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WEDNESDAY, APRIL 20, 1994

PLACES

AS FOR HOSPITAL SERVICES, THE HOSPITAL AUTHORITY IS PLANNING TO PROVIDE 260 NEW ACUTE GERIATRIC BEDS AND 200 NEW GERIATRIC DAY BY 1997 TO MEET PROJECTED DEMAND IN FULL.

WITH REQUIRING

A TOTAL OF 1,200 INFIRMARY PLACES AND SEVEN NURSING HOMES 1,400 BEDS WILL ALSO BE PROVIDED BY 1997 FOR ELDERLY PEOPLE RESIDENTIAL NURSING CARE.

OUTREACH MRS WONG NOTED THAT THE GOVERNMENT WOULD ALSO DEVELOP

MORE SPECIALIST TEAMS IN SERVICES THROUGH THE SETTING UP OF FIVE

BETWEEN

AND WELFARE MEDICAL THE INTERFACE FACILITATE 1994/95 TO

ELDERLY SERVICES AS WELL AS TO ACHIEVE A BETTER CONTINUUM OF CARE FOR PATIENTS.

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MEASURES FOR WASTE MINIMISATION AND RECYCLING

ΤΟ

OF

RUBBER WASTE ARE

TYRES,

BEING

YEAR,

REGULATIONS

PROHIBIT THE OPEN BURNING CABLES WITH PLASTIC INSULATION AND CONSTRUCTION DRAFTED AND ARE EXPECTED TO TAKE EFFECT BEFORE THE END OF THIS THE SECRETARY FOR PLANNING, ENVIRONMENT AND LANDS, MR TONY EASON, TOLD THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL TODAY (WEDNESDAY).

IN A WRITTEN REPLY TO A QUESTION BY THE HON MICHAEL HO

TO

AND EXAMINE MR EASON

THE SAID

GOVERNMENT POLICY WAS MEASURES TO LIMIT THE AMOUNT OF WASTE PRODUCED AND TO ENCOURAGE RECOVERY AND RECYCLING.

THE GOVERNMENT SOME OF THE MEASURES ADOPTED BY GOVERNMENT BODIES TO PROMOTE AND ASSIST LOCAL INDUSTRIES IN INDUSTRIAL WASTES INCLUDE: -

MUN-KA,

PROMOTE WASTE

AND

NON- RECYCLING

*

THE POSSIBLE ESTABLISHMENT OF AN INTERMEDIATE SORTING

CONSTRUCTION AT TSBUNG KWAN O TO ASSIST THE

SEPARATE

MATERIAL:

PLANT

INDUSTRY то FILL OUT THE PUTRESCIBLE WASTE TO PROVIDE USEFUL

ACTIVE DISCUSSIONS BETWEEN INTERESTED PARTIES TO PROMOTE THE RECYCLING OF USED TYRE;

ENCOURAGEMENT

WASTE TREATMENT

OPERATOR TO RECYCLE INDUSTRIAL SOLVENTS; AND

CENTRE

TO

THE CHEMICAL

RECYCLING

INTRODUCTION BY THE CENTRE OF ENVIRONMENTAL TECHNOLOGY OF WASTE EXCHANGE OR

INFORMATION SERVICE TO

BUSINESS AND INDUSTRY.

A

THE

IN

ADDITION, MR EASON SAID, THE GOVERNMENT HAS STARTED A CONSULTANCY STUDY ON WASTE REDUCTION TO EXAMINE RECYCLING AND RECOVERY.

FULL

WAYS FOR FURTHER

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