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"TO PUT THESE INTO

MADE

AND

PRACTICE, THE GOVERNMENT HAS SIGNIFICANT PROGRESS IN MAKING ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENTS OF ALL MAJOR DEVELOPMENTS, MR TSAO

SAID.

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"IT HAS ENACTED LEGISLATION TO ENSURE ADHERENCE ΤΟ POLLUTION CONTROL STANDARDS AND IS IMPROVING FACILITIES AND SERVICES FOR THE - COLLECTION AND DISPOSAL OF POLLUTING WASTES.

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MR TSAO POINTED OUT THAT THE LIONS NATURE EDUCATION CENTRE IN SAI KUNG WAS AN EXCELLENT EXAMPLE OF THE CLUB'S INITIATIVE IN THIS AREA AND COMPLEMENTED THE GOVERNMENT'S PROGRAMMES.

HE SAID THE CENTRE, WITH A DONATION OF $8 MILLION, WAS A SIGNIFICANT AND VERY USEFUL PROJECT FOR HONG KONG AT A TIME WHEN GREATER ATTENTION WAS BEING PAID TO THE ENVIRONMENT.

"IT SERVES AS A TIMELY REMINDER THAT PROTECTING AND PRESERVING

即可

NATURE IS A JOB THAT FALLS TO ALL OF US, HE ADDED.

TAI HING POLICE STATION IN TUEN MUN OPENS

SERIES OF A NEW

TAI HING POLICE STATION, THE SECOND IN GENERATION DIVISIONAL POLICE STATION, WAS OPENED BY THE REGIONAL COMMANDER, NEW TERRITORIES, MR TOBY EMMET, TODAY (TUESDAY).

IN HIS ADDRESS, MR EMMET SAID THE NEW GENERATION POLICE STATION HAD VASTLY IMPROVED FACILITIES INCLUDING FOR THE FIRST TIME PURPOSE BUILT FACILITIES FOR THE DISABLED.

"THE REPORT ROOM HAS BEEN DESIGNED ΤΟ IMPROVE COMMUNICATIONS BETWEEN POLICE AND THE PUBLIC, WHEREAS AT THE SAMB TIME OFFERING A DEGREE OF CONFIDENTIALITY IN THE FORM OF PROPERLY DESIGNED INTERVIEW ROOMS, HE SAID.

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MR EMMET SAID HE WAS CONFIDENT THAT DIVISIONAL STATION WOULD GREATLY ENHANCE FIGHTING CRIME IN THE AREA.

THE OPENING OF THE NEW THE POLICE CAPABILITY IN

"TAI HING DIVISION DIVIDES THE EXISTING TUEN MUN DIVISION APPROXIMATELY IN TWO AND COVERS AN AREA OF ABOUT 11 SQUARE KILOMETRES CURRENTLY SERVING A POPULATION OF NEARLY 140,000," HE SAID.

THAT AS

SPEAKING AFTER THE OPENING, MR EMMET ADMITTED POPULATION IN THE NEW TERRITORIES HAD GROWN, CRIME HAD ALSO INCREASED.

"WE ARE AWARE OF THESE PROBLEMS AND HAVE RECENTLY LAUNCHED VARIOUS ANTI-CRIME OPERATIONS TARGETTED HE SUCH AREAS.

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