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Extensive consultation has taken place with industrial

organizations and individual firms involved in the

industries which will be affected by the Regulations,

but it is considered desirable that the general public

should also have an opportunity to express their views on

them. Hence we have invited the public to send in their

views to the Health and Welfare Branch and I would also

welcome any comments from Honourable Members on the draft

Regulations. It goes without saying that any such comments

will be considered in the context of the preparation of a

submission to the Executive Council. If Members have any

general comments on the Regulations, perhaps Sir, with your

permission, these could be raised during the debate on the

Second Reading of this Bill. Any comments on the detailed

drafting could perhaps more conveniently be sent to my

office in writing.

9.

Sir, it would not be appropriate for me to expatiate

at length on the contents of the draft Regulations, but I

would like to make two points. First, the Regulations will.

initially apply only to the Tolo Harbour and Channel Water

Control Zone, the only zone so far declared under the

Ordinance, although it is the intention to declare other

Water Control Zones in the future in the light of

experience gained in the Tolo area. Secondly, detailed

guidance notes, in both Chinese and English, will be issued

to help industrialists to complete the necessary application

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