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THURSDAY, AUGUST 19, 1993

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SYMPOSIUM ON TECHNOLOGIES TO REPLACE OZONE-DEPLETING CHEMICALS

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THE LATEST

A SYMPOSIUM DRIVING HOME TO LOCAL MANUFACTURERS INFORMATION ON ALTERNATIVE TECHNIQUES TO REPLACE PROCESSES INVOLVING OZONE-DEPLETING CHEMICALS WILL BE HELD ON SEPTEMBER 22.

THE ORGANISING COMMITTEE

OF

A SPOKESMAN FOR

THE "NON-OZONE-DEPLETING CHEMICALS SYMPOSIUM: CFC ALTERNATIVES AND SOLUTIONS" SAID: "FOLLOWING THE CONCLUSION OF THE MONTREAL PROTOCOL, ALL IMPORTS OF CHLOROFLUOROCARBONS (CFC) WILL BE BANNED IN HONG KONG BY JANUARY 1, 1996.

"THE ELECTRONICS INDUSTRY, WHICH IS A HEAVY USER OF CFC IN THE CLEANING PROCESS OF PRINTED CIRCUIT BOARD ASSEMBLY, HAS ΤΟ LOOK FOR ALTERNATIVES TO REPLACE PROCESSES INVOLVING OZONE-DEPLETING CHEMICALS, HE ADDED.

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THE SYMPOSIUM, TO BE HELD AT THE LECTURE THEATRE OF HONG KONG PRODUCTIVITY COUNCIL (HKPC), IS JOINTLY ORGAINSED BY THE INDUSTRY DEPARTMENT, THE HKPC AND THE HONG KONG ELECTRONICS ASSOCIATION.

IT WILL COMPRISE TWO SESSIONS. IN THE MORNING SESSION, A REPRESENTATIVE FROM THE ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION DEPARTMENT WILL TALK ABOUT THE MONTREAL PROTOCOL AND THE CFC PHASING-OUT PROGRAMME IN HONG KONG AND A SENIOR CONSULTANT FROM THE HKPC WILL GIVE AN OVERVIEW OF THE LATEST TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTS.

MOREOVER, USERS OF NON-CFC CLEANING METHOD WILL SHARE THEIR EXPERIENCE WITH PARTICIPANTS.

AND EQUIPMENT SUPPLIERS

IN THE AFTERNOON, selected CHEMICALS WILL SPEAK ON THEIR TECHNOLOGIES AND DISPLAY PRODUCT INFORMATION SUBSTITUTION TECHNOLOGIES AND EQUIPMENT.

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FURTHER INFORMATION ON THE SYMPOSIUM CAN BE OBTAINED FROM THE HONG KONG PRODUCTIVITY COUNCIL BY PHONE ON 788 5756 OR 788 5757 OR

BY FAX 788 5770.

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EXPLAINING THE MONTREAL PROTOCOL, THE SPOKESMAN SAID THE PROTOCOL WAS CONCLUDED IN 1987 TO ESTABLISH A SCHEME TO PROVIDE THE NECESSARY PROTECTION TO THE OZONE LAYER.

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'A PHASED PROGRAMME OF REDUCTION IN CONSUMPTION WAS AGREED VARIOUS OZONE-DEPLETING SUBSTANCES, INCLUDING CFC, WHICH WILL BE COMPLETELY PHASED OUT BY JANUARY 1, 1996.

"THE PROTOCOL HAS BERN RATIFIED BY OVER 80 SIGNATORIES, INCLUDING THE USA AND EEC MEMBER STATES, AND HONG KONG IS INCLUDED THE UK'S RATIFICATION OF THE PROTOCOL.

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"TO GIVE EFFECT TO ITS OBLIGATIONS, HONG KONG HAS ENACTED OZONE LAYER PROTECTION ORDINANCE IN JUNE 1989," HE SAID.

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