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SATURDAY, JUNE 1, 1988

GOVERNOR: RESOLUTE ACTION AGAINST POLLUTION

THE GOVERNMENT 1S FIRMLY COMMITTED TO TAKING RESOLUTE ACTION TO DEAL WITH HONG KONG'S POLLUTION PROBLEMS.

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THIS WAS REAFFIRMED TODAY (SATURDAY) BY THE GOVERNOR. SIR DAVID WILSON, WHEN HE OPENED THE WORLD ENVIRONMENT DAY HONG KONG 1988 AND THE ENVIRONMENTAL PHOTOGRAPHIC EXHIBITION BEING HELD AT THE GROUND FLOOR PLAZA OF THE HONGKONG BANK HEADQUARTERS BUILDING.

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SIR DAVID POINTED OUT THAT THE GOVERNMENT HEAVILY, TO THE EXTENT OF $15 BILLION

THE FACILITIES FOR THE PROPER DISPOSAL 01 SEWAGE CHEMICAL WASTES.

PROPOSED TO INVEST NEXT

IN YEARS, AND MUNICIPAL AND

IMPROVEMENT

PROGRAMME, THE

AS PART OF THE ENVIRONMENTAL GOVERNMENT WILL BAN PIG-FARMING ON HONG KONG ISLAND AND IN KOWLOON LATER THIS MONTH AND TAKE ACTION TO CONTROL THE POLLUTION THIS TYPE OF FARMING CAUSES IN THREE AREAS IN THE NEW TERRITORIES.

"WE WILL DESIGNATE THE SOUTH SIDE OF HONG KONG ISLAND AS OUR SECOND WATER CONTROL ZONE. WE WILL. STEP UF OUR CONTROLS ON THE POLLUTION OF THE ATMOSPHERE AND INTRODUCE NEW CONTROLS ON NOISE.

"WE WILL CONTINUE TO STRENGTHEN THE ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION DEPARTMENT AND ENSURE THAT THE ENVIRONMENTAL IMPLICATIONS OF FUTURE DEVELOPMENTS ARE GIVEN SPECIAL CONSIDERATION IN THE PLANNING PROCESS," SIR DAVID SAID.

HOWEVER, SIR DAVID POINTED OUT THAT THE ISSUE OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION COULD NOT BE LEFT TO THE GOVERNMENT ALONE.

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ALL, MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC MUST PLAY THEIR PART AGAINST POLLUTION IS TO BE SUCCESSFUL.

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MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC PLAYING THEIR PART MEANS PICNICKERS TAKING THEIR LITTER HOME WITH THEN. IT MEANS INDUSTRIALISTS TAKING PROPER MEASURES TO PROCESS THE EFFLUENT THAT THEIR FACTORIES CAUSE.

"IT MEANS BEING PREPARED TO SER LARGE AMOUNTS OF PUBLIC FUNDS BEING SPENT ON IMPROVING OUR ENVIRONMENT. AND MANY MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC HAVE BEEN PREPARED TO PLAY THEIR PART, SIR DAVID SAID.

THE GOVERNOR CITED THE KEEP HONG EXAMPLE OF WHAT COULD BE DONE TO MAKE A CLEANLINESS OF THE TERRITORY.

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KONG CLEAN CAMPAIGN AS AN LASTING IMPROVEMENT TO *THE

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