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WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 12, 1992

ENVIRONMENTAL IMPROVEMENT A MAJOR TASK: GOVERNOR

AND

IMPORTANT TASK TO UNDERTAKE WITH CHRISTOPHER PATTEN, SAID TODAY

VERY BIG AND IMPROVING THE ENVIRONMENT IS A ONE WHICH THE PEOPLE OF HONG KONG WILL WANT ENTHUSIASM, THE GOVERNOR, THE RT HON (WEDNESDAY).

POLLUTERS SHOULD PAY THE THE GOVERNOR ALSO SAID THE BIGGEST

TO BIGGEST BILLS AS IT WAS ONE WAY IN WHICH THEY COULD BE ENCOURAGED

WHAT THEY WERE TAKE GREATER ACCOUNT OF THE ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT OF DOING.

UPDATE HIMSELF ON THE TOWN AT THE END OF A DAY'S VISIT TO

KONG, THE GOVERNOR PLANNING

CONDITIONS IN HONG AND ENVIRONMENTAL

WORLD FOR REITERATED THAT THERE WAS A HUGE AND GROWING MARKET IN THE ENVIRONMENTAL TECHNOLOGIES.

AM

KONG "IT

OF AREA

SURE HONG IS

I WHERE THE SORT ENTREPRENEURS AND SCIENTISTS WILL BE ABLE TO GIVE A LEAD, AND IT IS A SORT OF AREA WHERE I BELIEVE WE SHOULD BE ABLE TO CARVE OUT THE ENTIRE SIZE OF THE MARKET TO OURSELVES," HE SAID.

DISCHARGING

FURTHER POISON INTO THE HE ALSO WARNED AGAINST

CONSEQUENCES TO TERRITORY'S AIR AND WATERS AS THESE MIGHT HAVE AWFUL

TO BOTH THE IMMEDIATE ENVIRONMENT AND TO THE ONE THAT PEOPLE PASS ON THEIR CHILDREN.

EFFECTIVE PROBLEMS ALSO

OUR UP

AIR BY AN **WE HAVE TO CONTINUE TO CLEAN REGIME OF CONTROL OVER EMISSIONS," HE SAID, ADDING THAT THE INTERFACED BETWEEN INDUSTRY AND RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENTS SHOULD BE DEALT WITH VIGOROUSLY THROUGH BETTER PLANNING SYSTEM.

THE

ON THAT WATERS

ON THE PROBLEMS

AND OTHER PROBLEMS WITH WITH RED TIDES BEACHES, THE GOVERNOR SAID HE WOULD SET OUT SOME PROPOSALS SUBJECT LATER IN THE YEAR IN A BID TO CLEAN UP THE TERRITORY'S IN THE NEXT FEW YEARS.

THE GOVERNOR'S VISIT TODAY STARTED WITH A CALL ON THE PLANNING, CENTRAL WHERE HE ENVIRONMENT AND LANDS BRANCH AT MURRAY BUILDING IN

MR TONY EASON ON

BRANCH'S

SECRETARY,

WAS BRIEFED BY THE PLANNING AND ENVIRONMENTAL POLICIES.

ACCOMPANIED BY MR EASON, HE MET SENIOR OFFICIALS OF THE TO LEARN ABOUT OPERATIONS OF ITS VARIOUS DEPARTMENTS.

GENERAL

BRANCH

HE

ON

ΤΟ

DR PLANNING,

TED WAS BRIEFED BY THE ACTING DIRECTOR OF

DEVELOPMENT STRATEGY WHICH PRYOR,

A REVIEW OF THE TERRITORIAL

MEET THE SOUGHT

MAP OUT AN OVERALL LAND DEVELOPMENT STRATEGY TO LONG-TERM SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC NEEDS OF HONG KONG PEOPLE.

HE WAS ALSO BRIEFED ON A NUMBER OF MAJOR STUDIES UNDERTAKEN FOR THE METRO AREA AND IMPORTANT ISSUES RELATING TO DISTRICT PLANNING.

/FROM THERE,