SATURDAY, JULY 7, 1990
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ENVIRONMENTAL IMPROVEMENTS POSSIBLE WITH RESOLUTE ACTION
WORTHWHILE THE DIRECTOR
WITH RESOLUTE ACTION, IT IS POSSIBLE TO BRING ABOUT AND SOMETIMES DRAMATIC IMPROVEMENTS IN THE ENVIRONMENT, OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION, DR STUART REED, SAID TODAY (SATURDAY).
SUBSTANTIAL REDUCTIONS RESULTED FROM
HE CITED AS AN EXAMPLE THE VERY RECENT OF AIR POLLUTION LEVELS IN INDUSTRIAL AREAS WHICH HAD THE ENFORCEMENT OF THE FUEL RESTRICTION REGULATIONS.
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REQUIRING THAT DIRTY HIGH
THE NEW REGULATIONS CAME INTO FORCE ON JULY 1 ALL INDUSTRIAL BOILERS AND OTHER EQUIPMENT BURNING HEAVY, SULPHUR FUEL OIL SHOULD CHANGE TO LIGHT, LOW SULPHUR DIESEL FUEL OIL.
TI
AND
DAYS, WE HAVE SEEN A DRAMATIC POLLUTION LEVELS IN INDUSTRIAL/RESIDENTIAL
'IN THE LAST COUPLE OF SUBSTANTIAL DROP IN AIR AREAS," DR REED SAID.
"NOT ONLY SULPHUR DIOXIDE, BUT SMOKE HAVE DECREASED AND THE AIR OVER DISTINCTLY CLEANER," HE SAID.
ALSO OXIDES OF NITROGEN AND
WAN TSUEN
AND KWUN TONG IS
SCHOOL DR REED WAS SPEAKING AT THE OPENING OF A FIVE-DAY JOINT
BY THE SCHOOL EXHIBITION ON
PROTECTION ORGANISED ENVIRONMENTAL
AND JARDINE'S CONSERVANCY CLUBS' LIAISON BOARD, FRIENDS OF THE EARTH AMBASSADORS.
SUCH
CONTINUE, THROUGH MEANS ITS FROM OUR COMMUNITY
TRAMPLING ALL OVER OUR THAT
"IT IS, OF COURSE, ESSENTIAL THAT WE
UP TO WAKE EXHIBITION, THIS AS ENVIRONMENTAL SLEEP WALKING IN WHICH WE ARE OWN PRECIOUS ENVIRONMENT AND MAKE INDIVIDUALS REALISE THE DAMAGE THEY ARE DOING.
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'BUT THERE IS ALWAYS PROBLEMS, WE LOSE SIGHT OF THE IMPROVEMENTS, GIVEN THE WILL TO
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THAT DANGER FACT THAT
THAT WE FIGHT FOR THEM.
THE IN
ON FOCUSSING CAN ACTUALLY ACHIEVE
THE "WE MANAGED TO AVERT THE CLOSURE OF THE BATHING BEACHES ON
THOUGH ONLY JUST WITH SOME SOUTH OF HONG KONG ISLAND LAST SUMMER, FIRST AID MEASURES.
TSUEN RIVER NOW "THE STREAM IN FO TAN AND THE LAM MORE CLEARLY AND FREELY AND THERE IS NO LONGER A STINK OF ROTTING
MAIN STANLEY
STREET, WASTES IF YOU STROLL IN THE EVENING ALONG SAID.
RUN
MUCH
PIG
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HE
ΤΟ FORGET "EVEN THE BLACK RIVER IN SAI KUNG MUST BE BEGINNING
FROM DECADES OF DYE-WORKS ITS NAME NOW THAT
IS RECOVERING IT
WASHED BED,
CLEAN BY THE POLLUTION AND THE STONES ALONG THE RIVER
RECENT STORMS, ONCE MORE REFLECT THE NATURAL SUNLIGHT RATHER THAN LATEST FASHION SHADE OF BLUE JEANS BLUE," HE ADDED.
THE
/DR REED
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