THURSDAY, JANUARY 13, 1983
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ON ARRIVAL AT THE LATTER THE COAL IS PACKED TIGHT TO PREVENT DUST EMISSIONS, THE TOP SURFACE OF THE PILE BEING WATERED AS NECESSARY. DESPITE THE DRY, WINDY CONDITIONS PREVAILING, AND THE WORK IN PROGRESS ON THE STOCKPILES, THERE WAS NO EVIDENCE OF DUST HAZARD.
THE COMPANY HAS BUILT ITS OWN SEWAGE AND EFFLUENT TREATMENT PLANT AND MONITORS THE DISCHARGE FROM THIS AND FROM THE COOLING-WATER USED IN THE POWER STATION IN ORDER TO CHECK THE EFFECTS UPON THE MARINE ENVIRONMENT. RESULTS WILL BE SUBMITTED TO THE ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY.
OVERALL, IT WAS CLEAR TO EPCOM MEMBERS THAT THE CONTROL MEASURES ADOPTED AT THE HEC POWER STATION PLACED THE PLANT AT THE FOREFRONT OF INDUSTRIAL POLLUTION CONTROL IN HONG KONG.
WHILE THE SIZE OF THE OPERATION, AND ITS POTENTIAL FOR POLLUTION SHOULD THINGS GO WRONG, NECESSITATED CONTINUED VIGILANCE BY EPCOM AND THE GOVERNMENT, MEMBERS CONCLUDED FROM THE DAY'S INSPECTION AND DISCUSSIONS THAT THE CORRECT, PROFESSIONAL APPROACH AND PROPER LEVEL OF INVESTMENT IN POLLUTION CONTROL WAS BEING ADOPTED BY THE COMPANY.
HONG KONG'S TRANSPORT SYSTEM IN PROFILE *****
RAILWAYS SHOULD PROVIDE THE BACKBONE OF HONG KONG'S TRANSPORT SYSTEMS AND THE SPINE+ FOR MOVEMENT IN THE MAJOR CORRIDORS OF DEVELOPMENT.
THIS WAS STATED BY THE NEW TERRITORIES REGIONAL ASSISTANT COMMISSIONER FOR TRANSPORT, MR RICHARD SCURF IELD AT THE SOUTH ISLAND ROTARY CLUB LUNCHEON MEETING TODAY (THURSDAY).
MR SCURFIELD POINTED OUT THAT TWO LINES OF THE MTR WERE NOW OPERATING AND A THIRD WAS BEING CONSTRUCTED ALONG THE NORTH SHORE OF THE ISLAND.
IN ADDITION, ELECTRIFIED SERVICES WILL SOON BE IN OPERATION ALONG THE WHOLE KOWLOON-CANTON RAILWAY.
HE SAID THAT IN NOVEMBER 1982, THE KCR CARRIED AN AVERAGE OF 80 000 PASSENGERS PER DAY WHILE THE MTR CARRIED ABOUT 1.15 MILLION OUT OF A TOTAL AVERAGE DAILY PUBLIC TRANSPORT PATRONAGE OF THE TERRITORY OF 8.3 MILLION.
+ IF RAILWAYS ARE THE BACKBONE OF OUR TRANSPORT SYSTEM, BUSES ARE THE BULK CARRIER, MR SCURFIELD STRESSED.
IN THIS CONTEXT, HE REVEALED THAT BOTH KMB AND CMB CARRIED A TOTAL AVERAGE OF 3.6 MILLION PASSENGERS PER DAY THREE TIMES CARRIED BY THE RAIL SYSTEMS.
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