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lenvironmental Protection Bepartment and the commitment of

substantial resources, significant improvements to the

environment will, after years of neglect, inevitably take

some time to become apparent.

Professor Poon made the

point that pollution problems can be avoided at no great

cost if environmental factors are taken into account at

the planning stage. He is of course quite correct, but

where this has not been done it is often a long and

expensive business clearing up the mess.

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35.

Sir, I support the motion.