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MONDAY, MARCH 9, 1992

11

GUIDE TO POLLUTION CONTROL LAW RELEASED

(MONDAY)

CONTROL

RELEASED LEGISLATION

A BOOKLET AFFECTING

THE INDUSTRY

ENTITLED

"A GUIDE

DEPARTMENT TODAY

TO POLLUTION

MANUFACTURING INDUSTRIES"

•

A SPOKESMAN

FOR

THE

DEPARTMENT

THE

PRESENT GUIDE

SAID

WHEREAS

PREVIOUSLY

PROVIDE A

DATE,

INFORMATION ON ENVIRONMENTAL LEGISLATION WAS MADE KNOWN TO THE PUBLIC

BASIS,

TO ATTEMPTED ON AN AD HOC COMPREHENSIVE SUMMARY OF THE MAJOR ENVIRONMENTAL LEGISLATION TO AS WELL AS THE VARIOUS AGENCIES DEALING WITH SUCH MATTERS.

MANUFACTURERS

FOUND THE

GUIDE TO BE

THE SPOKESMAN SAID IF USEFUL, THE DEPARTMENT WOULD CONSIDER PUBLISHING THE GUIDE ANNUALLY.

THE

INDUSTRY

THE SPOKESMAN ALSO SAID COMMISSIONED A $12 MILLION CONSULTANCY STUDY ON ON ENVIRONMENTAL MATTERS IN HONG KONG.

DEPARTMENT HAD JUST SUPPORT ΤΟ INDUSTRY

IN

TAKING THE PROPOSALS OUTLINED IN THE WHITE PAPER "POLLUTION

AND THE GENERAL HONG KONG A TIME TO ACT" INTRODUCED IN JUNE 1989,

PROTECTION BY WORLDWIDE TREND TOWARDS REQUIRING BETTER ENVIRONMENTAL

OF THE STUDY WOULD BE TO MANUFACTURING INDUSTRIES, THE OBJECTIVE

A REVIEW THE CURRENT LEVEL AND MECHANISMS OF SUPPORT TO INDUSTRY WITH

REMAIN ENSURING VIEW TO

MANUFACTURED KONG'S COMPETITIVE IN BOTH REGIONAL AND WORLD MARKETS.

THAT

HONG

EXPORTS

TO THE

THE FINAL REPORT OF THE CONSULTANTS WOULD BE PRESENTED

FOR ITS ADVICE TO THE INDUSTRY AND TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPMENT COUNCIL GOVERNMENT BY MID NEXT YEAR.

ROVING EXHIBITION ON "THE CHANGEABLE WEATHER IN SPRING"

A ROVING EXHIBITION ON THE LOCAL WEATHER IN SPRING IS BEING ORGANISED BY THE ROYAL OBSERVATORY (RO) FOR SECONDARY SCHOOL STUDENTS.

AN RO SPOKESMAN SAID DURING THE TRANSITION FROM WINTER TO SUMMER, COLD AIR FROM THE NORTH STARTED TO LOSE ITS GRIP OVER THIS REGION WHILE WARM AIR FROM THE SOUTH INVADED THE REGION WITH INCREASING FREQUENCY. IT WAS THE INTERACTION BETWEEN THE WARM AIR AND THE COLD AIR THAT BRINGS THE CHANGEABLE WEATHER IN SPRING.

THE EXHIBITION IS TO BE HOSTED BY 24 SCHOOLS FROM MID JANUARY TO THE END OF MARCH. THE SCHOOLS VISITED BY THE EXHIBITION ARE SCATTERED OVER THE TERRITORY, RANGING FROM AS FAR SOUTH AS WAH FU ESTATE AND AS FAR NORTH AS YUEN LONG.

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