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WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 12, 1988

HE

"WORK HAS ALREADY BEGUN ON ALL THESE AREAS. MORE COMPREHENSIVE

누구 NOW REQUIRED, ARE

SIR DAVID SAID AS AND FAR REACHING PLANS PROCEEDED TO OUTLINE THE AMBITIOUS NEW PROGRAMME FOR SEWAGE DISPOSAL.

SIR DAVID NOTED THAT THE INADEQUACY SYSTEM, WHICH HAD BEEN BUILT PIECEMEAL OVER THE HAD BECOME INCREASINGLY EVIDENT.

OF HONG

KONG'S SEWERAGE LAST HUNDRED YEARS,

WASTE

HAD

INCREASED

THE VOLUME OF INDUSTRIAL AND HUMAN SUBSTANTIALLY AND MAJOR RECLAMATIONS HAD ALSO AFFECTED WATER FLOWS IN THE HARBOUR AND THE SEA'S NATURAL CAPACITY TO ASSIMILATE AND SEWAGE.

DISPERSE

SAID ON THE POLLUTION PROBLEM AT BATHING BEACHES, THE GOVERNOR

ON AUGUST 1 AND HONG KONG'S SECOND WATER CONTROL ZONE, DESIGNATED

WOULD COVERING THE AREA TO THE SOUTH OF HONG KONG AND LANTAU ISLANDS, CONTROL SEWAGE DISCHARGED FROM RESIDENTIAL AND COMMERCIAL PREMISES.

MANY GRADUAL

OF WATER "IT SHOULD HALT THE DETERIORATION

AT QUALITY BEACHES DURING THE NEXT BATHING SEASON AND PAVE THE WAY FOR A IMPROVEMENT IN FUTURE," HE SAID.

WOULD ON WATER CONTROL ZONES, SIR DAVID SAID THE JUNK BAY ZONE

WHILE THE PORT SHELTER CONTROL WASTE DISCHARGES FROM THE NEW TOWN,

MUCH USED SCHEME WOULD PROTECT THE WATERS AROUND SAI KUNG WHICH WERE FOR RECREATIONAL PURPOSES.

HE ADDED THAT WITHIN THE NEXT FIVE YEARS, ALL HONG KONG WOULD BE PROTECTED IN A SIMILAR WAY.

WATERS

THE FUTURE DEVELOPMENT CAREFUL THOUGHT MUST ALSO BE GIVEN TO

WHICH WAS MARICULTURE,

ANOTHER SOURCE OF WATER POLLUTION,

OF

SIR DAVID SAID.

"ALTHOUGH IT

TO CONTRIBUTES

OUR

ECONOMY,

IT

MUST NOT

BE

ALLOWED TO ADD TO THE POLLUTION OF THE WATER AROUND OUR SHORES."

VESSELS NOW ON REFUSE COLLECTION, SIR DAVID NOTED THAT THE 22

OF FLOATING ENGAGED ON THE COLLECTION

REFUSE RETRIEVED WELL OVER MADE 4,000 TONNES OF RUBBISH LAST YEAR, WHILE GREAT EFFORTS WERE ALSO TO CLEAR RUBBISH FROM THE COUNTRY PARKS AND BARBECUE SITES.

STATING THAT MORE STILL NEEDED TO BE DONE, SIR DAVID CALLED ON

OF EVERYBODY'S PERSONAL INDIVIDUALS TO DO THEIR PART AS IT WAS PART RESPONSIBILITY TO HELP KEEP HONG KONG CLEAN.

ARE

PROBLEM. İ

HOPE

"I AM PLEASED THAT SOME MAJOR PRIVATE SECTOR ORGANISATIONS

POLLUTION EAGER TO PLAY THEIR PART IN TACKLING THE OTHERS WILL FOLLOW SUIT,' HE SAID.

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