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Question No. 6-
Sources of
water pollution
REPLY BY THE SECRETARY FOR HEALTH & WELFARE
TO A QUESTION ASKED BY THE HON. LIU IT FOR
IN THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL ON WEDNESDAY, 9 MARCH 1988
6. MR. LIU asked (in Cantonese):
Question: On 9 July 1986 in reply to my question in this
Council concerning the heavily polluted Wong Chuk Hang Nullah in the Southern District the Secretary for Health and Welfare stated that the Environmental Protection Department would undertake studies to examine the sources of pollution and to identify ways of improving the situation. Will Government inform this Council whether these studies, particularly the one relating to the Wong Chuk Hang Nullah, have been completed and what their findings are?
SECRETARY FOR HEALTH AND WELFARE:
le
sir,
several large scale studies of the sources of
water pollution in urban areas have been carried out by the
Environmental Protection Department since it was established
in April 1986. A survey of pollution sources in the
catchment area of the Wong Chuk Hang Nullah was undertaken
during July and August 1987 and the findings were reported
to the Environment Committee of the Southern District Board
in January this year.
During the survey, 1,373 factories were inspected
of which 34 were found to produce polluting effluents. Twelve of these factories were discharging directly into
stormwater drains which flow into the nullah thus causing
serious pollution of the nullah.
Warning letters have been