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TUESDAY, MAY 27, 1975
OF THE 3,520 TONS OF REFUSE COLLECTED DAILY IN HONG KONG, ABOUT 2,400 TONS OR 70 PER CENT IS DISPOSED OF THROUGH CONTROLLED TIPPING. AT GIN DRINKER'S BAY, WHICH HAS ONE OF THE HIGHEST DAILY INTAKES IN THE WORLD, SOME 2,300 TONS ARE DUMPED AND TREATED EVERY DAY.
THE UNIT COST OF DUMPING AND COVERING A TON OF REFUSE THROUGH CONTROLLED TIPPING VARIES FROM $5.50 AT GIN DRINKER'S LAY TO $25 AT SHUN WAN, COMPARED WITH OVER $38 BY INCINERATION.
ALTHOUGH CONTROLLED TIPPING HAS BEEN USED IN DRITAIN AND IN THE UNITED STATES FOR MANY YEARS, HONG KONG IS THE FIRST FAR EAST TERRITORY TO ADOPT IT.
REFUSE DISPOSAL EXPERTS FROM OTHER COUNTRIES, SUCH AS THAILAND, AUSTRALIA AND MACAU, HAVE VISITED HONG KONG ON MANY OCCASSIONS TO STUDY THIS NEW METHOD OF TREATING SOLID WASTE.
IN CONTROLLED TIPPING, REFUSE IS SPREAD IN LAYERS AND COMPACTED BY BULLDOZERS TO A THICKNESS OF ADOUT SIX FEET EACH TIME. THIS LAYER IS THEN COMPLETELY COVERED WITH ONE OOT OF INERT SOFT EARTH MATERIAL.
WORK TO SEAL OFF ALL WORKING FACES WITH EARTH IS CARRIED OUT WITHIN 24 HOURS OR AT THE END OF EACH DAY'S WORK SO AS TO PREVENT NOXIOUS SMELLS AND CONTROL VERMIN AS WELL AS TO ELIMINATE HEALTH AND FIRE HAZARDS.
PLB TRAFFIC ARRANGEMENTS IN KWAI CHUNG
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TWO ROAD SECTIONS IN KWAI CHUNG IN THE NEW TERRITORIES WILL BE CLOSED TO PUBLIC LIGHT BUSES FROM FRIDAY (MAY 30) IN AN EFFORT TO IMPROVE TRAFFIC FLOW IN THE AREA.
FROM 7 A.M. TO 9 P.M. DAILY, PLB'S WILL NOT BE ALLOWED TO PICK UP OR SET DOWN PASSENGERS ALONG THE SECTION OF TAI LIN PAI ROAD BETWEEN KWAI CHUNG ROAD AND A POINT ABOUT 50 METRES EAST OF KWAI CHUNG ROAD. THE SECTION OF KWAI FOO ROAD STRETCHING 50 METRES WESTWARD FROM KWAI CHUNG ROAD WILL SIMILARLY BE CLOSED TO PLB'S.
TRAFFIC SIGNS HAVE BEEN PUT UP TO GUIDE PUBLIC LIGHT BUS
DRIVERS.
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