XN000022-1988-11-28 — Page 4

MONDAY, NOVEMBER 28, 1988

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"ON THE CONTRARY, HONG KONG'S ATTRACTIVENESS AS A TOURIST CENTRE AND BASE FOR INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS WILL BE SERIOUSLY IMPAIRED IF WE DO NOT ACT NOW TO SAVE OUR ENVIRONMENT, HE SAID.

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"THE SENSIBLE APPLICATION OF POLLUTION CONTROL AND LEGISLATION, COMBINED WITH THE USE OF APPROPRIATE TECHNOLOGY AND EQUIPMENT HAS ELSEWHERE PRODUCED SPIN-OFF BENEFITS FOR INDUSTRY, INCLUDING ENERCY SAVING, IMPROVED PRODUCTIVITY AND PROFITABLE RECOVERY OF MATERIALS FROM THE PRODUCTION PROCESS.

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MR BARNES ALSO NOTED THAT 70 PER CENT OF CAPITAL INVESTMENT NEW POLLUTION REDUCTION PLANT WAS TAX DEDUCTIBLE, WHICH WAS ANOTHER INCENTIVE FOR MOVING TO CLEANER PRODUCTION PROCESSES.

GOVERNOR VISITS KOWLOON POLICE FORMATIONS

THE GOVERNOR, SIR DAVID WILSON, TODAY (MONDAY) VISITED OPERATIONAL POLICE FORMATIONS IN KOWLOON. HE MET OFFICERS FROM MONG KOK DISTRICT, THE KOWLOON REGIONAL TRAFFIC UNIT, THE EMERGENCY UNIT, "KOWLOON WEST AND THE CRIME PREVENTION BUREAU.

SIR DAVID BEGAN BY VISITING THE ENFORCEMENT AND CONTROL SECTION OF THE KOWLOON TRAFFIC UNIT, WHOSE RESPONSIBILITIES COVER THE WHOLE OF KOWLOON AND NEW KOWLOON.

HE WAS TOLD THAT THE DAILY TRANSIENT POPULATION WAS IN EXCESS OF HALF-A-MILLION PEOPLE IN MONG KOK DISTRICT ALONE AND THAT THERE WERE AT PRESENT 260 ROADWORK PROJECTS IN THE KOWLOON AREA.

IT WAS THEREFORE NOT EASY TO

MAINTAIN A REASONABLE FLOW OF TRAFFIC. BUT NEW ROAD LINKS TO BE OPENRO NEXT YEAR, SUCH AS THE EASTERN HARBOUR CROSSING AND KWUN TONG BY-PASS, WERE EXPECTED ΤΟ ALLEVIATE SOME OF THE CONGESTION.

THE GOVERNOR THEN RECEIVED A BRIEFING ON THE EMERGENCY UNIT.

KOWLOON WEST

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HE WAS TOLD THAT THE UNIT'S 27 PATROL VEHICLES PROVIDE AN "AROUND-THE-CLOCK INSTANT RESPONSE CAPABILITY TO ALL 999 CALLS AND THAT THEIR AVERAGE RESPONSE TIME OF 2-1/2 MINUTES IS AMONG THE FASTEST IN ALL THE MAJOR CITIES OF THE WORLD.

IN THE FIRST 10 MONTHS OF 1988, EU TEAMS RESPONDEDTO 16,815 CALLS FOR ASSISTANCE. ARRESTS FOLLOWED ON 775 OCCASIONS, INVOLVING A TOTAL OF 1,271 PEOPLE.

/BIR CAVID