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MONDAY, APRIL 30, 1990

SPEAKING AT THE OPENING OF THE ENVIRONTECH '90 SAID COPING WITH A CHANGE IN STANDARDS WAS NOT AN EASY MANY COUNTRIES INDUSTRY HAD ACCPETED THE CHALLENGE.

THE EXHIBITION IS ORGANISED BY FORUM EVENT ASSISTANCE OF THE HONG KONG PRODUCTIVITY COUNCIL.

OF

ADEQUATE

EXHIBITION,

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TASK, BUT IN

PLANNERS WITH THE

INFORMATION,

THE

SECRETARY

APART FROM THE LACK SAID CAPITAL AND SPACE WERE ALSO PROBLEMS THAT HAD TO BE SOLVED.

WORLD IS

"BUT THE BIGGEST PROBLEM IN COPING WITH THE CHANGING PROBABLY THE CHANGE IN PUBLIC ATTITUDES TOWARDS POLLUTION," HE SAID.

BE

THERE IS A MASSIVE JOB TO DO TO OVERCOME RESISTANCE TO CHANGE, WHICH MAY WELL. INVOLVE ADDITIONAL CAPITAL OUTLAY, EVEN IF IT COULD RECOUPED OVER A PERIOD OF TIME.

"A POSITIVE APPROACH IS FOR INDUSTRIALISTS ABOUT BETTER ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT AND TO SEE COST-EFFECTIVE WAY OF DEALING WITH THE PROBLEM,

HE SAID EVERY FACTORY

CONTROL POLLUTION PROBLEM.

PROPRIETOR

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TO FIND OUT MORE WHICH IS THE MOST MR BARNES SAID.

HAD THE RESPONSIBILITY

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NOT

ADD ALWAYS

TO THE FOR POLLUTION CONTROL DID

WASTE RECYCLING COULD PRODUCTION. PROCESS IMPROVEMENT AND IMPROVE THE PRODUCTIVITY AS WELL AS REMOVING THE SOURCE OF HE ADDED.

OF COSTS

IN FACT POLLUTION,

ALL SECTORS URGED TO SUPPORT ENVIRONMENTAL CAMPAIGN COMMITTEE

GROUPS, AND AND SUPPORT

THE CHAIRMAN OF THE ENVIRONMENTAL CAMPAIGN COMMITTEE (ECC), MRS PEGGY LAM, TODAY (MONDAY) CALLED ON PUBLIC ENVIRONMENTAL THE COMMERCIAL AND INDUSTRIAL SECTORS TO CO-OPERATE WITH THE ECC TO PROMOTE ENVIRONMENTAL AWARENESS IN THE COMMUNITY.

CONFERENCE ANNOUNCING THE CALL WAS MADE BY MRS LAM AT A PRESS

AND WORK THE SETTING UP OF THE COMMITTEE, AND ITS TERMS OF REFERENCE PLANS.

BY THE THE COMMITTEE, FORMED EARLY THIS YEAR UPON APPOINTMENT

PROMOTING PUBLIC GOVERNOR, IS AIMED AT

AWARENESS OF ENVIRONMENTAL AND MOBILISING PEOPLE FROM ALL PROTECTION ISSUES, AND ENCOURAGING WALKS OF LIFE TO CONTRIBUTE TOWARDS A BETTER ENVIRONMENT.

JOURNALISTS,

SCHOOL PRINCIPAL, OF LEADING FIRMS

FROM VOLUNTARY

MEMBERS OF THE COMMITTEE INCLUDE ACADEMICS, DISTRICT BOARD

DIRECTOR MEMBERS, EXPERIENCED ENVIRONMENTAL WORKERS AND REPRESENTATIVES AGENCIES IN HONG KONG, REPRESENTATIVES FROM VARIOUS GOVERNMENT DEPARTMENTS.

URBAN

COUNCILLOR,

REGIONAL

COUNCILLOR

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AND

/MRS LAM