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Calls to ramp up manpower to prevent illegal dumping in new Hong Kong waste-charge plan

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Green groups and a union for environmental protection ­workers have urged the government to set up a designated office with up to 1,000 staff to boost enforcement of laws on the dumping of waste. The call came before a Legislative Council meeting on Monday to discuss plans for new waste disposal charges in which the city’s households will have to pay about HK$33 to HK$51 monthly. The group also argued against the model of one single charge for a whole building hiring private rubbish...

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