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FRIDAY, OCTOBER 19, 1990

DISTRICT EFFORTS CRUCIAL IN ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION

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THE

GOVERNMENT

ATTACHES

EQUAL

TO

PROMOTING TERRITORY-WIDE KOWLOON, MR DAVID LAN

IMPORTANCE ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION BOTH AT THE DISTRICT AND LEVELS, REGIONAL SECRETARY FOR HONG KONG AND SAID TODAY (FRIDAY).

AND

REMARKS WHEN ADDRESSING THE MR LAN MADE THESE

CENTRAL WESTERN JOINT AREA COMMITTEES SEMINAR ON "ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION".

VARIOUS CITING CENTRAL AND WESTERN AS AN EXAMPLE, HE SAID THAT

NUMBER OF PROJECTS TO GOVERNMENT DEPARTMENTS WERE NOW WORKING ON A

CONDITIONS ENVIRONMENTAL

AND OTHER RELATED IMPROVE THE DISTRICT'S FACILITIES.

WHICH OCCUPIES AN AREA OF 10 "THE $350 MILLION HONG KONG PARK,

COMPLETION HECTARES ON THE FORMER VICTORIA BARRACKS, IS SCHEDULED FOR

PROVIDE AN ADDITIONAL NEXT YEAR," MR LAN SAID, ADDING THAT IT WOULD ATTRACTION TO LOCAL RESIDENTS.

CORPORATION

BE HE SAID TWO MAJOR URBAN RENEWAL PROJECTS TO

WOULD FURTHER LAND DEVELOPMENT ENVIRONMENT OF THE DISTRICT.

THE

UNDERTAKEN BY IMPROVE THE

WAS VITAL TO PROBLEMS.

HOWEVER, HE STRESSED THAT

MORE EFFECTIVELY

OF SUPPORT TACKLE THE

DISTRICT ENVIRONMENTAL

ORGANISATIONS

POLLUTION

DISTRICT BOARD (DB) AND COMMITTEES (AC'S) HAD MADE SIGNIFICANT ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES ΤΟ THE

MR LAN SAID THE CENTRAL AND WESTERN THE DISTRICT'S VARIOUS AREA CONTRIBUTIONS BY MAKING SUGGESTIONS ON GOVERNMENT.

HAD HELPED MINIMISE FOR INSTANCE, HE SAID, THE AC'S CONCERNED

THE KENNEDY TOWN ABATTOIR BY-PRODUCT THE AIR POLLUTION PROBLEM BY PLANT AND THE SAI STREET LARD WORKSHOP TO RESIDENTS.

ENVIRONMENTAL

WAN AC MEMBERS, THE IMPROVEMENTS TO YU

FOLLOWING RECOMMENDATIONS BY THE SHEUNG GOVERNMENT HAD RECENTLY MADE TERRACE IN CENTRAL, HE SAID.

APART FROM MAKING CONSTRUCTIVE SUGGESTIONS,

ORGANISING

DB AND ACS HAD ALSO TAKEN AN ACTIVE PART IN ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION ACTIVITIES FOR LOCAL RESIDENTS.

HE BELIEVED THAT A LARGE-SCALE COMPETITION

NEWSPAPERS BEING HELD

IN

AWARENESS

RESIDENTS AMONG

ENVIRONMENT.

DISTRICT WOULD

LAM

MR LAN

SAID, THE A NUMBER OF

ON RETRIEVING OLD GENERATE A BETTER

PROTECTING

THE

THE OF THE IMPORTANCE OF

/ON THE