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WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 14, 1992

IN MANY UNDER THE "POLLUTERS PAY PRINCIPLE", WIDELY ADOPTED

REQUIRE CONTRIBUTION FROM THE THE STRATEGY WILL ALSO COUNTRIES,

WILL PUBLIC. DETAILS OF THE CHARGING SCHEME ARE BEING WORKED OUT AND BE ANNOUNCED TOWARDS THE END OF THIS YEAR FOR PUBLIC CONSULTATION.

GOVERNMENT

DISPOSAL,

ON SOLID WASTE

MR

COOPER REITERATED IS COMMITTED TO SPENDING $7.3 BILLION OVER THE YEARS ON BUILDING A CHEMICAL WASTE TREATMENT FACILITY ON THREE LARGE STRATEGIC LANDFILLS IN THE NEW TERRITORIES AND NETWORK OF REFUSE TRANSFER STATIONS.

THAT THE NEXT FIVE TSING YI, ASSOCIATED

ON TOP OF THIS, THE GOVERNMENT IS ALSO COMMITTED TO A LIVESTOCK ARE BADLY WASTE CONTROL SCHEME TO CLEAN UP RIVERS AND STREAMS WHICH POLLUTED BY LIVESTOCK WASTES.

"THESE BROAD ENVIRONMENTAL PROGRAMMES WILL CONTRIBUTE TOWARDS A CLEANER AND GREENER ENVIRONMENT WHICH HONG KONG BADLY NEEDS TO SUSTAIN ITS PROSPERITY, MR COOPER SAID.

HK HAS MUCH EXPERTISE ON HIGH-SPEED CRAFT

MUCH

IN

SAID REVISING THE

THE DIRECTOR OF MARINE, MR TONY MILLER, TODAY (WEDNESDAY}

EXPERIENCE TO OFFER TERRITORY HAD INTERNATIONAL CODE ON DYNAMICALLY SUPPORTED CRAFT.

THE

CRAFT

35

PORTS

MR MILLER SAID: "WE PROBABLY HAVE THE LARGEST HIGH-SPEED

WE HAVE HYDROFOILS, HOVERFERRIES, OPERATION ANYWHERE IN THE WORLD. JETFOILS, HIGH-SPEED WATERJET CATAMARANS AND MONOHULLS PLYING SOME ROUTES BETWEEN HONG KONG, MACAU, GUANGZHOU AND NUMEROUS SMALLER IN THE PEARL RIVER DELTA."

ADDRESSING THE OPENING

CEREMONY OF THE

FIRST INTERNATIONAL GROUP ON MARITIME ORGANISATION (IMO) INFORMAL MEETING OF THE WORKING

CRAFT (DSC) CODE, MR MILLER REVISION OF THE DYNAMICALLY SUPPORTED

NEW INTERNATIONAL SAFETY STRESSED THE NEED FOR EARLY AGREEMENT ON A CODE WHICH TOOK ACCOUNT OF CHANGES IN TECHNOLOGY.

MR MILLER SAID: "HONG KONG HAS AN ENVIABLE SAFETY RECORD. SO WE HAVE HAD TO LEARN FROM SOMETIMES PAINFUL EXPERIENCE.

IT FASTER.

EVEN

MUST ALSO BE FOR "THE DEMAND IS FOR BIGGER AND

INTEREST IN SAFER. OURS IS THE WORLD'S BUSIEST PORT. WE HAVE A CLEAR ENSURING SAFE DESIGN, SAFE CONSTRUCTION AND SAFE OPERATING PRACTICES."

WELCOMING DELEGATES

FROM

MR ADMINISTRATIONS,

FROM THE MEMBERS INVITED

TO SPEND SOME DISCUSSIONS SO THAT THEY COULD LEARN MORE ABOUT HONG KONG.

SEVEN TIME

AWAY

MILLER TECHNICAL

/MR MILLER