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SATURDAY, DECEMBER 7, 1991

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THE GOVERNOR SAID IMPORTANT PROGRESS WERE ALSO MADE FRONTS AND AIR QUALITY HAD BEEN IMPROVED BY CONTROLS ON FUEL AND SMOKE EMISSIONS.

HE GAVE THE FOLLOWING

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OF THE LEVELS OF SULPHUR DIOXIDE IN THE AIR WHICH WAS ONE WORST POLLUTANTS HAD DROPPED BY 40 PER CENT (80 PER CENT IN IN THE WORST AFFECTED AREAS) SINCE CONTROLS WERE INTRODUCED JULY LAST YEAR.

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WHICH CARS NOW USED UNLEADED PETROL THAN THOSE USED LEADED PETROL.

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CONTROLS ON PERCUSSIVE PILING HAD REDUCED NOISE POLLUTION FROM CONSTRUCTION SITES AND JACK HAMMERS AND AIR COMPRESSORS WOULD ALSO BE MUCH QUIETER BY THIS TIME NEXT YEAR.

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IMPROVEMENTS WERE BEING MADE TO THE WAY WASTE WAS FOR DISPOSED OF AND WORK HAD BEGUN ON THREE MAJOR LANDFILLS WASTE DISPOSAL WHICH WOULD CREATE LAND FOR FUTURE USE; AND

THE NEW TSING YI CHEMICAL WASTE TREATMENT CENTRE SHOULD COME INTO FULL OPERATION THIS TIME NEXT YEAR.

DAVID SIR

HAD SAID THE FACT THAT ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES NOW

A HIGH PRIORITY WAS IN LARGE PART DUE TO THE WORK OF PEOPLE COMMITTED TO RAISING PUBLIC AWARENESS ABOUT THE ISSUES INVOLVED.

"THE ENVIRONMENTAL CAMPAIGN COMMITTEE HAS PLAYED AN IMPORTANT

ROLE IN THIS WORK," HE SAID.

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GOVERNOR PLANTS TREE IN SUPPORT OF ENVIRONMENT FESTIVAL

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THE GOVERNOR, SIR DAVID WILSON, TODAY (SATURDAY) PLANTED 500TH TREE FOR THE "GREEN WAN CHAI PROGRAMME' IN A CEREMONY ORGANISED IN SUPPORT OF THE ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION FESTIVAL (EPF).

CONVENTION ORGANISED

THE TREE PLANTING CEREMONY AT THE WESTERN GARDEN OF PLAZA IN WAN CHAI WAS PART OF THE "EPF SPECIAL" PROGRAMME BY THE ENVIRONMENTAL CAMPAIGN COMMITTEE (ECC) AND SUPPORTED BY THE WAN CHAI DISTRICT BOARD.

ANOTHER SUPPORTING BODY, RADIO TELEVISION HONG KONG (RTHK), ASSISTED IN THE PRODUCTION OF A CONCERT ENTITLED "EARTH IS OUR FOR THE EPF SPECIAL.

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INTERNATIONAL SUPERSTAR JOHN LONE ATTENDED TODAY'S SHOW A9 "ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION PIONEER". SINGERS JENNY YEN, HACKEN LEE. TIMOTHY WONG, EDDIE NG THE BAND TAI CHI, AND RTHK'S DISC-JOCKEYS TOOK PART AND DELIVERED ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION MESSAGES.

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/THE CONCERT