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WEDNESDAY, JULY 23, 1986
THE DIRECTOR OF EDUCATION WHO HAD THE DISCRETION TO ANNOUNCE THE CLOSING OF SCHOOLS AHEAD OF THE HOISTING OF THE NO 8 SIGNAL, WAS ALSO GIVEN ADVANCE NOTICE OF DETERIORATING WEATHER CONDITIONS, MR LIAO SAID.
HE SAID THE DIRECTOR TOOK INTO CONSIDERATION FACTORS SUCH AS THE SAFETY OF PUPILS, TRANSPORT PROBLEMS AND POSSIBLE DISRUPTION OF SCHOOL PROGRAMMES, WHEN DECIDING ON THE SUSPENSION OF CLASSES.
+BECAUSE THE PRIMARY CONCERN OF THE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT IS THE SAFETY OF PUPILS, THE DIRECTOR OF EDUCATION, WHENEVER POSSIBLE, ANNOUNCES THE CLOSING OF SCHOOLS EITHER AT 6.15 AM OR AT 11 AM TO INFORM PUPILS ATTENDING THE MORNING AND AFTERNOON SESSIONS BEFORE THEY LEAVE HOME,+ MR LIAO ADDED.
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INCINERATORS TO BE PHASED OUT ****
PLANS ARE IN HAND FOR HAVING MUNICIPAL WASTE DISPOSED OF AT NEW LANDFILL SITES, OR CONTROLLED TIPS, INSTEAD OF THE KENNEDY TOWN INCINERATOR STATION BY 1991-92, THE SECRETARY FOR HEALTH AND WELFARE THE HON NIGEL SHIPMAN, SAID IN THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL TODAY (WEDNESDAY).
REPLYING TO A QUESTION BY THE HON LIU LIT-FOR, MR SHIPMAN SAID THE GOVERNMENT'S LONG-TERM STRATEGY WAS TO MAKE GREATER USE OF THE SANITARY LANDFILL METHOD FOR DISPOSAL OF MUNICIPAL WASTE.
+THIS WILL ENABLE KENNEDY TOWN AND OTHER INCINERATORS TO BE PHASED OUT, + MR SHIPMAN SAID.
+ IN THE MEANTIME, THE WASTE DISPOSAL CAPACITY PROVIDED BY THE KENNEDY TOWN INCINERATOR STATION IS INDISPENSABLE, AND THE GOVERNMENT IS TAKING STEPS TO MAKE THE STATION ENVIRONMENTALLY ACCEPTABLE, AS FAR AS IS PRACTICABLE, HE SAID.
HE NOTED THAT BY THE END OF THIS YEAR, THE WHOLE STATION WOULD HAVE BEEN FITTED WITH ELECTROSTATIC PRECIPITATORS, WHICH WOULD GREATLY IMPROVE THE QUALITY OF THE CHIMNEY EMISSIONS BY REMOVING MOST OF THEIR DUST PARTICLES AND GRIT CONTENT.
MOST INDUSTRIAL AND COMMERCIAL WASTES AND ALL TOXIC OR HAZARDOUS WASTES WERE NOT ACCEPTED FOR DISPOSAL IN THE INCINERATOR TO ENSURE THAT NO HARMFUL QUANTITIES OF TOXIC OR HAZARDOUS GAS WERE GENERATED.
/+RANDOM MONITORING