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WEDNESDAY, JULY 25, 1990

THE DEATH OF THE DYEING

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FINISHING INDUSTRY WOULD BRING COMPETITIVENESS OF OUR APPAREL 38 PER CENT OF TOTAL

AND ONTO THE ACCOUNTED FOR AROUND

IMMEDIATE ADVERSE IMPACT INDUSTRY WHICH STILL

DOMESTIC EXPORTS, HE SAID.

THE DEATH OF THE ELECTROPLATING INDUSTRY WOULD IMMEDIATELY RE-EXTORT OF HAMPER DOMESTIC EXPORT OR EVEN

METAL TOYS,

PRODUCTS, WATCHES, JEWELLERY, HOUSE WARE AND GIFT WARE INDUSTRIES, HE ADDED.

MR CHEONG SAID ANOTHER PRACTICAL CONCERN FOR INDUSTRIALISTS

THE MAJORITY OF WAS THAT

INDUSTRIAL ENTERPRISES WERE HOUSED IN MULTI-STOREY FLATTED INDUSTRIAL BUILDINGS.

AND

THE INSTALLATION OF EQUIPMENT TO COPE WITH THE TEMPERATURE PROBLEMS OF THE EFFLUENTS MIGHT PHYSICALLY REQUIRE MUCH MORE SPACE THAN WAS CURRENTLY AVAILABLE IN INDIVIDUAL ENTERPRISE, HE SAID.

HE WELCOMED THE SETTING UP OF THE COMMITTEE WHICH BROUGHT THE ADMINISTRATION AND ADDRESSING THE PRACTICAL ISSUES INVOLVED.

TECHNICAL

STANDARDS

INDUSTRY TOGETHER IN

"BOTH THE HON JAMES TIEN AND MYSELF HAVE MADE GREAT EFFORTS

WITHIN DISCUSSIONS IMPRESS UPON OUR COLLEAGUES IN INDUSTRY THAT COMMITTEE SHOULD BE CONDUCTED IN A NON-CONFRONTATIONAL MANNER," HE SAID.

TO

THE

AND PRAGMATIC

INDUSTRIAL ENTERPRISES MR CHEONG NOTED THAT GIVEN MOST OF THE

TO ACCEPT THAT WERE SMALL AND MEDIUM IN SIZE, IT HAD TO BE PREPARED SOME OF THEM MIGHT HAVE TO CLOSE DOWN BECAUSE OF INCREASED COST.

"WE CAN ONLY HOPE THAT SUCH UNFORTUNATE INCIDENT WILL NOT TO TOO DEVASTATING AN EFFECT.

THAT

LEAD

WHATEVER

OF IMPLEMENTATION

WHERE POSSIBLE,

"IT IS THEREFORE IMPERATIVE REGULATIONS BE APPROACHED FAIRLY, PRAGMATICALLY AND, WITH A DEGREE OF UNDERSTANDING," HE SAID.

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HIGH CONTROL STANDARDS NEEDED TO IMPROVE WATER QUALITY

THE WATER POLLUTION CONTROL (AMENDMENT) BILL 1990 COULD PROVE IF THE TO BE EFFECTIVE IN IMPROVING THE WATER QUALITY OF HONG KONG LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL WOULD APPROVE REASONABLE POLLUTION CONTROL STANDARDS, THE HON MARTIN LEE SAID TODAY (WEDNESDAY).

MR PURPOSE TIDE OF

SPEAKING IN THE RESUMED DEBATE ON THE BILL IN THE COUNCIL, LEE SAID IF OVERLY LOOSE RESTRICTIONS WERE ADOPTED, THE WHOLE OF THE BILL WOULD HAVE BEEN THWARTED AND THE BID TO HALT THE POLLUTION WOULD HAVE FAILED.

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