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THURSDAY, AUGUST 6, 1992
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MR EASON SAID REGULATIONS WERE BRING PREPARED TO BAN VENTING OF CFCS DURING THE SERVICING OF INDUSTRIAL AND COMMERCIAL AIR- CONDITIONS AND REFRIGERATION SYSTEMS.
MR EASON ALSO REASSURED THE FRIENDS OF THE EARTH THAT ALL DEVELOPMENTS WITHIN COUNTRY PARKS, WHETHER PUBLIC OR PRIVATE, WERE RECREATION AND TOURISM, PROVIDING FACILITIES AND SERVICES FOR SCRUTINISED AGAINST COUNTRY PARKS' MAIN OBJECTIVES OF PROMOTING PUBLIC ENJOYMENT AND PROTECTING VEGETATION AND WILD LIFE.
HE POINTED OUT THAT ABOUT 40 PER CENT OF HONG KONG'S TERRITORY HAD BREN DESIGNATED AS COUNTRY PARKS AND SPECIAL AREAS.
AREAS OF CONSERVATION VALUE CAN ALSO BE ZONED FOR SUCH PURPOSES UNDER THE TOWN PLANNING ORDINANCE.
MR
ON WASTAGE OF TROPICAL TIMBER IN THE CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY, EASON SAID THE ARCHITECTURAL SERVICES DEPARTMENT HAD PRODUCED HOARDINGS MOCK-UPS ΤΟ TEST THE VIABILITY OF FIBRE-GLASS, METAL CLADDING AND CEMENTITIOUS PARTICLE BOARDS AS ALTERNATIVES TO HARDWOODS.
THE DEPARTMENT IS ALSO PLANNING A PILOT REFURBISHING PROJECT USING ONLY SOFTWOODS.
IN ADDITION, THE BUILDINGS AND LANDS DEPARTMENT IS REVIEWING THOSE SECTIONS IN THE BUILDINGS ORDINANCE THAT MAY BE DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY ENCOURAGING THE USE OF TIMBER.
THE GOVERNMENT IS ALSO CONSIDERING HOW ΤΟ SUPPORT THE IMPLEMENTATION OF AGREEMENTS REACHED AT THE UNITED NATIONS EARTH SUMMIT IN BRAZIL EARLIER THIS YEAR, MR EASON SAID.
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LIQUIDITY INJECTED INTO INTERBANK MARKET
THE EXCHANGE FUND THIS MORNING INjected
SUBSTANTIAL
INTO THE INTERBANK MARKET.
THE LEVEL OF INTERBANK LIQUIDITY, AS MEASURED BY ON HONGKONG BANK'S ACCOUNT MAINTAINED WITH THE EXCHANGE RAISED FROM HK$988 MILLION TO HK$1,500 MILLION.
COMMENTING ON THE ACTION TAKEN, THE DIRECTOR OF THE THE EXCHANGE FUND, MR JOSEPH YAM, SAID THE PURPOSE WAS TIGHTNESS IN THE INTERBANK MARKET, CAUSED BY A SERIES OF LARGE NEW SHARE ISSUES ON STREAM.
LIQUIDITY
THE BALANCE FUND, WAS
OFFICE OF
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RELIEVE
RELATIVELY
SHORT-TERM INTERBANK INTEREST RATES HAVE THIS WEEK FIRMED то AROUND FOUR PERCENT AND THE EXCHANGE RATE HAS STRENGTHENED FURTHER.
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