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WEDNESDAY, JUNE 19, 1991

PROFESSIONAL PERSONS ENVIRONMENTAL CONSULTATIVE COMMITTEE

TO BE ESTABLISHED

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DR PROFESSIONAL

STUART

REED, PERSONS

OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION, THE DIRECTOR PAY ( (WEDNESDAY) ANNOUNCED THE CREATION OF A IRONMENTAL CONSULTATIVE COMMITTEE (PROPECC).

OF THE HONG KONG THE HOPE THAT

ACCEPT

THE COMMITTEE WILL INCLUDE REPRESENTATIVES

REED EXPRESSED THE INSTITUTE OF ARCHITECTS AND DR INSTITUTION OF ENGINEERS AND THE INSTITUTE OF SURVEYORS WOULD HIS INVITATION TO JOIN THE NEW CONSULTATIVE BODY,

IT WILL BE CHAIRED BY THE DIRECTOR OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION.

TO PUT "THIS COMMITTEE WILL PROVIDE A FORUM FOR PROFESSIONALS

ON ENVIRONMENTAL ASPECTS OF THEIR VIEWS TO THE EPD

BUILDING AND TO SOUND OUT THE PRACTICABILITY DEVELOPMENT, AND FOR THE BPD

AND AIMED AT EITHER IMPROVING IMPLICATIONS OF NEW MEASURES

THE BUILT ENVIRONMENT OR AVOIDING THE CREATION OF NEW

PROBLEMS,

DR REED SAID.

ENVIRONMENTAL

H

HE WAS ADDRESSING MEMBERS OF THE ITS LUNCHEON MEETING TODAY.

INSTITUTE OF

ARCHITECTS AT

INTEGRAL OFTEN STAGE

"CONSIDERATION OF ENVIRONMENTAL FACTORS IS NOT YET AN AND ROUTINE PART OF THE DEVELOPMENT PROCESS AND THE RESULT MORE LATE THAN NOT IS THAT ENVIRONMENTAL MATTERS ARE LEFT TO A VERY AND WE ARE MORE OFTEN THAN NOT FACED WITH A VERY LATE FOCUS'.

"THE RESULT IS THAT THE ENVIRONMENTAL OUT-TURN IS NOT AS IT COULD OTHERWISE HAVE BEEN," THE DIRECTOR SAID.

HE POINTED OUT THAT THE EPD HAS

INDEED

TRESS, PROPERLY DEVELOPMENT.

AS

GOOD

INCREASED NEED TO TO INSIST, THAT ENVIRONMENTAL

TAKEN FACTORS ARE INTO ACCOUNT AT THE EARLIEST STAGE OF NEW BUILDING

POUND AN

THE

THÁT PROBLEMS THE INTENTION OF THE PROPECC IS TO ADDRESS

ARR PROFESSIONS

EXPERIENCING IN MEETING

ENVIRONMENTAL EXISTING REQUIREMENTS, AND TO DISCUSS POSSIBLE FUTURE REQUIREMENTS.

DR REED ALSO OUTLINED SOME OF THE TOPICS THAT THE NEW COMMITTEE IS EXPECTED TO DISCUSS:

*

RELATION DESIGN REQUIREMENTS ON LANDFILL GAS SEEPAGE IN DEVELOPMENT SITES ADJACENT TO OLD GARBAGE DUMPS.

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ISSUES RELATING TO DIRECT PLUME IMPINGEMENT FROM CHIMNEYS IN THE CONTEXT OF THE RELAXATION OF AIRPORT HEIGHT THE USE OF ROOF-TOP SPACE FOR SWIMMING POOLS AND TENNIS COURTS.

RESTRICTIONS

RECREATIONAL

FACILITIES

SUCH

AND AS

* PROVISION FOR WASTE STORAGE AND COLLECTION IN BUILDINGS, ESPECIALLY IN THE FUTURE FOR HANDLING SEPARATED AND RECYCLABLE WASTES.

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