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SUNDAY, APRIL 22, 1990

DIRECTOR OF INDUSTRY ON DUTY VISIT TO EUROPE

THE DIRECTOR OF INDUSTRY, MR T.H. BARMA, WILL LEAVE FOR THIS (SUNDAY) EVENING FOR A TWO-WEEK DUTY VISIT.

EUROPE

THE TRIP WILL COVER ITALY, SWITZERLAND, WEST AND BELGIUM.

GERMANY, THE UK

SENIOR

GOVERNMENT DEPARTMENT'S IN HONG KONG'S

THE DURING

VISIT, MR BARMA WILL MEET OFFICIALS AND COMPANY EXECUTIVES AS PART OF THE INDUSTRY CONTINUING EFFORTS TO ENCOURAGE OVERSEAS INVESTMENTS MANUFACTURING INDUSTRIES.

HE WILL ALSO VISIT SOME OF

THE COMPANIES'

FACILITIES.

MR BARMA WILL RETURN TO HONG KONG ON MAY 6.

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RE-OPENING OF SILVERMINE BAY BEACH

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MANUFACTURING

OF

WATER THE GOVERNMENT HAS DONE MUCH TO IMPROVE THE

QUALITY SILVERMINE BAY OVER THE LAST TWO AND A HALF YEARS SINCE IT WAS CLOSED IN 1987, THE SECRETARY FOR PLANNING, ENVIRONMENT AND LANDS, MR GRAHAM BARNES, SAID TODAY (SUNDAY).

MR

SPEAKING AT A CEREMONY TO MARK THE RE-OPENING OF THE BEACH, BARNES SAID THE GOVERNMENT HAD IMPLEMENTED THE LIVESTOCK WASTE CONTROL SCHEME, COMMISSIONED THE MUI WO SEWAGE TREATMENT WORKS, DECLARED THE AREA AS PART OF THE SOUTHERN WATER CONTROL ZONE, CLEARED RIVER ILLEGAL STRUCTURES IN THE CHUNG HAU AREA, AND CLEANED UP MUI WO AT FOUR LOCATIONS.

WAS

THE GOVERNMENT HAD SPENT A LARGE AMOUNT OF MONEY TO IMPROVE THE WATER QUALITY OF THE BEACH WHICH

NOW GREATLY IMPROVED, MR

BARNES SAID.

"IT WILL CONTINUE TO EXTEND THE MUI WO SEWAGE TREATMENT PLANT TO ENABLE INDIVIDUAL DEVELOPMENTS ΤΟ CONNECT THEIR SEWAGE ΤΟ THE TRUNK SEWER BY THE END OF 1993, HE SAID.

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MR BARNES, HOWEVER, STRESSED THAT THE NOT KEEP THE BEACHES CLEAN.

GOVERNMENT

ALONE COULD

"IT WILL REQUIRE ASSISTANCE FROM THOSE WHO LIVE AND WORK THOSE WHO AROUND THE RIVER, PARTICULARLY LIVESTOCK FARMERS, AND ALSO USE THE BEACH.

"IT IS THE DUTY OF ALL RESIDENTS AND VISITORS ΤΟ KEEP THIS THEM BEACH AND ITS WATERS CLEAN SO THAT WE AND OUR CHILDREN CAN ENJOY TO THE FULL, HE ADDED.

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