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WEDNESDAY, JUNE 21, 1989

40 COUNTRIES AT

OF CFC'S TO FREEZE EFFECT

SOME SIGNATORIES TO THE PROTOCOL, NUMBERING PRESENT, WERE REQUIRED TO FREEZE PRODUCTION AND CONSUMPTION AT THEIR 1986 LEVELS WITH EFFECT FROM JULY 1 THIS YEAR, PRODUCTION AND CONSUMPTION OF HALONS AT THEIR 1986 LEVELS WITH FROM JANUARY 1, 1992; AND, TO REDUCE CONSUMPTION OF CFC'S CENT OF 1986 LEVELS IN FIVE YEARS AND TO 50 PER CENT IN 10 YEARS.

THE PRESENT

ΤΟ 80 PER

BILL, WHICH WAS BROADLY IN LINE WITH

SOUGHT PROVIDE A

TO

THE THE PROHIBIT REGISTRATION AND

OF THE PROVISIONS

PROTOCOL, MONTREAL MANUFACTURE OF CFC'S AND HALONS, AND TO LICENSING SCHEME TO CONTROL THE IMPORT AND EXPORT OF CFC'S AND HALONS.

CONTROL OR

"IT ALSO PROVIDES REGULATION-MAKING POWERS FOR THE

OF PROHIBITION

THE MANUFACTURE, IMPORT

OF OR EXPORT

PRODUCTS MAY BECOME CONTAINING, OR MADE WITH, THE CONTROLLED SUBSTANCES WHICH NECESSARY AT A LATER

ACCORDANCE WITH PROVISIONS IN THE MONTREAL PROTOCOL.

STAGE IN

THE "IT IS WORTHY TO NOTE THAT AS HONG KONG HAS NOT ENGAGED IN

THIS BILL HAS MADE A MANUFACTURE OF CFC'S AND HALONS IN THE PAST,

BANNING THE POSITIVE MOVE BEYOND THE REQUIREMENTS OF THE PROTOCOL BY PRODUCTION OF SUCH SUBSTANCES," PROF POON SAID.

TIME FOR HONG GENERALLY

IN ORDER TO PROVIDE A LEGISLATIVE FRAMEWORK IN то FULFIL KONG

ITS INTERNATIONAL OBLIGATIONS, MEMBERS ACCEPTED THAT THE BILL SHOULD BE SUPPORTED, HE SAID.

SUCH A DECISION WAS MADE ON

THE THE UNDERSTANDING THAT

AFTER ADMINISTRATION WOULD REVIEW THE BILL IN ABOUT ONE YEAR'S TIME,

PROTOCOL, WHICH WAS THE NEXT MEETING OF THE PARTIES TO THE MONTREAL

DEPLETING EXPECTED TO COME UP WITH MORE STRINGENT CONTROLS OVER OZONE SUBSTANCES.

THE IN THE COURSE OF DELIBERATION, MEMBERS WERE CONCERNED THAT

HALONS PROHIBITION OF MANUFACTURE OF CFC'S AND

IN

WOULD HONG KONG

HOWEVER SMALL ENTIRELY OUTLAW THE PRODUCTION OF ANY SUCH SUBSTANCES, THE QUANTITY, EVEN FOR THE PURPOSE OF

AND ACADEMIC

INSTRUCTION.

IN THIS RESPECT, GROUP'S VIEW THAT AN AMENDMENT SHOULD BE MADE HALONS SO PRODUCED FROM THE DEFINITION SAID.

THE

OF

RESEARCH

ADMINISTRATION HAD AGREED WITH THE

TO

CFC'S EXCLUDE

PROF "MANUFACTURE"

1

AND POON

CLAUSE 12(C)

PERSON UNTIL

ANOTHER POINT WHICH AROUSED MEMBERS' CONCERN WAS OF THE BILL, WHICH EMPOWERED AN AUTHORISED OFFICER TO DETAIN A

ΤΟ SEARCH FOUND IN ANY PLACE OR PREMISES WHICH HE WAS ALLOWED THE PREMISES OR PLACE HAD BEEN SEARCHED.

THEY

OF SUCH POWER. MEMBERS WERE WORRIED ABOUT THE POSSIBLE ABUSE

HOWEVER, REASSURED WERE,

THAT THE ADMINISTRATION

ORDINANCE HAD NOT EQUIVALENT POWER IN THE IMPORT AND

GIVEN

RISE TO DIFFICULTIES IN THE PAST.

BY THE

EXPORT

/MEMBERS ALSO

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