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ADMIT I FIND IT DIFFICULT TO UNDERSTAND WHY THE COMMERCIAL PRODUCTION IS TAKING SO LONG BECAUSE WIDESPREAD USE OF ELECTRIC VEHICLES COULD MAKE A TREMENDOUS DIFFERENCE TO THE QUALITY OF LIFE, PARTICULARLY IN MAJOR CITIES LIKE HONG KONG, HE REMARKED.

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THE CHIEF SECRETARY SAID HONG KONG'S RELATIVELY SMALL LAND AREA AND INTENSE CONCENTRATION OF TRAFFIC WERE SUCH THAT THE TERRITORY COULD ONE DAY STAND TO BENEFIT VERY SUBSTANTIALLY FROM THE FRUITS OF ELECTRIC VEHICLE TECHNOLOGY.

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ON THE ENVIRONMENTAL ASPECTS, THE CHIEF SECRETARY SAID HERE KONG, ECONOMIC SUCCESS HAD BROUGHT WITH IT SERIOUS ENVIRONMENTAL PROBLEMS.

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OUTLINED TO THE CONFERENCE STEPS BEING TAKEN BY THE HONG KONG GOVERNMENT TO CONTROL VEHICLE EMISSIONS WHICH INCLUDED :

* FROM JANUARY 1992 ONWARDS, ALL IMPORTED LIGHT DUTY VEHICLES, WHETHER DIESEL OR PETROL ENGINED, WOULD HAVE TO COMPLY WITH THE MOST STRINGENT INTERNATIONAL EMISSION STANDARDS;

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THE STANDARDS FOR HEAVIER DUTY VEHICLES WOULD FOLLOW;

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FROM APRIL 1991, LEAD-FREE PETROL WILL BE INTRODUCED INTO HONG KONG.

**THESE STEPS ARE IN LINE WITH THOSE BEING TAKEN ELSEWHERE IN THE WORLD AND WILL GIVE US CLEANER VEHICLES AND CLEANER AIR," HE SAID.

CS PAYS TRIBUTE TO ACHIEVEMENTS OF ST JAMES' SETTLEMENT

FOR

ST JAMES' SETTLEMENT HAS ACHIEVED A REMARKABLE RECORD IN SERVING THE PEOPLE OF HONG KONG OVER THE LAST 40 YEARS, CATERING THE NEEDS OF YOUTH, THE ELDERLY, THE HANDICAPPED, AND THE FAMILY, CHIEF SECRETARY, SIR DAVID FORD, SAID TODAY (MONDAY).

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"THE SETTLEMENT HAS ALSO PIONEERED THE PROVISION OF INTEGRATED SERVICE THROUGH WHICH IT HAS BECOME POSSIBLE TO PROVIDE A COMPREHENSIVE RANGE OF SERVICES UNDER THE SAME ROOF FOR PEOPLE DIFFERENT AGES AND DIFFERENT NEEDS,

OF SAID SIR DAVID WHEN ADDRESSING THE 40TH ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATION DINNER OF THE ORGANISATION.

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"THIS APPROACH NOT ONLY MAKES IT MORE CONVENIENT FOR PEOPLE IN NEED BUT WILL ALSO PERMIT BETTER USE OF RESOURCES, SIR DAVID SAID.

ON THE HISTORY OF THE AGENCY, THE CHIEF SECRETARY RECALLED THAT IT WAS IN 1949 THAT A MAN OF VISION, THE RT REV RONALD HALL, WHO WAS THEN THE BISHOP OF HONG KONG AND MACAU, ESTABLISHED SETTLEMENT

THE TO HELP THOSE LIVING IN WAN CHAI, AN AREA WHICH WAS HEAVILY BOMBED DURING WORLD WAR II.

/THE SETTLEMENT