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WEDNESDAY, JULY 12, 1989

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ENERGY POLICY HAS SERVED HK WELL

* * * * *

WHICH,

THE GOVERNMENT WILL CONTINUE ITS CURRENT ENERGY POLICY LARGELY BASED ON THE OPERATION OF MARKET FORCES, HAS SERVED HONG WELL, THE ACTING FINANCIAL SECRETARY, THE HON DAVID NENDICK, TOLD LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL TODAY (WEDNESDAY).

KONG THE

то

WAY, "

K.

WISH "IN NORMAL TIMES WHEN SUPPLIES ARE ADEQUATE WE DO NOT BE SO RESTRICTIVE THAT INDUSTRIES ARE ADVERSELY AFFECTED IN ANY

PROF THE HON C. MR NENDICK SAID IN REPLYING TO A QUESTION FROM POON.

TO "IT IS ALSO NOT OUR WISH

IMPOSE RESTRICTIONS AFFECT THE LIFESTYLE OF OUR COMMUNITY, " HE SAID.

MR NENDICK POINTED OUT TWO LOCAL FACTORS WHICH INTO ACCOUNT IN ESTABLISHING AN ENERGY CONSERVATION KONG.

WHICH

MAY

MUST BE TAKEN POLICY FOR HONG

FIRST, HONG KONG WAS A VERY SMALL USER OF

BY ENERGY

AND

THE SECONDLY, INTERNATIONAL STANDARDS,

TERRITORY WAS TOTALLY DEPENDENT ON IMPORTS OF RAW MATERIALS FOR ENERGY GENERATION.

"HOWEVER, WE CANNOT AFFORD TO BE COMPLACENT SEE SCOPE FOR CONSERVING ENERGY, HE ADDED.

AND WE

CERTAINLY

WAS CONCERNED, MR THE COMMISSIONING OF A COULD BEST BE ACHIEVED

AS FAR AS ENERGY CONSERVATION IN BUILDINGS NENDICK SAID THE GOVERNMENT WAS CONSIDERING ΤΟ RECOMMEND HOW THIS CONSULTANCY STUDY THROUGH LEGISLATION.

MAJOR

ENERGY UTILISATION STUDY

BUILDINGS AND INSTALLATIONS IN THE

DETAILED THIS WAS IN ADDITION TO A WHICH WAS UNDERTAKEN ON EARLY 1980'S.

THE GOVERNMENT HAD SINCE

PUBLISHED INFORMATION ON

ENERGY

CONSERVATION IN BUILDINGS AND HAD MADE IT AVAILABLE TO THOSE INVOLVED IN PROPERTY DEVELOPMENT AND BUILDING MANAGEMENT.

NOTED

REFERRING TO THE OIL CRISES OF 1973 AND 1979, MR NENDICK THE PUBLIC SECTOR HAD LEARNT THEIR LESSONS AND HAD MAINTAINED A NUMBER

THE OF ENERGY ECONOMY MEASURES, SUCH AS

REDUCTION OF NON-ESSENTIAL LIGHTING AND AIR-CONDITIONING.

INCLUDED ALSO IN THE

то SCHOOLS

NURTURE A MORE

"THE CONCEPT OF ENERGY CONSERVATION IS CURRICULA OF BOTH PRIMARY AND SECONDARY ENERGY-CONSCIOUS COMMUNITY," HE SAID.

[CONSERVATION

AND

WAS

IN REGULATING

OIL IN 1979, THE

CONTROL) ORDINANCE ENACTED TO EMPOWER THE GOVERNMENT TO TAKE SWIFT ACTION THE SUPPLY AND CONSUMPTION OF ENERGY.

USE OF

HAVE

"FROM TIME TO TIME WE HAVE IMPOSED RESTRICTIONS ON THE

WE AND FLOODLIGHTING. ELECTRIC LIGHT FOR ADVERTISING DISPLAYS

IN ALSO

AND EVEN THE PAST ADOPTED DAYLIGHT SAVING HOURS SUSPENSION OF NIGHT RACE MEETINGS, MR NENDICK SAID,

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