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MONDAY, NOVEMBER 28, 1988

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"WE RECOGNISE THESE PROBLEMS ABOUT THEM.

AND THE

NEED TO DO

SOMETHING

CONFERENCE

HAD

TAKEN

THE GOVERNOR POINTED OUT THAT SINCE THE LAST POLMET

AGO, YEARS

THE THREE

GOVERNMENT WAS HELD IN HONG KONG POSITIVE MEASURES TO DEAL WITH POLLUTION. HE SAID. THESE INCLUDED:

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INTRODUCTION OF NEW CONTROLS ON NOISE AND AIR POLLUTION ON THE DISPOSAL OF LIVESTOCK WASTE.

AND

AND

AROUND

MAJOR REVIEW OF SEWERAGE FACILITIES CARRYING OUT A MAPPING OUT A PROGRAMME WHICH WOULD INVOLVE SPENDING US$1.5 BILLION OVER THE NEXT DECADE,

OF THESE THE NEXT FIVE

DESIGNATING TWO WATER CONTROL ZONES AND EXTENSION TO PROTECT ALL OF HONG KONG'S WATERS WITHIN YEARS.

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CONSTRUCTION OF A CHEMICAL WASTE TREATMENT

PLANT TO START

SOON.

PROBLEMS THE

THAT IT HAS OF AND BEAUTIFUL

SIR DAVID ADDED: "DESPITE ALL POLLUTION, HONG KONG IS STILL ONE OF THE MOST EXCITING HARBOUR CITIES IN THE WORLD.

PRESERVE THE AREAS STILL

"WE MUST KEEP IT THAT WAY. WE MUST UNSPOILT AND IMPROVE THOSE THAT HAVE BEEN ALLOWED TO DETERIORATE.

"THE HONG KONG GOVERNMENT IS FULLY COMMITTED TO THAT AIM."

INVESTMENT IN POLLUTION CONTROL COST EFFECTIVE

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THE GOVERNMENT IS FIRMLY

INCLUDING

COMMITTED HEAVY

ENVIRONMENTAL

TO TACKLING HONG KONG'S

IN INVESTMENT PROBLEMS, POLLUTION INFRASTRUCTURE AND INCREASED ENFORCEMENT OF POLLUTION CONTROLS.

THE SECRETARY FOR LANDS AND WORKS, MR GRAHAM BARNES, TODAY (MONDAY) WHEN OPENING THE POLMET 88 EXHIBITION.

SAID THIS

GENERAL BELIEF THAT THE WOULD BLUNT INDUSTRY'S

MR BARNES SAID THERE SEEMED TO BE A

OF

CONTROLS POLLUTION APPLYING COMPETITIVE EDGE AND HARM PROSPECTS FOR ECONOMIC GROWTH.

COST

ON THE