the existing Waste Disposal and water Pollution Ordinances and will be followed by a comprehensive Noise Control Bill,
Bill, thus
providing a legal framework för pollution control.
84.
Told ́ ́ Harbour was declared the first Water Control Zone, under the Water Pollution Control Ordinance, in February of this year.
Water Quality Objectives for the zone wera gazetted in June. The next
next step is the making of detailed regulations which are, necessary for control and then finally comes enforcement. Regulations under tho Waste Disposal Ordinance to control
to control agricultural waste, toxic, difficult and hazardous wastes are also being drawn up.
85.
The Clean Hong Kong Campaign was launched on 25th October 1981 and will continue until the end of December this year. Its operations began with a block-to-block clean up in all parts of the Urban Area and the New Towns, followed by a Bustained effort in public housing estatea and Temporary Housing Areas when воле 85 refuse collection
collection points WOZD completed. In the countryside an unprecedented operation was mountad to clean all
all 617 villages in the Now Territories, followed by
by the encouragement of enlightened self-interest through the introduction of village self-cleansing contracts on . a trial basis.
86.
The Marine Department has intonsified ita harbour cleansing activities, and dmproved ita. equipment by the purchase of four additional apocially designed vessels to pick up floating refuse.
87.
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ΤΟ show that cleaning is not enough à programme planting trees, shruba and plants has been started. This will carry through into 1983. Some. 2.6 million plantings have taken
place.
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