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MONDAY, MARCH 19, 1979
REFUSE COMPOSTING PLANT NEARING COMPLETION
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HONG KONG'S FIRST REFUSE COMPOSTING PLANT, NOW UNDER CONSTRUCTION IN CHAIWAN, WILL BE READY IN ABOUT THREE MONTHS.
WORK ON THE STOCK PILE BUILDING, WHERE COMPOST WILL BE STORED, HAS BEEN COMPLETED AND MACHINERY, INCLUDING CONVEYOR BELTS AND A GRAB, IS BEING INSTALLED.
MR. DAVID STEAD, PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT'S DIRECTOR OF ENGINEERING DEVELOPMENT, WHO VISITED THE SITE TODAY (MONDAY), SAID THE NEW PLANT REPRESENTED A MAJOR STEP IN THE DEPARTMENT'S EFFORTS TO DEVELOP BETTER AND MORE ENVIRONMENTALLY ACCEPTABLE MEANS OF DISPOSING REFUSE.
HE SAID THE COMPOSTING PROCESS INVOLVED THE TREATMENT OF SOLID WASTE THROUGH GRADUAL DECOMPOSITION INTO HYGIENICALLY SAFE, INERT AND INOFFENSIVE MATERIAL.
+THIS METHOD DOES NOT PRODUCE ANY ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION AND THE COMPOSTED WASTES MAY BE USED AS INTERMEDIATE AND FINAL COVER MATERIAL IN CONTROLLED TIPPING, HE ADDED.
AMONG OTHER PWD PROJECTS VISITED TODAY WERE THE SECOND PASSENGER FERRY PIER AT NORTH POINT AND THE WONG NAI CHUNG GAP ROAD-STUBBS ROAD FLYOVER.
THE FERRY PIER, COSTING $10.5 MILLION, WILL BE COMPLETED TOWARDS THE END OF THE YEAR WHILE THE $55 MILLION FLYOVER IS EXPECTED TO TAKE ANOTHER 15 MONTHS TO COMPLETE.
SALE OF TWO LAND LOTS POSTPONED
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THE CROWN LANDS AND SURVEY OFFICE OF THE PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT ANNOUNCED TODAY (MONDAY) THAT THE SALE OF TWO LOTS SCHEDULED TO TAKE PLACE ON THURSDAY HAS BEEN POSTPONED.
THEY ARE AT SHEK O, HONG KONG, AND 136 WATERLOO ROAD AND
1 CAMBRIDGE ROAD, KOWLOON, RESPECTIVELY.
A SPOKESMAN FOR THE CROWN LANDS AND SURVEY OFFICE SAID THESE LOTS WOULD BE PUT UP FOR SALE AGAIN AT A LATER DATE TO BE PUBLISHED.
THE SALE OF THE REMAINING THREE LOTS WILL TAKE PLACE
AS PREVIOUSLY ANNOUNCED, HE ADDED.
THE OTHER THREE SITES ARE LOCATED OFF SUN SING STREET. + SHAU KE! WAN, 15-21 LA SALLE ROAD, AND SZE SHAN STREET, YAU TONG.
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