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布政司署

規劃環境地政科

香港花園道美利大廈

**OUR REF.: (11) in PELB(E) 30/10/13(89) IV

**YOUR REF.: COPADE dd. 8.2.1990

(Environment Divisiont GOVERNMENT SECRETARIAT PLANNING, ENVIRONMENT & LANDS BRANCH

MURRAY BUILDING, GARDEN ROAD, HONG KONG Tel: 848 2981 Fax: 845 3489

Ms. H. Hancock

Hong Kong Department

+ IK ( 260

Foreign and Commonwealth Office London SW1A 2AH

England

11 APR 1999

Dear Ms. Hancock,

22 February 1990

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Ozone Layer Protection Ordinance 1989 Ordinance 1989

Your letter dated 8.2.1990 to Mr.

been referred to me for reply.

Crawford has

Following the telegrams mentioned in your letter, there was further correspondence between FCO and HK Government on import and export figures. I looked through my files but could not find any correspondence between FCO and HKG on the actual drafting of the captioned Ordinance. The only document that may be relevant is Telno. 34 from FCO on clarification of the definition of "controlled substance", a copy of which is attached hereto.

In drafting the

the Ordinance, no exact precedent was followed, in part because Hong Kong does not manufacture any "controlled substances" and therefore we can simply ban their manufacture and in

in part

part because we decided to control consumption by means of an import quota to be allocated administratively, rather than through legislation. We also had the benefit of tying into the Import and Export Ordinance (Cap. 60) for some enforcement issues.

Please let me know if you require any

require any further

information.

Yours sincerely,

Philomenatty

(Miss Philomena Ho)

for Secretary

for Planning, Environment and Lands

Encl.

C.C.

AGC (Attn: Mr. Allan R. Roger)