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WEDNESDAY, APRIL 8, 1992

TO DECIDE WHETHER A RESIDENTIAL UNIT WOULD BE AFFECTED BY THE NOISE, HE SAID IT MUST FIRST BE ESTABLISHED THAT THE USE OF THE UNIT IS PRINCIPALLY RESIDENTIAL AND THAT IT WILL BE AFFECTED BY AN INCREASE IN NOISE LEVEL LARGELY ATTRIBUTABLE TO THE PROJECT.

IN THE INITIAL DETERMINATION OF WHICH PREMISES MAY BE AFFECTED, THE ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION DEPARTMENT HAS USED THE INTERNATIONALLY RECOGNISED METHOD SET OUT IN THE HONG KONG PLANNING STANDARDS AND GUIDELINES.

HE SAID ACCORDING TO THE INITIAL ASSESSMENT, BLOCKS MOST LIKELY TO BE AFFECTED ARE ALONG CONNAUGHT DES VOEUX ROAD WEST ADJACENT TO THE PROJECT.

THE RESIDENTIAL· ROAD WEST AND

THEY ARE 60 TO 188 CONNAUGHT ROAD WEST AND 426 TO 466 DES VOEUX ROAD WEST.

ON THE

HE NOTED THAT RESIDENTS IN THE AREA WOULD

BR UPDATED PROJECT PROGRESS THROUGH REGULAR BRIEFINGS OF THE CENTRAL AND WESTERN DISTRICT BOARD AND A QUARTERLY LEAFLET.

AND ENSURE

"THE PROJECT OFFICE WILL ALSO BE ABLE TO DEAL WITH QUERIES COMPLAINTS ARISING FROM THE CONSTRUCTION WORKS ON THE SPOT AND THAT REMEDIAL ACTION IS TAKEN PROMPTLY, HE ADDED.

ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION PURSUED IN SCHOOLS

WHILE THE ENVIRONMENTAL

PROTECTION DEPARTMENT'S

(EPD) STAFF PROBLEMS, IT ENVIRONMENTAL

RESOURCES ARE LARGELY DEVOTED TO DEALING WITH POLLUTION DOES ASSIST THE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT IN PROMOTING AWARENESS IN SECONDARY SCHOOLS.

THIS WAS STATED BY THE SECRETARY FOR PLANNING, ENVIRONMENT AND LANDS, MR A.G. EASON, TODAY (WEDNESDAY) IN HIS WRITTEN REPLY TO A QUESTION BY THE HON LAU CHIN-SHEK.

HE SAID EPD PREPARED MATERIAL FOR USE IN ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION IN SECONDARY SCHOOLS IN APRIL 1990 WITH A $5 MILLION FROM THE ROYAL HONG KONG JOCKEY CLUB.

GRANT

HE ADDED THAT EPD HAD HELPED THE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT'S CURRICULUM DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE DEVELOP A NEW "ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION" MODULE FOR THE LIBERAL STUDIES SYLLABUS WHICH WOULD BE INTRODUCED TO SECONDARY SIX AND SEVEN LATER THIS YEAR.

EPD ALSO PROVIDES LIAISON BETWEEN THE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT AND THE ENVIRONMENTAL CAMPAIGN COMMITTEE CHAIRED BY THE HON MRS PEGGY LAM.

IN ADDITION, EPD HAS RECENTLY CREATED A POST OF COMMUNITY RELATIONS OFFICER WHO WOULD DEVOTE MOST OF HIS TIME

ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION GENERALLY.

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