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"HKPC, teamed up with CET, will now continue the services to support industries in their compliance with environmental legislation and in upgrading their industrial processes for another year," Mr Wong said.
"The hotline is a telephone advisory service, providing information and advice on environmental legislation and standards," he said.
"Focusing on environmental issues affecting individual industrial sectors, the seminars and workshops will be organised in co-operation with industry associations," he added.
Mr Wong said factory visits will be conducted to assess factories' environmental performance and effluent samples will be taken. Problem areas and opportunities for improvement will be identified to assist manufacturers to introduce improved environmental practices into their operations.
Mr Wong also announced the publication of the 1996 edition of "A Guide to Pollution Control Legislation Affecting Manufacturing Industries".
"The fifth consecutive issue published every year by the Industry Department, the Guide assists manufacturers by providing basic information on environmental measures which may affect them, and where technical advice may be obtained", Mr Wong said.
The Guide will be distributed free of charge to over 5,000 manufacturers likely to be affected by environmental measures and to major industrial and trade associations.
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Allegation of ambiguity in employment guide refuted
A Labour Department spokesman said today (Monday) that contents of the Practical Guide for Employment of Foreign Domestic Helpers (FDHs) are not ambiguous.
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