XN000022-1992-08-12 — Page 3

WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 12, 1992

THERE, FROM

THE GOVERNOR PROCEEDED TO WESTERN MARKET. THE CHIEF TOWN PLANNER (URBAN DESIGN AND URBAN RENEWAL), MR RICHARD CHENG, OUTLINED TO HIM THE URBAN RENEWAL PROGRAMME FOR WESTERN DISTRICT WHILE ABRAHAM THE CHIEF EXECUTIVE OF LAND DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION (LDC), MR RAZACK, EXPLAINED WESTERN MARKET RENOVATION AND OTHER LDC PROJECTS THE AREA.

IN

AT THE URBAN SERVICES DEPARTMENT'S SENIOR

IN STAFF QUARTER

TOWN, KENNEDY

HE LEARNED ABOUT VARIOUS LOCAL PLANNING ISSUES AND PROPOSALS FOR GREEN ISLAND RECLAMATION.

AFTER

MR LUNCH,

PATTEN WAS BRIEFED BY THE ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION, DR STUART REED, ON THE DEPARTMENT.

OF DIRECTOR WORK OF HIS

HE ALSO LISTENED TO AN INTRODUCTION ON SEWAGE STRATEGY PROJECTS BY THE DIRECTOR OF DRAINAGE SERVICES, MR SIU CHUEN.

HE WAS BRIEFED ON BOARD THE "LADY MAURINE" THE VARIOUS POLLUTION PROBLEMS AND ENVIROMENTAL PROTECTION PROGRAMMES INCLUDING

WASTE CHEMICAL

TREATMENT FACILITIES. HE ALSO SAW FOR HIMSELF INCOMPATIBLE LAND USES ON TSING YI.

A

HAVING ARRIVED AT TSUEN WAN BAY, HE OBSERVED SEDIMENT SAMPLES

ON EXTRACTED BY STAFF OF THE ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION DEPARTMENT VESSEL. HE WAS ALSO TOLD ABOUT THE PROBLEM OF CONTAMINATED MUD.

THEN

HE WENT ON TO WANG LUNG STREET TO SEE POLLUTED DISCHARGE TO STORMWATER DRAINS FROM NEARBY FACTORIES.

EFFLUENTS

HE CONCLUDED HIS VISIT BY GOING UP TO THE ROOFTOP OF A BUILDING IN WO YI HOP ROAD WHERE HE WAS BRIEFED ON AIR POLLUTION PROBLEMS FACED BY RESIDENTIAL BUILDINGS ADJACENT TO INDUSTRIAL AREAS.

GOVERNOR ON SHENZHEN INCIDENT

* * * * *

THE GOVERNOR, THE ᎡᎢ HON CHRISTOPHER PATTEN, SAID TODAY (WEDNESDAY) THAT HE HAS YET TO RECEIVE ANY REPRESENTATIONS FROM THE KONG JOURNALISTS ASSOCIATION OR OTHERS REGARDING THE SHENZHEN

HONG INCIDENT.

MR PATTEN WAS REPLYING TO A QUESTION BY REPORTERS AT THE END OF

WOULD HIS VISIT TO TSUEN WAN TODAY ON WHETHER THE GOVERNMENT

MAKE A CHINA OVER THE TREATMENT OF HONG KONG JOURNALISTS IN

PROTEST SHENZHEN,

ΤΟ

ΤΟ

THE GOVERNOR SAID HE THOUGHT THE MATTERS THAT HE HAD HEARD SO FAR WERE PROBABLY ONES THAT THE JOURNALISTS ASSOCIATION WOULD WANT SAY SOMETHING ABOUT THEMSELVES.

/"IF THERE