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THURSDAY, JUNE 27, 1991

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ENVIRONMENT HK 1991 ON SALE TOMORROW

THE GOVERNMENT'S

REPORT ANNUAL

ACHIEVEMENTS AND

PROGRESS

PUBLISHED

SO FAR ON THE WERE RECORDED PROTECTION

IMPLEMENTATION OF THE 10-YEAR ENVIRONMENTAL PROGRAMMES

BY THE ENVIRONMENTAL

IN AN DEPARTMENT (EPD).

THE REPORT ENVIRONMENT HONG KONG 1991

-

SALE TOMORROW (FRIDAY).

THE

WILL BE AVAILABLE FOR

REPORT, 187-PAGE THE VERSION OF ENGLISH

IN DIAGRAMS AND FOR THE FIRST TIME COLOUR PICTURES, GIVES AN THE MANY AND VARIED ACTIVITIES OF THE ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION DURING 1990.

GOVERNMENT

PACKED WITH

ACCOUNT THE FIELD

OF

OF

THE CHINESE VERSION

OF THE REPORT IS EXPECTED TO BE

READY

IN

LATE JULY.

BY COVERED

THE REPORT,

AN EPD SPOKESMAN SAID THE YEAR 1990,

THE WAS A SPECIAL YEAR BECAUSE IT SAW THE ACHIEVEMENT OF SOME OF THE MOST IMPORTANT ELEMENTS OF THE 10-YEAR PROGRAMME FOR THE PROTECTION OF ENVIRONMENT, AS OUTLINED IN THE WHITE PAPER ON POLLUTION PUBLISHED

1989.

SUCH ACHIEVEMENTS

INCLUDE THE IMPLEMENTATION POLLUTION CONTROL (FUEL RESTRICTION) REGULATIONS

OF SULPHUR DIOXIDE IN DRAMATICALLY THE AMOUNT RESIDENTIAL/INDUSTRIAL AREAS.

ALSO, SEVERAL ELEMENTS OF A COMPREHENSIVE WITH AIR POLLUTION PRODUCED BY MOTOR VEHICLES WERE FINALISED.

IN

OF THE AIR WHICH HAVE REDUCED AIR IN MIXED THE

STRATEGY

ΤΟ DEAL

THIS STRATEGY INCLUDES IMPROVEMENTS TO SMOKE EMISSION CONTROLS,

THE ESTABLISHMENT THE INTRODUCTION OF UNLEADED PETROL, MORE STRINGENT EMISSION CONTROL DESIGN STANDARDS ACTION TO RESTRAIN THE USE OF DIESEL.

FOR

NEW

OF NEW CARS,

AND

AND

THE YEAR 1990 SAW

ALSO A VERY SATISFACTORY

FIRST YEAR OF

IMPLEMENTATION OF THE WASTE DISPOSAL PLAN.

THAT PLAN ENVISAGED THE CLOSURE OF OLD REFUSE INCINERATORS

INEFFICIENT, SMALL, A NUMBER OF REPLACEMENT BY A SERIES OF REFUSE ENVIRONMENTALLY WELL ENGINEERED LOCATIONS.

AND AND THEIR URBAN LANDFILLS

LARGE, TRANSFER STATIONS FEEDING

IN REMOTE AND OPERATED,

LANDFILLS

IMPROVED MEANS OF TACKLING

WATER POLLUTION

WITH THE PASSAGE OF THE WATER POLLUTION CONTROL (AMENDMENT} 1990, WHICH REMOVED EXEMPTIONS FROM EXISTING FACTORIES WITHIN WATER CONTROL ZONES, OF DISCHARGES PER CENT PERMITTED INCREASE FACTORIES HAD PREVIOUSLY ENJOYED.

BECAME AVAILABLE ORDINANCE

LICENSING OF DISCHARGES

AND ABOLISHED

OF

THE

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WHICH THOSE EXEMPTED

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