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TUESDAY, OCTOBER 17, 1978
KWAI CHUNG INCINERATOR READY
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THE NEW KWAI CHUNG INCINERATION PLANT, HONG KONG'S MOST EFFICIENT MEANS OF WASTE DISPOSAL, IS NOW READY FOR OPERATION.
THE $154 MILLION PLANT, WITH A TOWERING 150-METRE-HIGH CHIMNEY, HAS BEEN DESIGNED TO DISPOSE OF 1,200 TONNES OF REFUSE A DAY AT PEAK CAPACITY.
SPEAKING AT THE OPENING CEREMONY OF THE PLANT TODAY, LEGISLATIVE COUNCILLOR, MR. ROGER LOBO, SAID THAT THE COMPLETION OF THE PLANT REPRESENTED YET ANOTHER MILESTONE IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF FACILITIES FOR WASTE DISPOSAL IN HONG KONG.
COMPLIMENTING ALL THOSE INVOLVED IN THE PLANNING AND CONSTRUCTION OF THE PLANT, MR. LOBO SAID THERE WAS A NEED FOR EVERYONE TO PLAY A PART IN IMPROVING THE QUALITY OF LIFE IN HONG KONG, WHICH INCLUDED AMONG OTHER THINGS, AND NO LESS IMPORTANT, PUBLIC HEALTH.
+THIS, HE SAID, IS CLOSELY ASSOCIATED WITH THE NEED TO MAINTAIN OUR ENVIRONMENT CLEAN AND FREE OF REFUSE AND RUBBISH.
+WHILST WE HAVE YET TO ENJOY IMPROVED PUBLIC AWARENESS AND CO-OPERATION IN DEALING WITH THE EVER INCREASING WASTE THAT SOCIETY DISCARDS, A PROBLEM WHICH IS WORLDWIDE TODAY, IT IS REASSURING TO LEARN THAT THE MEASURES WE ARE ADOPTING COMPARE VERY FAVOURABLY WITH THE MODERN METHODS EMPLOYED ELSEWHERE.+
ALSO SPEAKING AT THE CEREMONY, THE DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC WORKS. MR. DAVID MCDONALD, SAID THAT INCINERATION OF REFUSE WAS NOW A WELL ESTABLISHED PROCESS PROVIDING AN EFFICIENT MEANS OF DISPOSAL.
+THIS INCINERATOR IS THE FOURTH IN A SERIES OF PLANTS CONSTRUCTED IN HONG KONG SINCE 1967, HE SAID.
+TODAY'S CEREMONY MARKS THE COMPLETION OF THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE PLANT, AND INITIATES THE LONG PERIOD OF OPERATION DURING THE EARLY PART OF 1979, HE ADDED.
THE URBAN SERVICES DEPARTMENT NOW COLLECTS SOME 2,700 METRIC TONNES OF REFUSE EACH DAY AND THIS LOAD, ALONG WITH DELIVERIES FROM THE COMMERCIAL AND PRIVATE SECTORS, MAKE IT NECESSARY FOR THE PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT TO PROVIDE DAILY DISPOSAL FACILITIES FOR WELL OVER 4,000 METRIC TONNES OF REFUSE - A FIGURE ANTICIPATED TO DOUBLE BY 1984.
/THE KWAI
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