THURSDAY, DECEMBER 8, 1977
$16M COMPOSTING PLANT FOR CHAI WAN
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THE PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT TODAY LET A $16 MILLION CONTRACT FOR THE BUILDING OF HONG KONG'S FIRST COMPOSTING PLANT IN CHAI WAN.
THE CONTRACT COVERS FOUNDATIONS AND SUPERSTRUCTURE WORKS AS WELL AS THE CONSTRUCTION OF A TWO-STOREY ADMINISTRATION OFFICE. WORKSHOP AND STORE BUILDING, AND COMPOST STOCK-PILING AREA TOGETHER WITH ANCILLARY ROAD AND DRAINAGE WORKS. IT WAS AWARDED TO KUMAGA |- GUMI CO. LTD.
MR. K.C. WONG, CHIEF ENGINEER OF THE CONSULTANTS MANAGEMENT DIVISION OF THE P.W.D.'S GIVIL ENGINEERING OFFICE, SAID TODAY THAT THE NEW PLANT WHEN FULLY OPERATIONAL AT THE END OF 1978, WOULD INITIALLY BE CAPABLE OF DISPOSING OF 240 TONNES OF FACTORY AND DOMESTIC REFUSE A DAY.
THE COMPOSTING PLANT WILL OCCUPY AN AREA OF ABOUT 9,300 SQUARE METRES ON RECLAIMED LAND AT SUN YIP STREET OFF CHAI WAN ROAD.
MR. WONG SAID THAT THE NEW PLANT REPRESENTED A MAJOR STEP IN THE P.W.D.'S EFFORTS TO DEVELOP BETTER AND MORE ENVIRONMENTALLY ACCEPTABLE MEANS OF DISPOSING OF REFUSE.
+ THE MECHANISED COMPOSTING PROCESS IS A RELATIVELY NEW SYSTEM OF REFUSE DISPOSAL WHICH IS BECOMING MORE WIDELY USED IN ADVANCED COUNTRIES AND FOR THE FIRST TIME IS BEING INTRODUCED IN HONG KONG,+ HE SAID.
+ IT WILL SUBSTANTIALLY BOOST OUR PRESENT FACILITIES AND ALONG WITH THE EXISTING INCINERATOR AT KENNEDY TOWN, WILL ENABLE US TO DEAL EFFECTIVELY WITH HONG KONG ISLAND'S REFUSE UNTIL WELL INTO THE '80S.+ MR. WONG SAID.
AT PRESENT, SOME 760 TONNES OF REFUSE ARE COLLECTED EACH DAY ON HONG KONG ISLAND. OF THESE 620 TONNES ARE BURNT AT KENNEDY TOWN INCINERATOR WHILE THE REST IS DUMPED AS FILL AT P.W.D. CONTROLLED TIPS. THE NEW PLANT HAS BEEN DESIGNED TO ACCEPT DOMESTIC, INDUSTRIAL AND COMMERCIAL SOLID WASTE, INCLUDING BULKY REFUSE.
PLANS ARE ALSO IN HAND FOR BUILDING A SECOND PULVERISING AND COMPOSTING PLANT TO BE LOCATED AT SHA TIN.
MR. WONG SAID THAT THE COMPOST PRODUCED AT THESE PLANTS WOULD BASICALLY BE DISPOSED OF AS LAND FILL, BUT SOME MIGHT BE USED AS TOP SOIL FOR RESTORING BORROW AREAS AND QUARRIES AND FOR TURFING,
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