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The topics feature in the report include environmental impact assessment for the Shenzhen River Regulation Project, planning against air pollution, noise legislation, old and new landfills, clean technology and work of the local control offices.

"Members of the public may also be interested to know the existence of an environmental resource centre and a visitors centre where they can quickly pick up information on a wide range of environmental issues," the spokesman said.

At $74 a copy, the Chinese version of "Environment Hong Kong 1995" is now available at the Government Publications Centre on the ground floor, Low Block, Queensway Government Offices, 66, Queensway, Hong Kong. The English version of the report has been on sale since July.

End/Tuesday, October 10, 1995

Applications invited for home mortgage assistance

The Education Department is inviting eligible full-time employees holding subvented posts in aided and per caput grant schools to apply for assistance under the 1995-96 Mortgage Interest Subsidy Scheme (MISS).

A spokesman for the Education Department said today (Tuesday) that eligible staff are:

* those receiving a monthly basic salary equivalent to Master Pay Scale point 22 or above ($23,080 or more) and having a minimum of 10 years' continuous recognised services as at October 31, 1995; or

* those receiving a monthly basic salary below Master Pay Scale point 22, who have a minimum of 20 years' continuous recognised service as at October 31,1995.

The closing date for submitting applications is November 22.