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4.22

There are ma ny

the above

details

to be considered before

proposals can be i mp le mented and it is therefore

difficu lt to be precise about

timing.

A specialist on

motor vehicle emissions has been recruited from overseas to

develop these controls and it is the intention to start

i mp le menting them over the next three years.

Asbestos

4.23

Existing legislation is primarily aimed at

protecting the health of workers dealing with asbestos.

But there is also a need to protect the general public more

adequately and introduce further statutory controls over

the emission of asbestos fibres into the environment.

4.24

Govern ment

intends

consultant

to develop the

to

detailed

e mp loy

a specialist

proposals for the

recommendations on the

legislative controls and to make

resources required to implement them.

Licensing provisions

to control the activities of asbestos removal contractors

It is intended

will be required.

to introduce this

legislation in 1990.

Protection of the Ozone Layer

4.25

immediately pertinent

that Hong Kong should

Although the protection of the ozone layer is not

to Hong Kong's air pollution

problems, the Government believes

play its part in the international effort now being made,

by prohibiting the production and limiting the use of

certain chemica ls know n as chlorof lurocarbons (CFCs) and

halons which are contributing to the depletion of the ozone

layer in the stratosphere.

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