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FRIDAY, MAY 26, 1989

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BUSINESS COMMUNITY URGED TO HELP SAVE THE ENVIRONMENT

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THE BUSINESS COMMUNITY IN HONG KONG WAS

ΤΟ CONTRIBUTION

TO MAKE ITS OWN

SAVE HONG

ADOPTING THE CONCEPT OF ENVIRONMENTAL AUDITING.

URGED TODAY (FRIDAY)

ENVIRONMENT KONG'S

BY

SPEAKING

AT A

ROTARY CLUB

LUNCHEON

MEETING,

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION, DR STUART REED, ALSO CALLED ON

OF MANUALS ON PREPARATION TO SPONSOR THE

SECTOR

AUDITING AIMED AT SPECIFIC TYPES OF BUSINESS ACTIVITY.

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DIRECTOR OF THE PRIVATE

ENVIRONMENTAL

OUR

VALUABLE

ADUITING

NOT CAN

HELP ONLY

SAFEGUARD ENVIRONMENTAL ENVIRONMENT, IT CAN HAVE THE SIDE EFFECT OF SAVING MONEY AND SENIOR MANAGEMENT TIME, DR REED SAID.

I

"IT IS A MANAGEMENT TOOL COMPRISING A OF HOW EVALUATION OBJECTIVE PERIODIC AND

A

AND ITS EQUIPMENT COMPANY ORGANISATION IN PERFORMING, DR REED EXPLAINED.

SYSTEMATIC, DOCUMENTED, WELL THE

AND

ENVIRONMENTAL

PROCEDURES

ARE

MANAGEMENT TASK OF

MEETING

THE

SMOKING," HE

"IT ISN'T THE SAME AS THE DAY TO DAY LINE

EFFLUENTS ARE ENSURING, FOR EXAMPLE, THAT LIQUID

NOT STATUTORY EFFLUENT STANDARDS OR THAT CHIMNEYS ARE SAID.

ONCE EVERY "IT IS RATHER A QUESTION OF STEPPING BACK, PERHAPS

ENVIRONMENTAL

AND POLICY

ITS COMPANY'S 12 MONTHS, AND REVIEWING A

POLICY, OVERALL PERFORMANCE IN THE PAST 12 MONTHS IN RELATION TO THIS

EXECUTIVE ACTION IS AND THEN FOLLOWING-UP TO ENSURE REQUIRED IS TAKEN.

"

WHATEVER THAT

THE ENVIRONMENTAL AUDITING CONCEPT, WHICH HAS BEEN DEVELOPED IN EUROPE, WAS FORMALLY ADOPTED BY THE INTERNATIONAL CHAMBER OF COMMERCE BEEN 90 AT ITS EXECUTIVE BOARD MEETING IN NOVEMBER LAST YEAR. IT HAS

OPERATIONS ог

MEDIUM-SIZED THE FAR APPLIED COMPANIES.

MOSTLY TO

LARGE

AND

IT HOW

DR REED SAID, "WE WILL "TO ADOPT THIS CONCEPT IN HONG KONG,

IN OF MANUALS

STRAIGHT FORWARD SPELLOUT IN A SERIES HAVE TO

CAN BE

SECTORS APPLIED TO SPECIFIC VERY CLEAR TERMS INDUSTRY AND BUSINESS.

AND OF

STEP "I BELIEVE THAT THE AVAILABILITY OF MANUALS THAT SET OUT,

IN INVOLVED

ENVIRONMENTAL AUDITING, BY STEP, THE SIMPLE PROCEDURES

COMPANIES WOULD PROVIDE A FRAMEWORK AND BASIS TO GUIDE AT LEAST

MAKE AND PEOPLE TOWARDS

THEY

SOME

CAN THEMSELVES

TO

THE

CONTRIBUTION

SAVING HONG KONG'S ENVIRONMENT.

HE APPEALED

TO

MAJOR HONGS

AND

INDUSTRIAL

AND

COMMERCIAL

THESE

GROUPINGS FOR SPONSORSHIP FOR THE PREPARATION OF ONE OR MORE OF

MANUALS.

/"WE ARE