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"WHEEL WASHING AND VEHICLE CLEANSING FACILITIES WILL HELP TO KEEP ROADS CLEAN AND REDUCE ODOUR FROM DELIVERY VEHICLES. H
MR CHAMBERS ALSO ASSURED MEMBERS THAT ALL PRACTICABLE STEPS WOULD BE TAKEN TO CONTROL NOISE CAUSED BY VEHICLES TRAVELLING TO AND FROM THE FACILITIES.
"NEW ACCESS ROADS WITH NOISE BARRIERS WILL BE BUILT TO SERVICE THE LANDFILLS AND RESTRICTIONS WILL BE PLACED ON HOURS OF OPERATION," HE SAID.
"WITH THE EXCEPTION OF SOME LOCAL WASTE COMING DIRECT IN REFUSE COLLECTION VEHICLES, ALL WASTE WILL BE CONTAINERISED.
"MOREOVER, HALF OF THE DAILY INTAKE OF WENT WILL BE BY SEA, THUS REDUCING OVERALL VEHICLE MOVEMENTS.'
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MR CHAMBERS SAID IT WAS NOT PROPOSED AT THIS STAGE TO INTRODUCE A SPECIAL CODE OF PRACTICE FOR LANDFILL
SITES, ALTHOUGH] PROVISION EXISTED UNDER THE WASTE DISPOSAL ORDINANCE TO PUBLISH CODES OF PRACTICE ON ALL ASPECTS OF WASTE MANAGEMENT,
"ENVIRONMENTAL REQUIREMENTS WILL, OF COURSE, BE ENFORCED THROUGH CONTRACT CONDITIONS, HE SAID.
"ALSO, CONSIDERATION IS BEING GIVEN TO THE FUTURE CARRYING OUT ALLOW
OF LANDFILL OPERATIONS BY SPECIALISED CONTRACTORS, WHICH
EVEN GREATER CONTROL TO BE EXERCISED THROUGH PERFORMANCE CONTRACT.
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TRANSPORT STUDY TO DECIDE VIABILITY OF RAIL LINKS
FINDINGS OF THE SECOND COMPREHENSIVE TRANSPORT STUDY WILL HELP DECIDE THE RAIL LINKS BETWEEN THE NORTHWEST NEW TERRITORIES AND THE URBAN AREA, THE SECRETARY FOR TRANSPORT, THE HON MICHAEL LEUNG, TOLD THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL TODAY (WEDNESDAY).
IN A WRITTEN REPLY TO A QUESTION BY THE HON TAI CHIN-WAI, MR LEUNG SAID UNTIL THE FINDINGS OF THE SECOND COMPREHENSIVE TRANSPORT STUDY WERE KNOWN, THE GOVERNMENT WOULD NOT BE IN A POSITION TO TAKE A FIRM VIEW AS TO WHETHER ANY EXTENSION OF THE LIGHT RAIL TRANSIT ΤΟ THE URBAN AREA WOULD BE VIABLE OR WHICH WOULD BE THE PREFERRED ALIGNMENT.
/THE KOWLOON-CANTON