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THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 23, 1989

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THE MARINE LITTERING PROBLEM WILL BE CLOSELY MONITORED VIA:

(A) REGULAR LIAISON WITH FERRY OPERATORS ;

(B)

REGULAR INSPECTION OF CLEANSING AND COLLECTION SERVICES AND CHECKS OF KNOWN BLACK SPOTS:

(C)

HELICOPTER SURVEILLANCE

COASTAL WATERS; AND

FLIGHTS

OVER THE HARBOUR AND

(D) A HOTLINE FOR PUBLIC COMPLAINTS.

"THE STEERING GROUP WILL CONSTANTLY ACTION PLAN AS APPROPRIATE," MR COOPER SAID.

REVIEW AND UPDATE THE

DISTRICT ENVIRONMENT STATEMENT FOR CENTRAL AND WESTERN

(THURSDAY)

FOR

THE ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION DEPARTMENT (EPD) TODAY PRESENTED THE ANNUAL UPDATE OF THE DISTRICT ENVIRONMENT STATEMENT

OF THE CENTRAL AND THE CENTRAL AND WESTERN DISTRICT AT THE MEETING WESTERN DISTRICT BOARD'S ENVIRONMENT AND WORKS COMMITTEE.

EFD'S SENIOR SAID THE REPORT,

PROBLEMS IN

BRIEFING MEMBERS ON THE UPDATE OF THE STATEMENT. ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION OFFICER, MRS SHIRLEY LI, 19SUED IN JUNE 1988, PROVIDED AN OVERVIEW OF POLLUTION THE DISTRICT AND MEASURES BEING TAKEN TO ADDRESS THESE PROBLEMS.

ON THE

PROGRESS OF THE

TODAY'S BRIEFING WAS IMPROVEMENT PROGRAMME IN THE PAST YEAR.

ENVIRONMENTAL

TOTAL OF 212 MRS LI SAID IN 1988, THE EPD HOTLINK RECEIVED A

70 PER CENT CONCERNED POLLUTION COMPLAINTS FROM THE DISTRICT. OVER

AND THE REST CONCERNED AIR POLLUTION, 20 PER CENT CONCERNED NOISE, WATER POLLUTION OR SOLID AND LIQUID WASTES DISPOSAL.

ΤΟ

THE

ATTRIBUTED MAINLY KENNEDY TOWN

AIR POLLUTION PROBLEMS IN THE DISTRICT WERE SOME

INCLUDING INSTALLATIONS PERMANENT INCINERATOR, THE KENNEDY TOWN ABATTOIR AND ITS ASSOCIATED FACILITIES THE ANIMAL CREMATOR AND THE BY-PRODUCTS PLANT.

OTHER LOCAL SOURCES INCLUDED CHIMNEY EMISSIONS FROM

AND SMOKE EMISSIONS FROM PILING AND COMMERCIAL PREMISES

INDUSTRIAL

WORK

ON

CONSTRUCTION SITES.

ON

TERM IMPROVEMENT MEASURES. SHORT INSTALLATION OF ELECTROSTATIC PRECIPITATORS TO REDUCE FROM THE KENNEDY TOWN INCINERATOR HAD BEEN COMPLETED.

MRS

1.I

SAID

THE

DUST EMISSIONS

/THE LONG

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