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MONDAY, NOVEMBER 19, 1990

"FOR EXAMPLE, I NOTICE THAT HONG KONG IMPORTED OVER $180

OF MILLION OF UK MANUFACTURED VEHICLES IN THE FIRST SIX MONTHS

1990, BUSINESS WILL BE SO I HOPE THAT ANY OF YOU WHO ARE INVOLVED IN THAT READY TO IMPORT THE VERSIONS FITTED WITH CATALYTIC CONVERTERS SHORTLY ADVANCE OF AFTER WE INTRODUCE NO-LEAD PETROL ON APRIL 1, 1991 AND IN THE STATUTORY REQUIREMENT FOR NEW CARS TO BE FITTED WITH CONVERTERS.

"I BELIEVE YOU IMPORTED INTO HONG KONG OVER $250 MILLION OF

LEAST SOME PAPER AND PAPER BOARD LAST YEAR. I HOPE THAT AT

OF THIS WAS OF THE RECYCLED VARIETY," HE SAID.

"WE IN THE ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION DEPARTMENT ARE CERTAINLY VERY KEEN TO PROMOTE THE USE OF RECYCLED PAPER WITHIN THE GOVERNMENT AND ELSEWHERE IN HONG KONG AND THE NOTION REALLY SEEMS TO BE CATCHING ON IN OUR COMMUNITY, DR REED ADDED.

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TO

DR REED SAID THE SECOND THING THAT MEMBERS COULD CONTRIBUTE IMPROVE HONG KONG'S ENVIRONMENT WAS WHERE THEY WERE RESOURCING BRITISH IMPORTS FROM HONG KONG, THEY

USEFULLY TAKE A DIRECT HAD ON THE INTEREST IN THE EFFECT THAT THE PRODUCTION OF SUCH ITEMS LOCAL ENVIRONMENT.

"FOR EXAMPLE, HONG KONG EXPORTED AND RE-EXPORTED TO BRITAIN NEARLY $2.75 BILLION OF CLOTHING IN THE FIRST HALF OF 1990.

"I WOULD NOT GO SO FAR AS TO SUGGEST TO YOU THAT YOU DON'T SOURCE THESE GOODS FROM FACTORIES THAT PUSH OUT WAVES OF BLUE AND ORANGE DYES INTO THE NEW TERRITORIES STREAMS AND OUR COASTAL WATERS.

"BUT PERHAPS THERE ARE OTHER WAYS OF INFLUENCING SOME

STOP SUPPLIERS TO

THE UNSUSTAINABLE EXPLOITATION OF OUR ENVIRONMENTAL ASSET."

OF YOUR LIMITED

DR REED SAID MEMBERS OF THE CHAMBER SHOULD ALSO BE ABLE ΤΟ GAIN COMMERCIALLY AND FINANCIALLY FROM HONG KONG'S ENVIRONMENTAL

PROGRAMMES.

AND

OUTLINING THE GOVERNMENT'S PROGRAMMES AND POLICIES FOR

REED SAID PROTECTING THE ENVIRONMENT OVER THE COMING DECADE, DR

ALL THIS ACTIVITY IN DESIGNING, CONSTRUCTING AND OPERATING FACILITIES

OF LEGISLATION WOULD ENFORCEMENT

GIVE

ΤΟ RISE

MANY BUSINESS OPPORTUNITIES IN MEETING THE DEMAND FOR RELATED PRODUCTS, GOODS AND SERVICES.

TWO-PART SURVEY ON FUTURE DEVELOPMENT OF INDUSTRY

THE GOVERNMENT IS TO CONDUCT A TWO-PART SURVEY DEVELOPMENT OF INDUSTRY IN HONG KONG.

ON THE FUTURE

ΤΟ

IN THE FIRST PART, FROM WHICH THE INDUSTRY DEPARTMENT HOPES

QUESTIONNAIRES ARE BEING OBTAIN A QUALITATIVE ASSESSMENT, DETAILED

COLLECTIVE SENT TO 200 TRADE AND INDUSTRIAL ORGANISATIONS SEEKING THE VIEW OF THEIR MEMBERS ON HOW INDUSTRY SHOULD DEVELOP HERE BETWEEN AND 2011.

NOW

/SIMULTANEOUSLY, THE

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