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THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 20, 1990

THE BROAD OUTLINE WOULD COVER AT LEAST:

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HOW NEW BUILDINGS SHOULD BE BUILT TO SAVE ENERGY;

WHAT, IF ANYTHING, COULD BE DONE ABOUT OLD BUILDINGS TO SAVE ENERGY;

HOW THE PUBLIC. THE COMMERCE AND INDUSTRY ENCOURAGED TO SAVE ENERGY; AND

INDUCEMENTS, IF ANY, TO SAVE ENERGY,

COULD BE

MR BARNES SAID: "AT A LATER STAGE, I HOPE WE WILL ESTABLISH MORE PERMANENT COMMITTEE INVOLVING INTERESTED MEMBERS OF COMMUNITY TO WORK THROUGH ENERGY SAVING PROPOSALS IN MORE DETAIL EXPLORE NEW SUGGESTIONS.

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"OUR BUILDINGS ARE UNDOUBTEDLY VERY WASTEFUL OF ENERGY AND WILL DOUBTLESS CONTINUE TO BE BUILT IN THIS WAY UNLESS THE LAW IS CHANGED.

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'AGAIN WE ARE CERTAINLY CARELESS IN OUR OFFICES AND BUSINES9 PREMISES ABOUT SAVING ELECTRICITY AND IT WOULD DO LITTLE HARM FOR US TO TRY TO SAVE FUEL BY USING LESS POWER.

"BUT ABOVE ALL, THERE IS STRONG EVIDENCE FOR THE GREENHOUSE EFFECT AND IF ALL COUNTRIES IGNORE IT BECAUSE IT MIGHT NOT BE FULLY PROVED, A LOT OF TIME WILL BE LOST AND A GREAT DEAL OF UNNECESSARY CARBON DIOXIDE WILL HAVE BEEN EMITTED, HE SAID.

"AND FINALLY SAVING ELECTRICITY IS SAVING LOT CAN BE SAVED BY RELATIVELY PAINLESS CHANGES AND BY SIMPLY WASTING LESS," HE ADDED.

MONEY AND QUITE A IN BUILDING DESIGN

SAFEGUARDS FOR MEMBERS OF OCCUPATIONAL PENSION SCHEMES

SCHEMES

THE

OCCUPATIONAL

PENSION

WHITE BILL ON THE REGULATION OF BILL HAS INCORPORATED PROVISIONS TO ENABLE SCHEME MEMBERS BE MORE CONVERSANT WITH THE OPERATION AND FUNDING CONDITIONS OF RETIREMENT SCHEME, THE DEPUTY SECRETARY FOR MR STEPHEN IP, SAID TODAY (THURSDAY}.

MONETARY

TO THEIR AFFAIRS,

THE PROVISIONS ALSO ENABLE MEMBERS TO RAISE THROUGH THE APPROPRIATE CHANNELS AS NECESSARY, HE SAID.

THEIR CONCERNS

PENSION SCHEMES MEMBERS OF A

SPEAKING AT A WORKSHOP ON THE OCCUPATIONAL BILL,

MR IP POINTED OUT THAT WHERE A MAJORITY OF THE SCHEME SO WISHED, A CONSULTATIVE COMMITTEE COULD BE SET UP.

"THE COMMITTEE IS ADVISORY AND THE BILL EMPLOYERS TO CONVEY THE COMMITTEE'S VIEWS TO THE DESIGNATED PERSON

REQUIRES THE THE SCHEME," HE SAID.

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