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SATURDAY, MARCH 23, 1991

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DROPPED

"SULPHUR

ALSO EMITTED PER UNIT OF POWER PRODUCED HAS STRAD STEADILY IN RECENT YEARS, MR BARNES NOTED.

+

HE HOWEVER,

POINTED OUT THAT THE TOTAL

HAD ELECTRICITY

INCREASED SO HUGELY THAT THE SULPHUR HAD CONTINUED TO RISE STEADILY.

TOTAL

GENERATION

EMISSIONS

OF

OF

"WE

HAVE ONLY SUCCEEDED IN REDUCING THE RATE OF TOTAL EMISSION. THIS IS UNACCEPTABLE.

INCREASE

IN

AS

"WE MUST, POSSIBLE AS

CLEARLY, MOVE TOWARDS USING OUR ENERGY AS EFFICIENTLY

AS POSSIBLE," WELL AS PRODUCING IT AS CLEANLY

HE

STRESSED.

ΤΟ THIS END, AN ADVISORY COMMITTEE ON ENERGY JUST

SET UP TO LOOK INTO WAYS OF CURBING WASTE BEEN BARNES SAID.

"PROPER USE OF ELECTRICITY AND OTHER FORMS ESSENTIAL TO US ALL: BUT WASTE IS UNPARDONABLE.

OF

EFFICIENCY

ENERGY,

HAD MR

OF ENERGY

IS

"WE ARE GOING TO DO EVERYTHING WE CAN TO REDUCE THAT WASTE OVER THE NEXT FEW YEARS, HE SAID.

MR BARNES SAID UPON REQUEST FROM THE INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY, A

ΤΟ WAS IN PROGRESS OF BEING SET UP IN HONG KONG COMMITTEE

MONITOR ON THE CLIMATIC CHANGE

INFORMATION AND TO RECEIVE AND DISTRIBUTE ISSUE.

"OUR AIMS ARE TO FULFIL OUR DUTIES TO THE WORLD COMMUNITY INCLUDING OURSELVES BY ACTING IN STEP WITH OTHER DEVELOPED TERRITORIES TO RESTRICT EMISSION OF SULPHUR AND USE OF CFC'S, TO MONITOR

CHANGE,

AND

TO

TAKE WHATEVER OTHER CONTROL GENERAL IMPLEMENTATION, HE ADDED.

"

ACTION

CLIMATIC

IS

AGREED

FOR

ENHANCED SCHOOL SUPPORT SERVICES MAY BE IMPLEMENTED NEXT SCHOOL YEAR

THE SECRETARY

FOR

EDUCATION AND

MANPOWER,

K.Y. MR

YEUNG, ENDORSEMENT FOR MOST EXPECTS THAT THE GOVERNMENT WILL OBTAIN POLICY

EDUCATION IF NOT ALL OF THE MAJOR RECOMMENDATIONS IN CHAPTER 3 OF THE

BY THE MIDDLE OF THIS

AND COMMISSION REPORT NO. 4 (ECR 4)

FOR SCHOOL SUPPORT HOPEFULLY BEGIN TO IMPLEMENT THE RECOMMENDATIONS SERVICES IN THE 1991-92 SCHOOL YEAR.

YEAR,

WITH IMPROVEMENTS TO THE EXISTING

CHAPTER 3 OF ECR 4 DEALS PROVISION OF SCHOOL GUIDANCE AND COUNSELLING SERVICES.

"THE GOVERNMENT IS CAREFULLY STUDYING THE NUMEROUS SUBMISSIONS, AND FORMULATING NOW TOTALLING OVER 300 ON ALL SUBJECTS IN THE REPORT, FINAL PROPOSALS TO PUT TO EXECUTIVE COUNCIL,

.

HE SAID.

/SPEAKING AT