SATURDAY, JULY 16, 1983
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POLLUTION-FREE DEVICE FOR CREMATORIUM IN SHA TIN
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FOUR COMPUTERISED CREMATORS, COSTING $4.3 MILLION, WILL BE INSTALLED AT A PUBLIC CREMATORIUM IN SHA TIN WHICH WILL BE READY FOR USE BY AUTUMN NEXT YEAR.
THE BRITISH-MADE, GAS-OPERATED CREMATORS ARE SPECIALLY DESIGNED FOR SMOKE CONTROL AREAS, AND CREMATION PROCEDURES WILL BE REGULATED BY COMPUTERS TO ENSURE SMOKELESS, ODOURLESS AND NOISE-FREE OPERATION.
EACH CREMATOR, WHEN IN FULL OPERATION, CAN HANDLE FOUR CREMATIONS DAILY.
A SHA TIN DISTRICT OFFICE SPOKESMAN SAID TODAY (SATURDAY) THAT HONG KONG WOULD BE THE FIRST IN THE FAR EAST TO USE COMPUTER ISED CREMATORS.
HE SAID CREMATION HAD BECOME VERY POPULAR AND IT WAS GOVERNMENT POLICY TO HAVE A CREMATORIUM IN EACH NEW TOWN.
ASIDE FROM THE FOUR COMPUTERISED CREMATORS, THE CREMATORIUM IN LOWER SHING MUN, ESTIMATED TO COST $25.6 MILLION, WILL ALSO
HAVE TWO CEREMONIAL HALLS, A GARDEN AND A COLUMBAR JÚM.
THE SPOKESMAN SAID THAT THE LOCATION OF THE CREMATORIUM HAD BEEN DECIDED FOLLOWING CLOSE CONSULTATIONS WITH THE LOCAL POPULATION, PARTICULARLY MEMBERS OF THE SHA TIN RURAL COMMITTEE AND THE THEN DISTRICT ADVISORY BOARD.
+EXTENSIVE AMENITY WORKS WILL BE CARRIED OUT TO MAKE THE CREMATORIUM FALL IN LINE WITH THE NATURAL GREEN BELT SKIRTING THE ENTIRE SHA TIN NEW TOWN, HE SAID,
HE SAID THAT THE CREMATORIUM, LOCATED AT LOWER SHING MUN ROAD AND SURROUNDED BY HILL SLOPES AND EMBANKMENT. WOULD HAVE MINIMUM VISUAL IMPACT ON RESIDENTIAL SETTLEMENT IN THE NEW TOWN.
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