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MR RAFAEL HU SI-YAN

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TUESDAY, OCTOBER 6, 1992

MR HUI, AGED 44, FIRST JOINED THE HONG KONG CIVIL SERVICE IN 1970 AND WAS APPOINTED TO THE ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICE IN 1971.

HE ROSE TO HIS PRESENT RANK OF ADMINISTRATIVE GRADE B1 IN 1989.

DEPARTMENTS

OFFICER

STAFF

AND BRANCHES AND

MR HUI HAS SERVED IN A NUMBER OF INCLUDING THE FORMER HOME AFFAIRS DEPARTMENT, SECURITY BRANCH TRANSPORT BRANCH.

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MORE RECENTLY, HE WAS DEPUTY SECRETARY-GENERAL, OMELCO, FROM 1985 TO 1986;

DEPUTY SECRETARY FOR ECONOMIC SERVICES FROM 1986 ΤΟ 1990; AND DEPUTY SECRETARY (NEW AIRPORT WORKS) FROM 1990 TO 1991, WHEN HE TOOK UP HIS PRESENT APPOINTMENT AS DIRECTOR OF THE NEW AIRPORT PROJECTS CO-ORDINATION OFFICE IN THE WORKS BRANCH.

CHEMICAL WASTES PROBLEMS CAN BE AVOIDED

HONG KONG HAS HAD THE GOOD FORTUNE OF DISASTERS CAUSED BY CHEMICAL WASTES ON THE SCALF OF MINIMATA AND

NOT EXPERIENCING ITAI DISEASE IN JAPAN AND LOVE CANAL IN THE USA.

WITH THE ENFORCEMENT OF THE WASTE DISPOSAL COMMISSIONING OF THE CHEMICAL WASTE TSING YI ISLAND EARLY NEXT YEAR, HONG KONG STANDS

TREATMENT CONTINUOUSLY AVOIDING SUCH LARGE-SCALE PROBLEMS.

ITAI

ORDINANCE AND THE FACILITY (CWTF) ON A GOOD CHANCE OF

THIS WAS THE IMPRESSION GAINED BY SOME 200 LOCAL ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENTISTS, ENGINEERS AND RESEARCHERS IN SOLID AND

WASTE MANAGEMENT, GOVERNMENT ACADEMIC RESEARCHERS AT A CONFERENCE TODAY (TUESDAY).

CHEMICAL

THE CONFERENCE ATMS TO FXCHANGE EXPERIENCES ON CHEMICAL WASTE ISSUES.

AND OVERSEAS THE FIELD OF OFFICIALS AND

IDEAS

AND ΤΟ SHARE

INTERNATIONAL

THE REGIONAT.

CONFERENCE

ADDRESSING THE OPENING SESSION OF WASTE AND PUBLIC (LEANSING ASSOCIATION CHEMICAL WASTE MANAGEMENT, THE ACTING SECRETARY FOR ENVIRONMENT AND LANDS, MR BOWEN LEUNG, SAID THE POLICY WASTE WAS TWOFOLD.

SOLID ON

PLANNING, ON CHEMICAL

FACILITY

OF SUCH

FOR THE WASTES, AND NEEDS TO

"FIRST, IT SERIS TO PROVIDE A CENTRAL. ENVIRONMENTALLY FRIENDLY TREATMENT AND DISPOSAL SECONDLY, IT AIMS TO ENCOURAGE WASTE REDUCTION SO THAT LESS BE DISPOSED OF.

/"THE PROVISION