CHINA LIGHT AND POWER COMPANY'S POINTS
CONFIDENTIAL
GOVERNMENT'S POINTS
Site
Formation & Construction
Sea Access
Cooling Water
Transmission
Land Access
Operational
General Planning
Air Pollution
Sea Pollution
1. WAN
TSAI
The most ex- pensive site for formation.
Good.
Good.
Good; over- head all the way.
Fair, probe- bly considera ble extra road construc tion.
Adequate.
2. TAP
SHEK KOK
Good land
formation,
but very expensive pier (PVD reckon 1000' pier to 8 fathoms with dolphins $50-100 m).
Not good.
markers re-
Very poor;
Adequate.
necessitates
Dredging and certainly
quired.
Means loSS
of 39 lay- off berths
revenue.
extra ex-
pense on tubing and acceptance of higher risk of breakdown.
ANNEX B
Other Points
Bad. Power Doubtful. station incon
Aerial emiss- ions will
sistent with
surrounding
blow over NT
Country Parks, including Sha
Tin and
direct catch-
ments.
(CLP dis- agrees).
Doubtful.
Little current for dispersion some ecologi-
cal effects in Mirs Bay.
(CLP disagrees)
Required for fill for Sha Tin development.
Good; road will be built by about 1980, possibility of railway for coal.
Good; other than cool- ing system risks.
Good; area earmarked for heavy indus- try.
Good; pre- vailing winds will carry emissions to
sea.
(CLP says might affect Tuen Mun).
Good; strong currents for dispersion, but water dis- turbance by CLP might increase silt at desalter.
Allocation to CLP meens loss of valuable land for heavy industry.
3. TAI
TSING CHAU
(NORTH LANTAU)
Good. Pier
probably not too diffi- cult.
Adequate for large ships.
Probably foir; good currents.
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Very diffi- cult, $200 m tunnel und er sea required for tranS- mission.
Nil, unless Lantau
bridge built. (CLP does not however con- sider that lack of land access will make con1S- truction difficult).
Very diffi-
Good; land
cult, because reserved for
of sea cross-heavy
ings for
industry.
staff (unless
Lantau bridge built).
Good; most unlikely to have signi- ficant effect on Chek Lap Kok airport site.
Good, because of strong currents.
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