WEDNESDAY, JUNE 11, 1980
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GAS SUPPLY ARRANGEMENTS TO BE REVIEWED
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ACTION IS NOW IN HAND TO OBTAIN THE SERVICES OF AN APPROPRIATE CONSULTANCY TO ADVISE ON ARRANGEMENTS FOR GAS SUPPLY, INCLUDING ITS DISTRIBUTION IN STREETS AND BUILDINGS AND SAFETY STANDARDS, THE SECRETARY FOR SECURITY, THE HON LEWIS DAVIES SAID TODAY.
IN REPLY TO A QUESTION BY THE HON LYDIA DUNN IN THE LEGISLATION COUNCIL, MR DAVIES SAID THESE MATTERS REQUIRED REVIEW AND HE HOPED THAT CONSULTANTS WOULD BE WORKING ON THESE ISSUES BEFORE THE END OF THIS YEAR.
IN HIS REPLY, MR DAVIES SAID THERE WERE AT PRESENT NO STATUTORY REGULATIONS COVERING THE SUPPLY, INSTALLATION AND OPERATION OF GAS WATER HEATERS IN DOMESTIC PREMISES.
CONTROLLED REFUSE TIPPING PRACTISED WORLDWIDE
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CONTROLLED TIPPING OF REFUSE IS A METHOD OF WASTE DISPOSAL WHICH HAS BEEN PROVEN TO BE ACCEPTABLE AND WHICH IS PRACTISED THROUGHOUT THE WORLD, THE ACTING DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC WORKS, THE HON JACK STEAN, TODAY TOLD THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL.
REPLYING TO A QUESTION BY THE HON WONG LAM, HE SAID CONTROLLED TIPPING IN HONG KONG WAS CARRIED OUT IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE PRINCIPLES ADOPTED ELSEWHERE, THE METHOD BEING, THE SPREADING OF REFUSE IN THIN LAYERS, WHICH ARE THEN COMPACTED TO THE SMALLEST POSSIBLE VOLUME AND COVERED WITH SOIL AT THE END OF EACH WORKING DAY.
+THIS METHOD IS CURRENTLY THE MEANS OF DISPOSING OF ABOUT TWO THIRDS OF HONG KONG'S REFUSE, AND IT IS THE MOST ECONOMICAL OF THE METHODS USED AND ULTIMATELY PRODUCES LAND WHICH CAN BE USED FOR RECREATIONAL PURPOSES, HE SAID.
MR STEAN POINTED OUT THAT CONTROLLED TIPS WERE MONITORED BY THE GOVERNMENT CHEMIST ON A REGULAR BASIS AND WERE CAREFULLY SUPERVISED TO ENSURE THAT ENVIRONMENTALLY THEY REMA I NED ACCEPTABLE.
+THE GOVERNMENT IS ALWAYS ON THE LOOKOUT FOR POSSIBLE IMPROVEMENTS IN THE TECHNIQUE OF CONTROLLED TIPPING SUCH AS THE PRETREATMENT OF REFUSE BY BALING BEFORE CONTROLLED TIPPING, + HE ADDED.
TO THIS END, A PILOT BALING PLANT IS NOW UNDER TRIAL AT SAI TSO WAN.+
MR STEAN SAID THAT PULVERISATION OF REFUSE WAS ALSO BEING CONSIDERED AND A PULVERISER HAD BEEN INSTALLED AT THE CHAI WAN COMPOSTING PLANT, PRIMARILY AS PART OF THE PLANT.
HOWEVER, HE SAID, IT WAS TOO EARLY TO SAY WHAT THE RESULT OF THESE EXPERIMENTAL PROCESSES WOULD BE.
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