ISSUED WITH HKIC'S.

THE EASY TRAVEL SCHEME TO MACAU AT THE MACAU FERRY TERMINAL AND SHAM SHUI PO PIER HAS BEEN IN OPERATION SINCE MAY 1.

WATER POLLUTION CONTROL IN TOLO HARBOUR

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THE

MORE GOVERNMENT WILL SPEND

THAN $400 OVER THE NEXT SIX COMPREHENSIVE RANGE OF MEASURES THE WATER QUALITY OF TOLO HARBOUR TO AN ACCEPTABLE ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION OFFICER (WATER POLICY) PROTECTION DEPARTMENT, MR PAUL HOLMES, SAID.

MILLION

YEARS TO

STATE,

ON A

RESTORE PRINCIPAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL

NORTH-EASTERN

OF

SPEAKING AT A RECENT MEETING OF THE INSTITUTION

WATER AND ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT HONG KONG BRANCH, MR HOLMES SAID AS THE HONG KONG'S BIGGEST INLET OF THE SEA ON

COAST, TOLO

A MAJOR HARBOUR SHOULD BE

RECREATIONAL RESOURCE FOR THE RAPIDLY THE NEW TOWNS GROWING POPULATION OF

ON ITS SHORES, AS WELL AS

A SUPPORTING

VALUABLE FISH CULTURE, FISHING AND SHELL FISHING INDUSTRY.

"IN FACT, ITS DECLINING WATER QUALITY WAS INTO A LIFELESS LIABILITY RATHER THAN AN ASSET.

DEVELOPMENT OF

A RESERVOIR

RAPIDLY

TURNING

IT

IN THE MID-70'S TOOK UP 16 PER CENT OF THE WATER AREA. RECLAMATION FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE TWO WATER AREA NEW TOWNS, STARTING IN THE LATE 70'S, FURTHER REDUCED THE TO 72 PER CENT OF ITS ORIGINAL EXTENT.

*

MANGROVES THE NEW TOWNS REPLACED THE REMAINING AREAS OF

WITH VERTICAL SEA HIGH-RISE HOUSING AND INDUSTRIAL BLOCKS, TERMINATING AT WALLS.

"ALTHOUGH PROVIDED