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WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 7, 1987

SIR DAVID NOTED THAT PARTICULAR ATTENTION WAS NOW

BEING

GIVEN

TO CONTROLLING THE DISCHARGE OF UNTREATED, SOMETIMES TOXIC, WASTES FROM FACTORIES AND TO CHECKING THE UNCONTROLLED DISPOSAL OF WASTE.

FOR MANY YEARS, HE ADDED, LIVESTOCK WASTE HAD BEEN A

IMPLEMENT SERIOUS WATER POLLUTION AND THE BILL SEEKING TO LIVESTOCK WASTE CONTROL PROGRAMME WOULD

SIGNIFICANT MANY OF THE WATER POLLUTION PROBLEMS.

HAVE

DEALING HE SAID THE GOVERNMENT'S PLANS FOR INVOLVED THE DEVELOPMENT OF LARGE CAPACITY LANDFILL AREAS OF THE NEW TERRITORIES, WHICH WERE LINKED TO IN THE URBAN AREAS AND THE NEW TOWNS.

LIVESTOCK

CAUSE OF A 10-YEAR EFFECT ON

WITH SOLID WASTE SITES IN REMOTE TRANSFER STATIONS

"ONCE THEY ARE FULLY OPERATING, WE WILL THEN BE IN A POSITION OF TO CLOSE DOWN THE MUNICIPAL INCINERATORS, WHICH CAUSE A GREAT DEAL AIR POLLUTION AND WHICH HAVE PROVOKED MUCH PUBLIC COMPLAINT," HE ADDED.

WITH SIR DAVID SAID ANOTHER PROBLEM WHICH NEEDED TO BE TACKLED

WAS GREATER URGENCY

SEWAGE DISPOSAL. HE SAID SCHEMES WERE BEING WHERE SEWAGE PREPARED FOR AREAS

PROBLEMS WERE MOST ACUTE. THESE

TERRITORIES AND THE INCLUDED EAST KOWLOON, THE NORTH WEST NEW

TOLO

HARBOUR CATCHMENT AREA.

"THIS PROGRAMME WILL CALL

FOR SUBSTANTIAL

INVESTMENT OF AS

MUCH AS $10 BILLION OVER THE NEXT DECADE.

"THIS INVESTMENT IS ESSENTIAL IF WE ARE TO HAVE THE FACILITIES WE NEED FOR THE EFFICIENT DISPERSAL AND TREATMENT OF SEWAGE,

то SAFEGUARD THE QUALITY OF OUR COASTAL WATERS AND WITH MEANS FOR THE PROPER DISPOSAL OF LIQUID WASTE,

"

BOTH TO PROVIDE INDUSTRY HE ADDED.

MORE SCHOOLS PLANNED TO TACKLE TRAVEL PROBLEM

ΤΟ TACKLE THE PROBLEM OF CHILDREN HAVING TO TRAVEL CONSIDERABLE DISTANCES TO ATTEND SECONDARY SCHOOLS MORE SCHOOLS WILL BE BUILT, THE GOVERNOR, SIR DAVID WILSON, TOLD THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL TODAY (WEDNESDAY).

HE ATTRIBUTED THE PROBLEM TO THE CHANGING DISTRIBUTION AND DEMOGRAPHIC COMPOSITION OF THE POPULATION, ESPECIALLY WITH THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE NEW TOWNS.

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