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WEDNESDAY, JUNE 21. 1989

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WHITE PAPER ON POLLUTION TABLED

THE PROPOSALS IN THE WHITE PAPER ON POLLUTION GOVERNMENT EXPENDITURE OF SOME $20 BILLION OVER

WILL LEAD TO THE NEXT 10 THE ACTING SECRETARY FOR LANDS AND WORKS, THE HON KENNETH

YEARS, THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL TODAY (WEDNESDAY).

KWOK. TOLD

IN TABLING THE DOCUMENT. MR KWOK SAID THE EXPENDITURE, AT PRICES. WOULD BE EARMARKED MOSTLY FOR MAJOR INFRASTRUCTURAL IN PARTICULAR THE NEW SEWERAGE SYSTEMS IN THE TERRITORY.

1988

PROJECTS,

HE SAID THAT EXPENDITURE WOULD ALSO BE NEEDED BY INDIVIDUAL CONCERNS CONTRIBUTING TO THE POLLUTION AND THE SHOULD BE BUILT INTO THE ECONOMIC VIABILITY ASSESSMENTS INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENTS.

THOSE

COSTS FOR

MR KWOK NOTED THAT THE WHITE PAPER WAS THE FIRST COMPREHENSIVE STATEMENT OF THE GOVERNMENT'S OBJECTIVES FOR TACKLING ALL FORMS OF POLLUTION RELATING TO WASTE. WATER, AIR AND NOISE, REGARDLESS SOURCE.

OF

FORWARD

AS A BLUEPRINT FOR THE FUTURE, IT ALSO POINTED THE WAY IN ENFORCEMENT. EDUCATION AND PLANNING IN SOLVING POLLUTION PROBLEMS.

PUBLISH

A

MR KWOK EXPLAINED THAT IT HAD BEEN DECIDED ΤΟ WHITE PAPER INSTEAD OF A GREEN PAPER BECAUSE TIME WAS OF THE ESSENCE.

NEVERTHELESS, THE GOVERNMENT WELCOMED PUBLIC WOULD BE FOLLOWING NORMAL CONSULTATIVE PROCESSES WITH INDUSTRY WITH THE MUNICIPAL COUNCILS ON THE DOCUMENT.

COMMENTS,

AND

AND

PERIOD FOR LIMITING TAXI NUMBERS EXTENDED

THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL TODAY (WEDNESDAY) PASSED A MOTION TO EXTEND THE PERIOD OF LIMITATION ON THE NUMBER OF LICENSED TAXIS BY ONE YEAR TO JULY 7, 1990.

MOVING A MOTION UNDER THE ROAD TRAFFIC ORDINANCE, THE SECRETARY FOR TRANSPORT, THE HON MICHAEL. LEUNG, SAID THE EFFECT OF THE EXTENSION WAS THAT THE TOTAL NUMBER OF VEHICLES WHICH MIGHT BE REGISTERED AND LICENSED AS TAXIS WOULD REMAIN AT 14.800 FOR URBAN TAXIS, 2,838 FOR NEW TERRITORIES TAXIS AND 40 FOR LANTAU TAXIS.

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