HONG KONG LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL
19 July 1989
香港立法局
一九八九年七月十九日
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(i) Mobil adopted a package of design and operational measures to
reduce the risk level;
(ii) improvements were made in the pumping system of the LPG
spheres to provide better fire protection;
(iii) Mobil decommissioned one 300 tonnes sphere; and
(iv) workers at Mobil were given extensive training on the safe
operation of the terminal.
(c) A number of measures were taken to improve the infrastructure of Tsing
Yi:
(i) the ring road system was completed in 1984 with the construction of Tsing Yi Road West (Road TY1) for easy circulation of emergency vehicles. The road networks were further improved with the completion of Liu To Bridge, Road TY5 and Fung Shue Wo Road in 1987, and Road TY4 in 1988;
(ii) the construction of Tsing Yi North Bridge was completed in November 1987, with approach roads linking Tsing Yi to the mainland, thereby taking a larger part of the passenger load off Tsing Yi South Bridge, which is the bridge nearest to most of the petroleum installations; and
(iii) the construction of the Tsing Yi South fresh water service reservoir
in Area 19 was completed in 1985; this serves to reinforce the piped water supply to industrial installations beyond the power station and improve the pressure in the mains in the area to a more satisfactory level.
(d) On land use planning, consultation zones have been defined for each hazardous installation within which other new developments are constrained. Government has also decided that in future commercial/ residential development in Tsing Yi will be confined to the north and eastern part of the island, which is protected from the potentially hazardous installations (PHIS) on the south and the west shores of the island by the mountain ridge. Plans are also in hand to relocate two oil depots, that is, Mobil and China Resources Company (CRC) Nga Ying Chau away from the north and east shores.
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