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THURSDAY, JUNE 10, 1993

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MR PRESIDENT FOLLOW-UP MR NGAI?

MR NGÀI SHIU-KIT ; WILL GOVERNMENT UPGRADE THE TUNG CHUNG AND URMSTON ROAD SEWAGE TREATMENT WORK BEFORE ADVERSE IMPACTS OCCUR?

GOVERNOR : I WILL CERTAINLY LOOK INTO THAT MATTER FOR THE HONOURABLE MEMBER AND LET HIM KNOW WHAT THE RESPONSE IS.

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REV FUNG CHI-WOOD (IN CANTONESE) MR GOVERNOR, CONCERNING VICTORIA HARBOUR WHICH IS A WATER CONTROL ZONE TO BE DESIGNATED LATER THIS YEAR, BUT UNFORTUNATELY THE DESIGNATION HAS BEEN DELAYED. ACTUALLY IT SHOULD HAVE BEEN DESIGNATED IN 1991 BUT NOW IT WAS DELAYED AND IT WILL BE DESIGNATED IN THREE STAGES IN '95, '96 AND '97 AND SO IT WILL BE DESIGNATED AS A FULL WATER CONTROL ZONE ONLY IN 1997. SO I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW, DOES IT MEAN THAT THE ADMINISTRATION AS FAR AS ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION IS CONCERNED HAS NOT DONE ITS BEST AND WOULD YOU THINK OF MEASURES ΤΟ BRING FORWARD THE DESIGNATION OF THE ENTIRE VICTORIA HARBOUR SO THAT THE ENTIRE HARBOUR CAN BE DESIGNATED EARLIER?

GOVERNOR : WE ARE PROCEEDING WITH THE DESIGNATION OF WATER CONTROL ZONES AS RAPIDLY AS WE CAN. THERE IS NO POINT IN DESIGNATING A ZONE AND NOT BEING ABLE TO POLICE THE REGULATIONS WHICH ENSURE A RISE IN THE THE

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QUALITY OF WATER IN THAT PARTICULAR AREA. WE'VE DESGINATED, HONOURABLE MEMBER WILL KNOW, RECENTLY WATER CONTROL ZONES IN EAST AND THE WEST AND WE TOOK THE VIEW THAT WE COULDN'T INCLUDE PART OF THE DISTRICT WHICH THE HONOURABLE MEMBER REPRESENTS AND THAT THAT WOULD HAVE TO AWAIT THE ESTABLISHMENT OF A WATER CONTROL ZONE IN VICTORIA HARBOUR. WE WILL TRY TO ENSURE THAT IN THAT DESIGNATION WE DEAL FIRST WITH THE AREA IN WHICH THE HONOURABLE MEMBER IS PARTICULARLY CONCERNED. I HAVE MADE A HABIT OF CHECKING WHETHER WE'RE MOVING AS RAPIDLY AS WE CAN, WHETHER THE CONSTRAINTS ON PROGRESS ARE FINANCIAL. I'M ASSURED THAT WE ARE MOVING AS RAPIDLY AS WE CAN, THAT THE CONSTRAINTS AREN'T FINANCIAL, THAT THE CONSTRAINTS ARE THOSE HAVING PEOPLE, HAVING ENOUGH PEOPLE TO IMPLEMENT THE REGULATIONS ΤΟ MAKE THE WATER CONTROL ZONES REALLY EFFECTIVE. SO I'M AFRAID HONOURABLE MEMBER WILL HAVE TO BE A LITTLE PATIENT. IF WE CAN MAKE MORE PROGRESS WE WILL.

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