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Following is a transcript of remarks by the Secretary for the Environment, Mr Wong Kam-sing, after attending the meeting of the Legislative Council Panel on Environmental Affairs today (July 4):
Reporter: Secretary, do you think that you have let down legislators when you did not convey a blueprint or your plan over the next five years?
Secretary for the Environment: I think the Councillors are giving very fair comments. They do have high expectations about how Hong Kong's environmental conservation can be progressed in a more solid and speedy way, but to be sympathetic I am new here, and this is my second working day. I have to work with my colleagues in the Bureau and the Department and to work out all the details. Certainly I have my aspirations about all these, but I have to work out a practical, workable plan, so that I think it takes time to work out all the details and the roadmap. As mentioned earlier, we have a few months at least before the policy address to work out the Hong Kong green city blueprint, so let's have more time to think about that in detail.
(Please also refer to the Chinese portion of the transcript.)
Ends/Wednesday, July 4, 2012
Issued at HKT 18:46
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