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Head : 44 Environmental Protection Department Programme : (4) Waste Examination of Estimates of Expenditure 2003-04 Reply Serial No. CONTROLLING OFFICER’S REPLY TO INITIAL WRITTEN QUESTION ETWB(E)040 Controlling Officer : Director of Environmental Protection Question Serial No. Subhead(No. & title): 0016 Director of Bureau : Secretary for the Environment, Transport and Works Question :Would the government inform this Council: The government is going to launch the legislative work for the control of clinical waste in the coming year. What is the estimated expenditure involved and the establishment required for the control work? Is there a need to provide additional staff? If so, what is the additional number of staff required and additional expenditure involved? How will they be offset under the estimates for this Programme? Asked by : Hon. CHOY So-yuk Reply : The Government estimates that 10 posts in the Environment Protection Department will be made available for the control work of clinical waste, at a cost of $3.7 million a year. The resource and staff requirement for clinical waste control will be met by internal redeployment and re-prioritising of existing programmed activities within the Environmental Protection Department. Gototop Signature Name in block letters ROBERT J. S. LAW Post Title Director of Environmental Protection Date 20 March 2003
Examination of Estimates of Expenditure 2003-04 Reply Serial No. CONTROLLING OFFICER’S REPLY TO INITIAL WRITTEN QUESTION ETWB(E)041 Head : 44 Environmental Protection Department Subhead(No. & title): Question Serial No. 0017 Programme : (2) Air Controlling Officer : Director of Environmental Protection Director of Bureau : Secretary for the Environment, Transport and Works Question : Would the Government inform this Council: The work or programmes that will involve indoor air quality in 2003-04. What are the expenditures involved in the respective work or programmes? Asked by : Hon. CHOY So-yuk Reply : In 2003-04, our indoor air quality management programme is to: Gototop a. continue to operate the Indoor Air Quality (IAQ) Information Centre, which can help disseminate IAQ information to the public and professionals. b. launch a voluntary IAQ Certification Scheme for offices and public places. Under the Scheme, building owners are required to employ suitably qualified personnel to assess the IAQ of their premises. Those buildings in compliance with the IAQ objectives will be granted compliance certificates. c. introduce a set of practice notes to provide guidelines to the operators of public transport facilities on the management of the air quality inside these facilities. The operation of the IAQ Information Centre will cost $0.725M in 2003-04. The rest of the workload of this programme will be absorbed by the existing staff. Signature Name in block letters ROBERT J. S. LAW Post Title Director of Environmental Protection Date 19 March 2003
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