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another party is unwilling to do. In the end, nothing gets done. It is useless for us to call for anything; they won't heed our calls. Mr. Chairman, I strongly ask that the Environmental Protection Department be dissolved and its jurisdiction be delegated to the two Municipal Councils. Only then can we promote environmental protection work with urgency. If not, we can't do a thing. All we can do is to talk emptily. Mr. Chairman, I do support the motion to the last, but I think the most important thing is to dissolve the Environmental Protection Department.
MR. RONNIE WONG MAN-CHIU (in Cantonese):-I am pleased to read the motion moved by Mr. TANG. It asks us to study and to implement the waste segregation scheme. In fact, we mentioned segregation of material or waste after our return from an overseas study visit. The Department has not been able to take up the proposals for various reasons. I hope that after Mr. Tang's motion is carried today, the Department will stride out the first step.
Concerning Mr. TANG's second point about the Green Manager Scheme, I hope it will be able to help conserve resources in addition to reducing waste. Mr. Chan's suggestion for the dissolution of the Environmental Protection Department may be a sign of agitation. In fact, a substantial part of Environmental Protection Department's work may not be within the abilities of the Urban Council or Regional Council. The Environmental Protection Department can do much better there. However, I support closer communication and co-operation with the Environmental Protection Department so that the job can be done better. Mr. Chairman, with these remarks, I support Mr. TANG's motion.
MR. STANLEY NG WING-FAI (in Cantonese);—I was somewhat shocked to hear Mr. CHAN's proposal to dissolve the Environmental Protection Department. In fact, apart from dealing with waste disposal, the Environmental Protection Department also handles air pollution, water pollution and obviously other kinds of work including transport policies. Those are definitely not within our jurisdiction.
I speak today to support Mr. TANG's motion. There is an important spirit behind Mr. TANG's motion. It is hoped that the Council and the Department, as a major employer and consumer, can set up an environmental protection market through segregation of recovered waste and processing the waste. In fact, we do have a school of thought with focus on an environmental protection market. That is to say, to set up a market through generation, for example generating a buyer's market on the concept of buying or a market that supplies material. That will be a development to help the waste disposal cycle, So I speak here in full support of Mr. Tang's motion.
Mr. PAO PING-WING (in Cantonese):-Mr. Chairman, first of all I am in support of Mr. TANG's motion. I would like to stress that if the motion is
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another party is unwilling to do. In the end, nothing gets done. It is useless for us to call for anything; they won't heed our calls. Mr. Chairman, I strongly ask that the Environmental Protection Department be dissolved and its jurisdiction be delegated to the two Municipal Councils. Only then can we promote environmental protection work with urgency. If not, we can't do a thing. All we can do is to talk emptily. Mr. Chairman, I do support the motion to the last, but I think the most important thing is to dissolve the Environmental Protection Department.
MR. RONNIE Wong Man-CHIU (in Cantonese):-I am pleased to read the motion moved by Mr. TANG. It asks us to study and to implement the waste segregation scheme. In fact, we mentioned segregation of material or waste after our return from an overseas study visit. The Department has not been able to take up the proposals for various reasons. I hope that after Mr. Tang's motion is carried today, the Department will stride out the first step.
Concerning Mr. TANG's second point about the Green Manager Scheme, I hope it will be able to help conserve resources in addition to reducing waste. Mr. Chan's suggestion for the dissolution of the Environmental Protection Department may be a sign of agitation. In fact, a substantial part of Environmental Protection Department's work may not be within the abilities of the Urban Council or Regional Council. The Environmental Protection Department can do much better there. However, I support closer communication and co-operation with the Environmental Protection Department so that the job can be done better. Mr. Chairman, with these remarks, I support Mr. TANG's motion.
MR. STANLEY NG WING-FAI (in Cantonese);—I was somewhat shocked to hear Mr. CHAN's proposal to dissolve the Environmental Protection Department. In fact, apart from dealing with waste disposal, the Environmental Protection Department also handles air pollution, water pollution and obviously other kinds of work including transport policies. Those are definitely not within our jurisdiction.
I speak today to support Mr. TANG's motion. There is an important spirit behind Mr. TANG's motion. It is hoped that the Council and the Department, as a major employer and consumer, can set up an environmental protection market through segregation of recovered waste and processing the waste. In fact, we do have a school of thought with focus on an environmental protection market. That is to say, to set up a market through generation, for example generating a buyer's market on the concept of buying or a market that supplies material. That will be a development to help the waste disposal cycle, So I speak here in full support of Mr. Tang's motion.
Mr. Pao Ping-WING (in Cantonese):-Mr. Chairman, first of all I am in support of Mr. TANG's motion. I would like to stress that if the motion is
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