WEDNESDAY, MARCH 9, 1988
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HE ADDED THAT IT WAS THE HOUSING AUTHORITY'S LONG-TERM OBJECTIVE THAT HOS OWNERS SHOULD EVENTUALLY TAKE OVER RESPONSIBILITY
A FOR THEIR OWN MANAGEMENT. THE PILOT SCHEME WAS INTENDED TO BE IN THAT DIRECTION.
HAD A
STEP
MR SAUNDERS SAID A CRITERION FOR SELECTING PRIVATE MANAGEMENT COMPANIES FOR HOS COURTS WAS THAT A COMPANY MUST HAVE
MINIMUM OF FIVE YEARS' EXPERIENCE IN PROPERTY MANAGEMENT.
IT MUST ALSO HAVE UNDER ITS MANAGEMENT PROPERTIES, INCLUDING AT LEAST ONE THAN 500 UNITS.
RESIDENTIAL
2,000 ESTATE OF
MORE OR NO FEWER
STUDIES MADE ON URBAN WATER POLLUTION
SEVERAL LARGE SCALE STUDIES OF THE SOURCES OF WATER POLLUTION IN URBAN AREAS HAVE BEEN CARRIED OUT BY THE ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION DEPARTMENT SINCE IT WAS ESTABLISHED IN APRIL 1986, THE SECRETARY FOR HEALTH AND WELFARE, THE HON JOHN CHAMBERS, TOLD THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL TODAY (WEDNESDAY).
HE SAID A SURVEY OF POLLUTION SOURCES IN THE CATCHMENT AREA OF THE WONG CHUK HANG NULLAH WAS UNDERTAKEN DURING JULY AND AUGUST LAST. YEAR AND THE FINDINGS WERE REPORTED TO THE ENVIRONMENT COMMITTEE THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT BOARD IN JANUARY.
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MR CHAMBERS, WHO WAS REPLYING TO A QUESTION FROM THE HON LIU LIT-FOR, SAID THAT DURING THE SURVEY, 1,373 FACTORIES WERE INSPECTED AND 34 WERE FOUND TO PRODUCE POLLUTING EFFLUENTS,
"TWELVE OF THESE FACTORIES WERE DISCHARGING DIRECTLY INTO STORMWATER DRAINS WHICH FLOW INTO THE NULLAH THUS CAUSING SERIOUS POLLUTION OF THE NULLAH, HE SAID.
"WARNING LETTERS HAVE BEEN SENT TO THESE OFFENDERS REQUIRING THEM TO DISCHARGE THE EFFLUENTS TO FOUL SEWERS.
"THEY HAVE ALSO BEEN ADVISED TO APPOINT AUTHORISED PERSONS DESIGN AND SUPERVISE THE NECESSARY DRAINAGE CONSTRUCTION WORKS.
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MR CHAMBERS SAID THAT IN ADDITION TO INDUSTRIAL POLLUTION, THE NULLAH ALSO RECEIVED FROM THE SQUATTER VILLAGES OF YAU SHEUNG CHUEN, WONG CHUK HANG PATH VILLAGE AND SUN WAI CHURN, THE DOMESTIC SEWAGE OF ABOUT 4,000 PEOPLE AND LIVESTOCK WASTE FROM SEVERAL PIG FARMS.
LIVESTOCK KEEPING WOULD BE BANNED ON HONG KONO ISLAND AFTER JUNE 24 THIS YEAR WHEN THE AREA BECAME A PROHIBITION AREA UNDER THE WASTE DISPOSAL (AMENDMENT) ORDINANCE 1987.
BY
"THE RAW SEWAGE FROM THE SQUATTER POPULATION WILL BE CONTROLLED EITHER BY THE PROVISION OF SEWERAGE FACILITIES OR SQUATTER CLEARANCE WHICH IS SCHEDULED TO BEGIN IN YAU SHEUNG CHUEN JUNE, HE ADDED.
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