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WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 27, 1978
IN ADDITION, THE CHINA LIGHT AND POWER COMPANY STATION, AND OTHER PLANNED DEVELOPMENTS IN THE TAP SHEK KOK AREA WOULD ABSORB MOST OF THE AVAILABLE LAND.
THE SPOKESMAN ADDED THAT A FURTHER OBJECTION TO CONCENTRATING ALL GENERATION AT THE TAP SHEK KOK SITE WAS THE ADVERSE EFFECT ON THE ENVIRONMENT WHICH WOULD BE CAUSED BY THE MASSIVE AMOUNTS OF SULPHUR DIOXIDE, PARTICULATE MATTER AND OXIDES OF NITROGEN WHICH WOULD BE EMITTED IF ALL GENERATORS WERE LOCATED CLOSE TOGETHER.
SUCH A VOLUME OF EMISSIONS WOULD CONSTITUTE A HAZARD TO THE HEALTH OF THE PROJECTED 500,000 INHABITANTS OF TUEN MUN. UNDER SOME METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS, THE EFFECTS WOULD BE MUCH MORE FAR REACHING, ESPECIALLY ON THE VICTORIA HARBOUR AREA,
THERE WAS A FURTHER DANGER, THAT THE EMISSIONS FROM A SINGLE LARGE GENERATING SITE MIGHT COMBINE WITH EXISTING EMISSIONS FROM THE DESALTER, THE TSING YI POWER STATION AND THE INCINERATORS TO PRODUCE A HIGH DEGREE OF AIR POLLUTION AND SMOG IN THE HARBOUR.
THE CHOICE OF A SITE FOR A FURTHER POWER STATION IS VERY LIMITED, THE SPOKESMAN ADDED. ANY SITE ON HONG KONG ISLAND OR KOWLOON WOULD BE RULED OUT ON ENVIRONMENTAL GROUNDS. THE POSSIBILITY OF A REPLACEMENT AIRPORT ELIMINATES NORTH LANTAU THE CLEARWATER BAY AREA IS NOT AVAILABLE BECAUSE OF THE PRESENT AIRPORT AND RECREATIONAL FACILITIES THE EASTERN NEW TERRITORIES IS UNSUITABLE BECAUSE OF THE DEVELOPMENT OF COUNTRY PARKS.
ON THE DRAFT OUTLINE DEVELOPMENT PLAN FOR LAMMA ISLAND, THE NORTHERN PART OF THE ISLAND IS ZONED FOR INDUSTRIAL PURPOSES TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF DEEP WATER ACCESS AVAILABLE TO THIS PART OF THE ISLAND. THE AREA ALREADY CONTAINS CEMENT AND QUARRY WORKS. +THE SITING OF A POWER STATION ON NORTH LAMMA IS COMPATIBLE WITH THE OUTLINE DEVELOPMENT PLAN AND WOULD NOT CONFLICT WITH THE RECREATIONAL USE OF THE SOUTHERN PART OF THE ISLAND, OR WITH THE TWO GAZETTED BEACHES, HE SAID.
HE COMMENTED THAT A POWER STATION ON LAMMA ISLAND WOULD UNAVOIDABLY HAVE AN ADVERSE EFFECT ON THE LANDSCAPE, BUT THIS WAS PREFERABLE TO THE UGL INESS OF THE EXTRA TRANSMISSION LINES WHICH WOULD BE REQUIRED AND THE ADDITIONAL POLLUTION WHICH WOULD BE CAUSED
IF ALL CAPACITY WERE CONCENTRATED AT TAP SHEK KOK.
THE COMPANY AND THE GOVERNMENT WOULD DO WHATEVER POSSIBLE TO MINIMISE THE STATION'S INTRUSION INTO ITS BACKGROUND. A MAJOR ADVANTAGE OF A LAMMA ISLAND POWER STATION WAS THAT CHIMNEY EMISSIONS WOULD BE RELATIVELY EASILY DISPERSED AND SHOULD NOT SERIOUSLY AFFECT EITHER EXISTING OR PLANNED DEVELOPMENT. NOR WOULD THE COUNTRY PARKS BE AFFECTED. DISRUPTION THROUGH CENTRAL AND KENNEDY TOWN WOULD BE AVOIDED SINCE THE TRANSMISSION NETWORK FROM LAMMA ISLAND WOULD CLOSELY FOLLOW HONG KONG ELECTRIC COMPANY'S NETWORK FROM AP LEI CHAU.
/+THE GOVERNMENT.