TUESDAY, OCTOBER 11, 1977
PWD SETS UP NEW CONTROLLED TIP
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THE PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT IS TO SET UP A NEW CONTROLLED TIP FOR THE DISPOSAL OF REFUSE AT MA YAU TONG IN KWUN TONG.
THIS WILL BRING TO SEVEN THE TOTAL NUMBER OF CONTROLLED TIPS THROUGHOUT HONG KONG.
MR, WONG WAN-MING, ACTING CHIEF ENGINEER OF THE P.W.D.'S DEVELOPMENT AND AIRPORT DIVISION, CIVIL ENGINEERING OFFICE, SAID TODAY THAT SITE PREPARATORY WORK, INCLUDING DRAINAGE AND ROAD WORKS, WOULD BEGIN IN DECEMBER.
+THE TIP IS EXPECTED TO BE READY FOR USE IN OCTOBER NEXT YEAR, AND WILL PROVIDE ANOTHER OUTLET FOR THE DISPOSAL OF THE GROWING AMOUNT OF REFUSE COLLECTED,+ HE SAID.
+WHEN FULLY COMPLETED AND CLOSED, THE TIP WILL PROVIDE MORE THAN SEVEN HECTARES OF NEW LAND.+
ABOUT 5.5 HECTARES OF THE NEW LAND WILL BE USED FOR OPEN SPACE FOR RECREATIONAL AND OTHER SIMILAR PURPOSES. ANOTHER 2.2 HECTARES OF LAND ADJOINING THE TIP WILL BE PROVIDED FOR EDUCATIONAL, INSTITUTIONAL AND COMMUNITY USE.
MR. WONG SAID: THIS IS ONE OF THE ADDED ADVANTAGES IN CONTROLLED TIPPING, BECAUSE NOT ONLY DOES THE SYSTEM PROVIDE FOR AN ECONOMICAL AND SANITARY MEANS OF SOLID WASTE DISPOSAL, BUT IT ALSO ENABLES FULL USE TO BE MADE OF THE SITES FOR THE BENEFIT OF RESIDENTS ONCE THE TIP IS CLOSED AND TOPPED OFF.+
IN CONTROLLED TIPPING, HE EXPLAINED, REFUSE IS SPREAD IN LAYERS AND COMPACTED BY MECHANICAL PLANTS TO A THICKNESS OF ABOUT TWO METRES EACH TIME.
EACH LAYER IS THEN COMPLETELY COVERED WITH INERT MATERIAL SEALING OFF ALL WORKING FACES AT THE END OF EACH DAY'S WORK IN ORDER TO PREVENT FOUL ODOUR AND TO ELIMINATE HEALTH AND FIRE HAZARDS.
THE NEW TIP AT MA YAU TONG, HE SAID, WOULD HAVE A CAPACITY OF 700,000 TONNES AND IS SCHEDULED TO BE CLOSED IN ABOUT TWO YEARS.
THE PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT HAS SO FAR SET UP SIX CONTROLLED TIPS, FOUR IN THE NEW TERRITORIES AND TWO IN KOWLOON.
OF THE SIX, ONE SITUATED AT NGAU TAM MEI IN YUEN LONG HAS BEEN CLOSED. IT PROVIDES 1.1 HECTARES OF LAND FOR RECREATIONAL USE.
THE REMAINING FIVE WHICH ARE BEING DEVELOPED, WILL EVENTUALLY. PROVIDE 23.6 HECTARES OF RECREATIONAL LAND.
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