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WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 7, 1992

"ALMOST THREE-QUARTERS OF PEOPLE LIVING IN EXISTING TEMPORARY HOUSING AREAS WILL HAVE BEEN REHOUSED BY 1997.

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JUST UNDER 60% OF FAMILIES WILL OWN THEIR OWN HOMES BY ONE OF THE HIGHEST PROPORTIONS IN THE WORLD.”

1997,

MR PATTEN ADDED: "THESE IMPRESSIVE FIGURES SHOW OUR CONTINUING COMMITMENT TO THE HOUSING PROGRAMMES WHICH THANKS TO THE FORESIGHT OF LORD MACLEHOSE AND SOME OF MY OTHER PREDECESSORS HAVE TRANSFORMED THE LIVING STANDARDS OF SO MANY OF OUR FAMILIES.

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"AND WE WILL NATURALLY CONTINUE TO WORK CLOSELY WITH THE PRIVATE SECTOR ΤΟ ENSURE THAT THE MAXIMUM POSSIBLE SUPPLY ACCOMMODATION COMES ONTO THE MARKET AT COMPETITIVE PRICES."

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TIME TO STOP ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION

MEASURES ΤΟ CONTROL ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION, INCLUDING A PROPOSAL THAT THE COMMUNITY SHOULD CONTRIBUTE TO THE COST OF SEWAGE SERVICES, WERE OUTLINED BY THE GOVERNOR, THE RT HON CHRISTOPHER PATTEN, IN THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL TODAY (WEDNESDAY).

IN ADDITION, MR PATTEN SAID ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION HAD то AND HE WAS DETERMINED THE GOVERNMENT SHOULD SET 'A GOOD, GREEN

STOP, EXAMPLE.

AND, WITH IMMEDIATE EFFECT, AN ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT WILL BE INCLUDED IN POLICY PAPERS SUBMITTED TO THE EXECUTIVE COUNCIL.

IN HIS POLICY ADDRESS, MR PATTEN SAID BETWEEN NOW AND 1997, $7.3 BILLION WOULD BE SPENT ON MEASURES TO HANDLE PROPERLY THE SOLID AND TOXIC WASTES WHICH HONG KONG PRODUCED EVERY DAY.

TERRITORIES,

THESE INCLUDED SANITARY LANDFILLS IN REMOTE AREAS OF THE NEW STRATEGICALLY LOCATED REFUSE TRANSFER STATIONS FOR THE BULK TRANSFER OF SOLID WASTE TO THE NEW LANDFILLS, AND A CHEMICAL WASTE TREATMENT FACILITY FOR TOXIC WASTES.

"ALL THESE FACILITIES WILL COME INTO OPERATION WITHIN THE NEXT FIVE YEARS.

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"THEY WILL ENABLE US TO CLOSE THE OLDER URBAN LANDFILLS INCINERATORS; TO COPE WITH OUR SOLID WASTE FOR THE NEXT 20 YEARS;

DEAL PROPERLY WITH THE 100,000 TONNES OF TOXIC WASTE INDUSTRY PRODUCES EVERY YEAR," HE SAID.

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MR PATTEN SAID THE GOVERNMENT HAD, HOWEVER, ALWAYS RECOGNISED THAT PLANS TO CONTROL WATER POLLUTION WOULD TAKE LONGER TO IMPLEMENT, AND THAT IT WOULD NOT BE EASY TO PAY FOR THE MANY, COSTLY SEWAGE PROGRAMMES THAT WERE NECESSARY.

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