(d)
Environment
65.
In recent years
intensifying its efforts to
the
Hong Kong Government has been improve the physical environment and
formulation of
reduce pollution. A new Environmental Protection Department was established in April which will be
in April which will be responsible for
responsible for all aspects of
pollution control. Progress was also made in the
Legislation to control noise and to improve
regulations for controlling water pollution
i
air quality. New
made in June and,
in order to reduce the pollution of stream courses which is
presently being caused by the indiscriminate dumping of animal
wastes, the Hong Kong Government announced Later in the year its
intention to ban Livestock keeping in the urban areas, and to
institute strict controls in rural areas.
(e)
66.
Culture, recreation and sport
During the Last ten years the people of Hong Kong have benefitted from major investment, by the Hong Kong Government, the Urban Council and organisations such as the Royal Hong Kong Jockey
Club infacilities for the arts and for recreation and sporting.
activities.
67.
The Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts was officially opened by Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent in February 1986. It already has 345 full-time students training in Chinese and western music, drama, dance and related technical arts. When fully developed, it will provide for 600 full-time students. Hong Kong already has eight cultural centres of different sizes and designs, and the Sha Tin and the Tuen Mun Town Halls, each, with a 1,400-seat auditorium, will open in 1987. The Hong Kong Cultural Centre with a 2,250-seat concert hall, 1,860-seat grand theatre and
a
a 500-seat
studio theatre is under
due for completion
1989.
construction
and
in
·68.
Hong Kong also has some of the best sporting facilities South East Asia, including modern stadia, multi-purpose games hatt and swimming pool complexes. The Jubilee Sports Centre and Sha
and Sha Tin
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