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WEDNESDAY, JUNE 5, 1991

ENCOURAGING RESULTS ON ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION

* * * * *

ENCOURAGING RESULTS HAVE BEEN PRODUCED

OF THE WHITE PAPER ON POLLUTION TWO YEARS AGO.

AFTER THE PUBLICATION

THE HON PROGRESS TODAY

ENVIRONMENT AND LANDS, THE SECRETARY FOR PLANNING, GRAHAM BARNES, STATED THIS WHILE TABLING THE FIRST REVIEW OF ON THE 1989 WHITE PAPER ON POLLUTION IN THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL (WEDNESDAY).

OF THE VERY RESULT, OVER

MR BARNES SAID: "AS WITH THE REVIEW ITSELF, MOST TIGHT DEADLINES WE IMPOSED UPON OURSELVES, WE MET. AS A THE PAST TWO YEARS WE HAVE PRODUCED SOME ENCOURAGING RESULTS:

WE HAVE SUBSTANTIALLY REDUCED AIR POLLUTION;

PROGRESS ON IMPLEMENTING

WE HAVE MADE GOOD DISPOSAL STRATEGY;

A NEW

WASTE

WE HAVE REDUCED NOISE DISTURBANCE GENERALLY; AND

WE HAVE ACHIEVED OUR TARGETS SO FAR IN WATER SEWERAGE.

POLLUTION AND

PAPERS THAT HAVE HE CONTINUED: "THERE CAN BE FEW OTHER WHITE

AND MONITORING, AND I BEEN SUBJECT TO SUCH RIGOROUS IMPLEMENTATION BELIEVE HONG KONG CAN BE PROUD OF WHAT IT HAS ACHIEVED SO FAR.

"WE HAVE CREATED A FAIR AMOUNT OF MOMENTUM IN THESE YEARS. WE NOW HAVE TO MAINTAIN THIS MOMENTUM," HE SAID,

FIRST TWO

WILL HAVE

SUIT TO FIT THE

MR BARNES STATED: "TO MEET OUR FUTURE OBJECTIVES WE TO ADAPT TO CHANGING CIRCUMSTANCES, AND TAILOR OUR CLOTH.

CHALLENGES

OF

"BUT IN THE SAME WAY THAT HONG KONG HAS MET THE THE FIRST TWO YEARS, I BELIEVE THAT WE WILL CONTINUE TO FIND WAYS OF SUPPORT, THE RECORD ACHIEVING OUR OBJECTIVES, AND THAT, WITH MEMBERS

THAT WILL

WE HAVE

TO CONTINUED

MOVE OF THE NEXT TWO YEARS

RENEWED IN THE FORWARD

BATTLE ΤΟ

OUR ENVIRONMENT WITH DETERMINATION AND VIGOUR."

SHOW

SAVE

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