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FRIDAY, JUNE 6, 1986
TO REDUCE THE RAINWATER INFILTRATION AND LEACHATE GENERATION, THE CONSULTANTS ADVOCATE A CELLULAR METHOD OF WASTE DEPOSITION IN A NUMBER OF DISCRETE OPERATIONAL PHASES AND THE PHASED RESTORATION OF EACH TIPPING PHASE, SUCH A METHOD WOULD ALSO PROVIDE ADEQUATE DEPTHS OF UNSATURATED SOLID WASTE FOR THD WASTE ATTENUATION WITHIN A SHORT TIME FRAME.
ON-SITE MONITORING WOULD INCLUDE GAS AND LEACHATE ANALYSIS, TEMPERATURE AND SETTLEMENT MEASUREMENT. METEOROLOGICAL DATA COLLECTION AND LEACHATE LEVEL MEASUREMENT WOULD ALSO PROVIDE INFORMATION FOR PREDICTING FUTURE LEACHATE PRODUCTION USING WATER BALANCE CALCULATION TECHNIQUES.
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TO PROVIDE EVIDENCE THAT THERE WERE NO ADVERSE POLLUTION EFFECTS AS A CONSEQUENCE OF PREVIOUS DISPOSAL OPERATIONS, POST-OPERATION SITE MONITORING BY THE ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION DEPARTMENT WOULD ALSO BE REQUIRED FOR MANY YEARS BEYOND THE ACTIVE LIFE OF THE SITE.
THE REPORT IS BEING CIRCULATED TO OTHER GOVERNMENT DEPARTMENTS FOR CONSULTATION.
STUDENTS GETTING TO KNOW THEIR DISTRICT *****
MORE THAN 500 STUDENTS IN WONG TAI SIN WILL BE OUT AND ABOUT IN THE STREETS OF THE DISTRICT TOMORROW (SATURDAY) MORNING FINDING THEIR WAY TO VARIOUS COMMUNITY FACILITIES.
THE STUDENTS WILL BE PARTICIPATING IN A CIVIC EDUCATION URBAN ORIENTEERING COMPETITION ORGANISED BY THE DISTRICT'S SCHOOL LIAISON COMMITTEE AND SPONSORED BY THE WONG TAI SIN DISTRICT BOARD.
ABOUT 160 TEAMS, EACH CONSISTING OF AT LEAST THREE MEMBERS, HAVE REGISTERED TO TAKE PART. THEY ARE REQUIRED TO VISIT AS MANY DISTRICT COMMUNITY ESTABLISHMENTS AS POSSIBLE WITHIN TWO HOURS.
THE ESTABLISHMENTS WILL INCLUDE COMMUNITY CENTRES, HOSPITALS, LIBRARIES, OFFICES OF THE CONSUMER COUNCIL, ICAC OFFICE, AND THE DISTRICT OFFICE.
+ THE SCHOOL LIAISON COMMITTEE HOPES THAT AFTER PARTICIPATING IN THE COMPETITION THE STUDENTS WILL HAVE A BETTER UNDERSTANDING OF THE DISTRICT AND AN INCREASED CIVIC KNOWLEDGE,+ A SPOKESMAN FOR THE COMMITTEE SAID.
/A CEREMONY