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WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 12, 1988

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PROGRESS MADE IN TACKLING POLLUTION, GOVERNOR

SIR

PROGRESS MADE IN DEALING WITH LIVESTOCK WASTE, AND NOISE POLLUTION WAS OUTLINED BY THE GOVERNOR, IN THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL TODAY (WEDNESDAY).

WASTE DISPOSAL DAVID WILSON,

SIR DAVID SAID IN HIS ADDRESS THAT HE HAD DEVOTED A "THIS IS BECAUSE OF TIME TO THE ENVIRONMENT, AND ADDED:

THE CONTINUED THAT THE CONDITIONS IN WHICH WE LIVE, LIKE OUR ECONOMY, ARE ESSENTIAL ASPECTS OF MAKING HONG KONG IT TO BE

GOOD DEAL

I BELIEVE GROWTH OF WE WANT

A PLACE WHERE PEOPLE WANT TO GO ON WORKING AND LIVING.

SIR DAVID

NOTED THAT ON THE LIVESTOCK WASTE CONTROL SCHEME,

WASTE IN STREAMS FOR MANY YEARS INDISCRIMINATE DUMPING OF LIVESTOCK AND WATERCOURSES HAD BEEN ONE OF THE MAJOR CAUSES OF POLLUTION.

URBAN AREA TOLO COVER

IN JUNE, THE KEEPNG OF LIVESTOCK WAS BANNED IN THE

WERE CONTROLS

INTRODUCED ΤΟ AND IN THE NEW TOWNS; AND HARBOUR, ANGLERS BEACH AT TSUEN WAN, AND SILVERMINE BAY ON LANTAU.

PROHIBITED AREAS HAD NOW MOST OF THE LIVESTOCK FARMS IN THE CEASED BUSINESS, AND THE REMAINDER WOULD SOON FOLLOW,

IN FARMS

THE NEWLY CONTROLLED

THERE WERE SOME 300 AROUND 200 OF THESE WOULD GIVE UP LIVESTOCK INTENDED TO COMPLY WITH THE CONTROLS.

OF THIER

AREAS: FARMING AND THE OTHERS

PRIVATE "DEMONSTRATION PROJECTS ARE NOW BEING SET UP ON

LIVESTOCK WASTE TO SHOW FARMERS HOW TO ACCEPTABLE AND ECONOMIC MANNER, HE SAID.

DISPOSE

"

FARMS IN AN

GRADUALLY TO OTHER

"OVER THE NEXT EIGHT

PARTS

OF

YEARS, THE CONTROLS WILL BE EXTENDED

THE TERRITORY. WE CANNOT EXPECT BUT THE PROBLEM IS BEING TACKLED.

AN

LEAD

"IN

THE

TO A WATERS,

INSTANT, OVERALL IMPROVEMENT.

TIME,

CLEANING SIGNIFICANT

IN REDUCTION PARTICULARLY IN TOLO HARBOUR.

UP

WILL WATERCOURSES

COASTAL POLLUTION OF OUR THE

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PROPER DISPOSAL OF IMPROVING THE ENVIRONMENT,

LONG-TERM

TURNING TO WASTE DISPOSAL, SIR DAVID SAID DOMESTIC REFUSE WAS AN IMPORTANT PART OF

BEING MADE IN IMPLEMENTING A AND GOOD PROGRESS WAS NOW STRATEGY,

THE NEW TERRITORIES AWARDED FIRST

THE DESIGN OF TWO HUGE LANDFILL SITES IN WAS AT AN ADVANCED STAGE, AND IN DECEMBER A CONTRACT WOULD BE

AND PRIVATE FOR THE CONSTRUCTION

OPERATION OF HONG KONG'S REFUSE TRANSFER STATION, IN KOWLOON BAY.

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