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FRIDAY, JUNE 3, 1988

WERE

FOUND то

ANOTHER 18 ESTABLISHMENTS

BE EITHER KEEPING NO RECORD OR INCOMPLETE RECORDS OF EMPLOYEES, OR POSSESSING NO RECORD AVAILABLE FOR INSPECTION.

YEAR IF

THE SPOKESMAN REMINDED EMPLOYERS THAT THEY COULD BE FINED UP TO $50,000 AND JAILED FOR UP TO A

THEY WERE FOUND TO BE EMPLOY ING ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS.

DISTRICT BOARDS BRIEFED ON EPD'S WORK

MORE THAN 180 NEWLY ELECTED MEMBERS FROM THE URBAN AND NEW TERRITORIES DISTRICT BOARDS ATTENDED TWO BRIEFING SESSIONS ORGANISED BY ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION DEPARTMENT (EPD) TODAY (FRIDAY).

DB MEMBERS WERE TOLD ABOUT THE GOVERNMENT'S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION POLICY AND THE WORK OF THE MAIN EXECUTIVE ARM, THE EPD.

AND

THE

THE BRIEFING IS INTENDED TO STIMULATE DB MEMBERS' INTEREST UNDERSTANDING AND TO SOLICIT THEIR CO-OPERATION IN DEALING WITH ENVIRONMENTAL PROBLEMS THAT THE TERRITORY FACES AT BOTH THE LOCAL AND THE STRATEGIC LEVELS.

OFFICERS FROM EPD'S AIR GROUP, NOISE GROUP, PROJECT MANAGEMENT GROUP, LIVESTOCK WASTE CONTROL GROUP, ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT AND PLANNING GROUP WERE ON HAND AT THE BRIEFING SESSIONS ΤΟ ANSWER QUESTIONS FROM THE DB MEMBERS.

THE DIRECTOR OF THEY WERE

SPEAKING AT THE CLOSE OF THE BRIEFING, ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION, DR STUART REED, SAID THAT SINCE ESTABLISHED, DISTRICT BOARDS HAD BEEN A MAJOR FACTOR IN INCREASING THE AWARENESS OF LOCAL COMMUNITIES TO THE THREAT POSED BY POLLUTION AND TO THE NEED FOR ENVIRONMENTAL IMPROVEMENTS.

"WE IN THE EPD ARE VERY KEEN TO DO WHAT WE CAN TO SUPPORT THE DISTRICT BOARDS AND THEIR ENVIRONMENTAL IMPROVEMENT COMMITTEES IN THEIR EFFORTS TO FOCUS ATTENTION ON THE ENVIRONMENTAL PROBLEMS IN THESE DISTRICTS AND TO GET THE NECESSARY ACTION TAKEN TO SOLVE THEM.

ARE

WE

"IT WILL BE IMPORTANT TO SORT OUT PRIORITIES FOR ACTION AND PLANNING TO DO THIS THROUGH THE PREPARATION OF DISTRICT ENVIRONMENTAL STATEMENTS (DES)," DR REED CONTINUED.

"THESE STATEMENTS WILL IDENTIFY ALL THE MAJOR PROBLEMS AND SET OUT THE ACTION THAT IS PLANNED FOR DEALING WITH THEM.

"THE FIRST DRAFT DES WILL BE SUBMITTED TO THE CENTRAL WESTERN DISTRICT BOARD'S ENVIRONMENT AND WORKS COMMITTEE IN THE FUTURE, HE ADDED.

AND NEAR

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