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The Governor was also briefed on the work of a working group, comprising representatives from the Marine Department, Agriculture and Fisheries Department, Regional and Urban Services Departments, the Environment Protection Department, and the Planning, Environmental and Lands Branch to tackle the marine refuse problem corporately, particularly in the aspects of prevention, collection and enforcement.
The group, chaired by Mr Dale since its inception on August 5, 1994, has identified a series of immediate and long term measures to tackle the problem.
These include measures to prevent rubbish being dumped into the sea, to conduct joint clean up operations at identified blackspots and to step up enforcement actions to deter littering.
The department collected 3,855 tonnes of floating refuse and 910 tonnes of ship and boat refuse in 1995 through the deployment of more than 30 Government and commercial vessels.
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HK team to attend UN hearing on racial discrimination
A four-member Hong Kong Government team led by Principal Crown Counsel, Mr Stephen Wong, will attend a United Nations (UN) hearing in Geneva on March 4 and 5.
The team is part of the British delegation on Hong Kong's 13th periodic report under the International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination (ICERD).
A government spokesman said today (Tuesday) that during the hearing, the UN Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination would examine the report submitted by the United Kingdom Government last year.
"Apart from assisting the British delegation in answering questions on the implementation of the Convention in the territory, the Hong Kong team will also explain the contents of the report and provide information on the latest developments to the Committee," the spokesman said.
The report was tabled in the Legislative Council and made public last October.
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