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THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 3, 1994

THE

AMOUNT OF

COMPRISING MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTE, COMMERCIAL AND

INDUSTRIAL WASTE, IS PROJECTED TO INCREASE CURRENT LEVEL OF 7,900 TONNES A DAY TO OVER 12,000 TONNES A 2006.

DOMESTIC, FROM THE DAY IN

EVER-

FOR WASTE

HE SAID THEREFORE THERE WAS AN URGENT NEED TO CHECK THIS INCREASING WASTE GROWTH AND CREATE FAVOURABLE CONDITIONS REDUCTION ACTIVITIES.

WILL INVOLVE CURRENT WASTE DISPOSAL,

THE INITIAL STAGE OF THE WASTE REDUCTION STUDY COMPREHENSIVE SURVEYS TO COLLECT DATA ON RECOVERY AND RECYCLING ACTIVITIES.

PROPOSALS THIS WILL BE FOLLOWED BY THE DEVELOPMENT OF SPECIFIC

MECHANISMS, LEGISLATIVE WHICH WILL IDENTIFY SUITABLE INSTITUTIONAL MEASURES, ECONOMIC INSTRUMENTS AND WASTE REDUCTION TERRITORY-WIDE APPLICATION.

TECHNOLOGIES FOR

THE STUDY, AT A COST OF $8.6 MILLION, WILL BE COMPLETED IN MONTHS AND INITIAL FINDINGS ARE EXPECTED BY THE END OF THE YEAR.

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GENEVA MEETING TO DISCUSS REPATRIATION OF VIETNAMESE

COMMENTING ON PRESS REPORTS OF POSSIBLE PLANS TO REVIVE THE NON-OBJECTOR REPATRIATION SCHEME FOR VIETNAMESE MIGRANTS, THE REFUGEE CO-ORDINATOR,

BRIAN BRESNIHAN, TODAY (THURSDAY) SAID THERE WAS NOTHING NEW IN THIS CONCEPT.

"IT WAS EXAMINED IN THE PAST AND THERE WAS A NON-OBJECTOR FLIGHT IN 1990, HE SAID.

BRESNIHAN MR

THE

SAID REPATRIATION WAS ONE OF THE ISSUES ON AGENDA FOR THE FORTHCOMING COMPREHENSIVE PLAN OF ACTION STEERING COMMITTEE MEETING IN GENEVA.

"IN THAT CONTEXT, DIFFERENT MODES OF REPATRIATION ARE LIKELY TO BE DISCUSSED," HE ADDED.

ASKED WHETHER HONG KONG WOULD INTRODUCE A NON-OBJECTÒR REPATRIATION SCHEME, MR BRESNIHAN SAID THIS QUESTION WAS PREMATURE AND THE ANSWER WOULD

OF CLEARLY DEPEND ON THE OUTCOME GENEVA.

DISCUSSIONS

IN

"IN GENEVA, WE SHALL BE EXPLORING WITH THE INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY HOW BEST TO REPATRIATE THE REMAINING SCREENED-OUT VIETNAMESE MIGRANTS.

NEW

"IN THE MEANTIME, REPORTS THAT THOUSANDS OF VIETNAMESE MIGRANTS IN OUR CAMPS WOULD BE SENT HOME AS A CONSEQUENCE OF SOME POSSIBLE INITIATIVE ARE COMPLETELY SPECULATIVE," HE SAID.

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