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THURSDAY, JULY 7, 1994

"ENVIRONMENT HK 94" RELEASED

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A PUBLICATION LAUNCHED BY THE "ENVIRONMENT HONG KONG 1994" +

(THURSDAY), TAKES A ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION DEPARTMENT (EPD) TODAY

THE VARIOUS ASPECTS OF ENVIRONMENTAL NEW APPROACH TO REPORTING ON WORK CARRIED OUT BY THE GOVERNMENT.

OF

"UNLIKE PREVIOUS EDITIONS OF ANNUAL REPORTS ON THE ENVIRONMENT, 'ENVIRONMENT

CONTAINS

FEATURE THE

HONG

A SERIES KONG 1994'

GENERAL PUBLIC,' ARTICLES PROVIDING EASILY READABLE MATERIAL FOR THE A SPOKESMAN FOR THE DEPARTMENT SAID.

TOPICS

וי

FEATURED INCLUDE THE ROLE OF ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT

WORKS

THE

STRATEGIC ASSESSMENT IN MAJOR

DEVELOPMENT OF PROJECTS,

MEET GROWING DEMANDS FOR LANDFILLS AND REFUSE TRANSFER STATIONS TO

OF AN EPD VESSEL, THE "DR WASTE DISPOSAL FACILITIES, THE MISSION

THROUGH CATHERINE LAM", AND THE ENFORCEMENT OF AIR AND NOISE CONTROLS RELEVANT ORDINANCES.

"BEACH GOERS WILL BE

INTERESTED IN AN ARTICLE ON SEWERAGE ISLAND WHERE THE MOST IMPROVEMENTS FOR THE SOUTH SIDE OF HONG KONG SCENIC AND POPULAR BEACHES ARE LOCATED, WHILE THE GENERAL PUBLIC WILL VARIOUS LOCAL CONTROL KNOW THROUGH ANOTHER ARTICLE THE LOCATIONS OF

+T THE OFFICES WHICH WILL HANDLE DIRECT THEIR COMPLAINTS AND ENQUIRIES,' SPOKESMAN SAID.

ASPECTS OF TOGETHER IN A

FOR THOSE WHO ARE INTERESTED IN THE MORE TECHNICAL

DATA ARE GROUPED RELEVANT ENVIRONMENTAL WORK, THE RESOURCE MATERIAL SECTION.

THE

MAJOR DEVELOPMENTS HERE READERS WILL FIND MORE INFORMATION ON IN ENVIRONMENTAL WORK IN 1993, WHICH INCLUDE THE COMMISSIONING OF WEST NEW TERRITORIES LANDFILL (WENT) WASTE TREATMENT CENTRE ON TSING YI, ENVIRONMENTAL RESOURCE CENTRE,

AT NIM WAN AND THE CHEMICAL AND THE OPENING OF THE FIRST

1993 SAW AMONG OTHER THINGS THE THE IMPORT OF PRODUCTS HALONS AS WELL AS THE

ON THE LEGISLATION SIDE, ENACTMENT OF REGULATIONS PROHIBITING CONTAINING CHLOROFLUOROCARBON (CFC) OR DECLARATION OF EASTERN AND WESTERN BUFFER WATER CONTROL ZONES.

KONG 1994' WILL BETTER "THE NEW FORMAT OF 'ENVIRONMENT HONG

WHILE AT THE SERVE ITS DUAL PURPOSE OF INFORMING THE GENERAL PUBLIC

ENVIRONMENTAL FIELD ACCESS SAME TIME PROVIDING THOSE WORKING IN THE TO RELEVANT REFERENCE MATERIALS, THE SPOKESMAN SAID.

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"ENVIRONMENT HONG KONG AT $55 A COPY, THE ENGLISH VERSION OF

CENTRE ON THE 1994" IS NOW AVAILABLE AT THE GOVERNMENT PUBLICATIONS

OFFICE BUILDING, CONNAUGHT PLACE, HONG GROUND FLOOR, GENERAL POST

KONG.

A CHINESE LANGUAGE VERSION IS EXPECTED TO NEXT MONTH.

BE AVAILABLE LATER

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