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SECRETARY FOR HEALTH AND WELFARE:

Sir, I think one of

problems which certainly occurs in other areas where there

are large numbers of flatted factory buildings is that when these buildings were erected the developers did not know what sort of industries was going to go into the

building.

Therefore, there are no proper arrangements made to take this sort of discharge and the only alternative that is left available to the factory operators is to put them

straight into the storm water drains. The Environmental

Protection Department is now not only doing surveys of this kind in Wong Chuk Hang but in many other areas, particularly

in Sha Tin and in Tuen Mun . I hope that these measures will help to try to stop this kind of thing happening in

future and to correct problems that already exist.

PROF. POON:

do not

Sir, I think the Secretary has answered the second part of my question, which is what types

of work are carried out in these 12 factories ?

SECRETARY OF HEALTH AND WELFARE: I must beg Prof. POON's pardon, I misunderstood his question. The type of work - I

take by that he means what sort of industry is carried on

in these factories. I do not have the exact details of that

but I will write to Prof POON and let him know.

(See Annex I)

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