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MONDAY, MAY 2, 1988

THE CODE OF PRACTICE GIVES SPECIFIC ADVICE ON THE SAFE HANDLING AND PROPER LABELLING OF PCB WASTES AS WELL AS GUIDELINES ON THE DECONTAMINATION OF PCB ARTICLES.

"TO ENSURE PROPER DISPOSAL, WASTE PRODUCERS HAVE ΤΟ MAKE SUITABLE ARRANGEMENTS WITH EXPERIENCED WASTE DISPOSAL CONTRACTORS TO COLLECT, TRANSPORT AND DISPOSE OF THE WASTE, AND ALL SUCH ARRANGEMENTS HAVE TO BE NOTIFIED то THE ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION DEPARTMENT AS THE WASTE DISPOSAL AUTHORITY.

THE

"IF THE WASTE IS EXPORTED TO OTHER COUNTRIES FOR DISPOSAL, ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION DEPARTMENT WOULD NORMALLY REQUIRE A COPY OF THE BILL OF LADING AND THE CONFIRMATION LETTER FROM THE WASTE DISPOSAL CONTRACTOR AS PROOF OF SATISFACTORY DISPOSAL ARRANGEMENT, THE SPOKESMAN SAID.

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COPIES OF THE CODE MAY BE OBTAINED FROM THE ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION DEPARTMENT HEADQUARTERS AT SINCERE BUILDING, 17TH FLOOR, 173 DES VOEUX ROAD CENTRAL, OR ITS BRANCH OFFICE ON THE 11TH EMPIRE CENTRE, TSIM SHA TSUI EAST.

FLOOR,

CLOSURE OF THE POLICE CADET SCHOOL

POLICE

CADET REACHED AFTER

THE GOVERNMENT HAS RELUCTANTLY DECIDED THAT THE SCHOOL KILL CLOSE IN MARCH 1990. THIS DECISION WAS

SIDERATION BY AN INTER-DEPARTMENTAL WORKING PARTY AND CONSULTATION WITH THE POLICE CADET SCHOOL ADVISORY BOARD.

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RECENT

THE REASONS FOR THE DECISION ARE RISING EDUCATIONAL STANDARDS IN THE COMMUNITY AND THE FACT THAT THE POLICE HAVE, IN

YEARS, BEEN ABLE TO RECRUIT SUFFICIENT STANDARD DIRECTLY.

OFFICERS

OF THE RIGHT EDUCATIONAL

THE CADET SCHOOL WAS FOUNDED IN 1973 TO PROVIDE A SOURCE OF

SERVICES DISCIPLINED

BY QUALIFIED RECRUITS FOR THE POLICE AND OTHER OFFERING STUDENTS WHO WOULD OTHERWISE HAVE BEEN UNABLE TO OBTAIN IV PLACES AN OPPORTUNITY TO FURTHER THEIR EDUCATION,

FORM

THE INCREASED VAILABILITY OF SUCH PLACES HAS MEANT THAT THE THERE IS NOW SCHOOL HAS BECOME LESS ATTRACTIVE 10 STUDENTS AND THAT

THE POLICE AND OTHER NO SHORTAGE OF SUITABLY QUALIFIED RECRUITS TO SERVICES. THE MAIN REASON FOR TUL EXISTENCE OF THE SCHOOL HAS THEREFORE DISAPPEARED.

THE SCHOOL