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TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 22, 1992

DR REED ALSO CITED THE LACK OF CLEARLY DEFINED POLICY AND AND THE LOW EXECUTIVE RESPONSIBILITIES FOR WATER QUALITY MANAGEMENT,

AS ENVIRONMENTAL MATTERS PRIORITY ACCORDED BY COMMUNITIES TO

OTHER

MAJOR REASONS FOR THE FALLING WATER QUALITY WORLDWIDE.

H

HE

POLITICS "IT IS OFTEN REFLECTED IN THE

OF THE DAY AND THE NATURAL SYMPATHIES OF THOSE IN POSITIONS OF INFLUENCE AND POWER, SAID.

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"IN THE PAST THREE OR FOUR YEARS, ENVIRONMENTAL AWARENESS IN HONG KONG HAS NOTABLY IMPROVED, PARTLY DUE TO THE INEVITABLE EFFECT OF ΤΟ THE WORLD TREND TO STRIVE FOR A BETTER ENVIRONMENT, AND PARTLY DUE

UP THE SUCCESS OF AN AWARENESS COMPAIGN WHICH MADE THE COMMUNITY WAKE TO THE EXTENT OF THE POLLUTION PROBLEMS WE FACE," DR REED SAID.

THE IN HIS KEYNOTE SPEECH AT

CONFERENCE, DR REED SAID THE

HONG KONG SEWAGE DISPOSAL STRATEGY BEING ADOPTED IN

WAS "THE MOST ENVIRONMENTALLY ROBUST OPTION AND THE LOWEST COST OPTION."

IT INVOLVES A SERIES OF DEEP TUNNELS CONNECTING THE VARIOUS NODES IN THE EXISTING SEWERAGE SYSTEM.

WITH ITS FIRM COMMITMENT TO IMPLEMENTING THE SEWAGE DISPOSAL

ON INTERNATIONAL EXPERTISE STRATEGY, AND ITS READINESS TO DRAW

AND GOVERNMENT IS WELL ESTABLISHED TECHNOLOGY, HONG KONG

DETERMINED TO ADDRESS THE ISSUES OF WATER IN A SUSTAINABLE FASHION, DR REED SAID.

"WE CANNOT IGNORE THE FACT THAT WATER IS VITAL TO OUR ABILITY HE ADDED. TO LIVE, AND HENCE AN ESSENTIAL ELEMENT OF HUMAN EXISTENCE,

MARICULTURISTS URGED TO COMPLY WITH LICENSING CONDITIONS

MARICULTURISTS WERE TODAY (TUESDAY} REMINDED ΤΟ COMPLY WITH LICENSING CONDITIONS UNDER THE MARINE FISH CULTURE ORDINANCE AND ΤΟ RECTIFY ANY ILLEGAL OR OVERSIZED STRUCTURES ON THEIR LICENSED RAFT.

A SPOKESMAN FOR THE AGRICULTURE AND FISHERIES DEPARTMENT SAID: "THE ERECTION OF ILLEGAL STRUCTURES ON RAFTS, IN SOME CASES AMOUNTING TO FAMILY HOMES, WILL LEAD TO ENVIRONMENTAL PROBLEMS AND IS A CAUSE OF COMPLAINT."

"THESE ILLEGAL STRUCTURES WILL OFTEN RESULT OF FAECAL WASTES FROM MAN AND ANIMALS AS WELL AS HOUSEHOLD REFUSE FOR WHICH ADEQUATE DISPOSAL AVAILABLE.

"IN ADDITION, IT WILL CREATE SEVERE VISUAL STRUCTURES ARE CLUSTERED TOGETHER.

IN THE DISCHARGE THE GENERATION OF FACILITIES ARE NOT

IMPACT WHEN SUCH

/THE SPOKESMAN