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WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 13, 1991

ΤΟ NEED

CLARIFY MECHANISM AND PERMANENT

MR ASPREY SAID FOR THIS PURPOSE, THERE WAS A

CHINESE, FOR

THE CERTAIN MATTERS WITH THE

EXAMPLE, REQUIREMENTS INVOLVED IN TAKING HONG KONG AS ONE'S PLACE OF RESIDENCE.

"WE ARE DISCUSSING THESE MATTERS WITH THE CHINESE IN THE LIAJSON GROUP, AND WILL PREPARE THE NECESSARY LEGISLATION AFTER DISCUSSIONS HAVE BEEN COMPLETED, HE SAID.

JOINT

THESE

THE BASIC MR ASPREY POINTED OUT THAT ARTICLE 24 OF

LAW SETS BE PERMANENT RESIDENTS OF OUT THE CLASSES OF PERSONS WHO WILL

THE ABODE IN THE HKSAR AND WHO WILL ACCORDINGLY BE ENTITLED TO RIGHT OF HKSAR.

NOT "UNDER THIS ARTICLE OF THE BASIC LAW, PERSONS

OF CHINESE HKSAR IF THEY HAVE NATIONALITY SHALL BE PERMANENT RESIDENTS OF THE ENTERED HONG

HAVE TRAVEL DOCUMENTS,

ORDINARILY RESIDED IN HONG KONG FOR A CONTINUOUS PERIOD OF NOT LESS THAN SEVEN

PERMANENT

KONG WITH

VALID

YEARS AND HAVE TAKEN HONG KONG AS THEIR PLACE OF BEFORE OR AFTER THE ESTABLISHMENT OF THE HKSAR,

甲申 HE SAID.

RESIDENCE

MEASURES TO IMPROVE WATER QUALITY OF YUEN LONG RIVERS OUTLINED

IMPLEMENTATION

OF THE OF FULL ENFORCEMENT

THE

THE MOST EFFECTIVE MEASURES TO IMPROVE WATER QUALITY RIVERS AND

ARE STREAMS

THE IN YUEN LONG LIVESTOCK WASTE CONTROL SCHEME IN THE ENVIRONS AND UNDER THE WATER POLLUTION CONTROL ORDINANCE.

THIS WAS STATED BY THE SECRETARY FOR PLANNING, ENVIRONMENT LANDS, MR GRAHAM BARNES, IN A WRITTEN REPLY TO A QUESTION BY THE NG MING-YUM IN THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL TODAY (WEDNESDAY).

AND

HON

THE

MR BARNES SAID SINCE THE YUEN LONG ENVIRONS BECAME PART OF LIVESTOCK WASTE CONTROL AREAS ON JUNE 1 THIS YEAR, SOME 70 PER CENT OF THAT THEY INDICATED THE ACTIVE LIVESTOCK FARMS IN THESE AREAS HAD WISHED TO CEASE BUSINESS AND APPLY FOR AN EX-GRATIA ALLOWANCE.

AS FOR THE CONTROL UNDER THE WATER POLLUTION CONTROL ORDINANCE, WHEN ALL HE SAID FULL ENFORCEMENT ACTION BEGAN ON JUNE 1 THIS YEAR DOMESTIC AND INDUSTRIAL DISCHARGES INTO THE RIVERS WERE BROUGHT CONTROL.

UNDER

THE WATER OF AN OF

IMPROVING THE OUTLINING

PRACTICABLE MEASURES FOR QUALITY,

BARNES MR

SAID THESE

CONSTRUCTION INCLUDED THE INFLATABLE DAM WHICH WOULD BE COMPLETED IN MAY NEXT YEAR, DREDGING

NEW TERRRITORIES CERTAIN SECTIONS OF THE RIVERS AND THE NORTH WEST SEWERAGE SCHEME WHICH WAS SCHEDULED TO BEGIN OPERATION BY THE END OF NEXT YEAR.

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