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WEDNESDAY, JULY 19, 1989

HIGHEST POSSIBLE PRIORITY FOR PROTECTING ENVIRONMENT

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PROTECTING AND

THE IN

LANDS FOR

HONG KONG'S GOVERNMENT'S AND WORKS,

THAT SAVING AN ASSURANCE

POSSIBLE RANKING ENVIRONMENT HAS THE HIGHEST OVERALL PRIORITIES WAS GIVEN BY THE SECRETARY THE HON GRAHAM BARNES, IN THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL TODAY (WEDNESDAY).

BARNES

WHITE

PAPER ON SPEAKING IN THE DEBATE ON THE

BY THE STRONG HEARTENED WAS MOST SAID HE ENCOURAGEMENT GIVEN BY COUNCILLORS TO THE GOVERNMENT'S TACKLING THE VARIOUS POLLUTION PROBLEMS.

POLLUTION, SUPPORT STRATEGIES

MR AND IN

PAPER, THE WHITE "THERE ARE 100 STRATEGIES IN

HE SAID. ALREADY BEGUN TAKING ACTION ON EACH ONE,

H

ANTI-POLLUTION

PUBLICITY TO DRIVE HOME THE MESSAGE OF THE WHITE PAPER WOULD CONTINUE.

AND WE HAVE

AND ENVIRONMENTAL

A PUBLIC CARRY OUT ΤΟ TIMES

APPOINTING

PREPARE

AND TELEVISION AND

INCLUDE WOULD THESE SAID MR BARNES RELATIONS CONSULTANT TO HELP THE GOVERNMENT

FREE RADIO PUBLICITY CAMPAIGNS, AND MORE PUBLICISE THE MESSAGES.

OVER SOME

UP INDUSTRIAL

THE GOVERNMENT WOULD SHORTLY BE CONSULTING INDUSTRY MAJOR INITIATIVES, SUCH AS SULPHUR IN FUEL OIL AND TIGHTENING WATER POLLUTION CONTROL ORDINANCE TO REDUCE THE AMOUNTS OF EFFLUENTS POLLUTING HONG KONG'S WATERS.

INEXPENSIVE IT

RELATIVELY WAS SAID MR BARNES ANTI-POLLUTION MEASURES AND HE SAID HE WOULD LIKE TO FACTORIES AND WORKSHOPS MAKING USE OF THE SERVICES PRODUCTIVITY COUNCIL.

SUCH

ΤΟ INSTAL SEE MORE SMALL PROVIDED

THE

BY

INITIATIVES

AS

THE

AT

THE

AND

THE GOVERNMENT WOULD ALSO ENCOURAGE CENTRE OF ENVIRONMENTAL TECHNOLOGY FOR INDUSTRY ESTABLISHED CITY POLYTECHNIC IN CO-OPERATION WITH THE PRODUCTIVITY COUNCIL, WHICH WAS FINANCIALLY ASSISTED BY THE HONGKONG AND SHANGHAI BANK.

ON

EMPHASIS

ASSISTING THE CENTRE, WHICH WOULD LAY PARTICULAR

DEMONSTRATE NON-POLLUTION FACTORIES, WOULD SMALL AND MEDIUM-SIZED TREATMENT AND RECOVERY SYSTEMS FOR INDUSTRIAL WASTE.

THE TERRITORY'S

SEWERAGE

COLLECTION,

MAJOR REVIEW OF MR BARNES SAID A

OF SEWAGE FACILITIES WAS NEARING COMPLETION AND AN ESTIMATED $12 BILLION WOULD

A PROGRAMME OF CONSTRUCTION BE NEEDED FOR TREATMENT AND DISPOSAL FACILITIES.

WOULD BE

NEEDED FOR

IMPLEMENTING THE FORM OF THREE VERY

STATIONS, TRANSFER

THE LARGE REPLACING THE

A FURTHER $5 BILLION TERRITORY'S WASTE DISPOSAL PLANS IN LANDFILLS AND

ASSOCIATED REFUSE

SMELLY URBAN LANDFILLS AND INCINERATORS.

"BUT I MUST STRESS THAT WE HAVE A

OVERCOME. THE

PROGRAMME LARGE SOLUTIONS

VERY

SOME VERY TOUGH PROBLEMS TO GOING TO HAVE TO BE VERY FIRM,

"

MR BARNES SAID.

WITH

ARE THEREFORE

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