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Supplementary to Quetion No. 3

in LegCo Meeting on 14.1.87

that I am glad to hear

hear that an

last be made known to the public,

Mr. TAI : Sir,

Sir, may I say

environmental report will at last be

despite the district board's request in May, June, and

November. Sir, since a very comprehensive assessment Of the

possible environmental effect will be undertaken, will the

result be made known to the public as well and when will it be

made known to the public?

Secretary for Health and Welfare : Sir, as I hope I have made

clear in my answer, the

environmental

already been completed and is

is summarised

impact assessment has

in this report which

is available. I can assure Mr. Tai that we will make sure that

district boards have it and also that Members of this Council

are able to see it.

Mr. LAU (in Cantonese) : Sir, in the past it was reported that

some vessels had dumped the fuel ash into the sea although they

were supposed to take the ash to mainland China. I wonder

policy to prevent the illegal

the sea So as to prevent our

whether the Government has a

dumping of the fuel ash into

seawater from getting polluted?