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THURSDAY, JUNE 2, 1988
THESE NOTICES WILL REQUIRE OWNERS OR OCCUPIERS TO BRING THEIR
COMPLIANCE NOISE EMISSIONS INTO A STATE OF
BY A CERTAIN DATE AND NON-COMPLIANCE WILL BE AN OFFENCE.
VARIOUS NEW POWERS ARE INCORPORATED IN THE BILL TO ENABLE THE AS CONTROL OF NOISE FROM INDIVIDUAL ITEMS OF PLANT OR MACHINERY, SUCH
WOULD ONLY ВЕ GENERATORS AND COMPRESSORS, ALTHOUGH THESE PROVISIONS USED WHEN TECHNICAL OR ADMINISTRATIVE DIFFICULTIES MADE OTHER FORMS OF CONTROL INAPPROPRIATE.
TO ENSURE THAT THE PROVISIONS OF THE BILL WILL BE ENFORCED IN A FAIR AND REASONABLE MANNER, AN APPEAL BOARD WILL BE APPOINTED.
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"APPEALS CAN BE MADE AGAINST THE SERVICE OF NOISE ABATEMENT THE REFUSAL ΤΟ ISSUE PILING PERMITS OR AGAINST THE
MR CHAMBERS SAID.
NOTICES, CONDITIONS OF SUCH A PERMIT,
THE PROVISIONS OF THE BILL WILL BE ENFORCED BY A NOISE CONTROL AUTHORITY APPOINTED BY THE GOVERNOR. THE DIRECTOR OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION WILI RE THE AUTHORITY FOR THIS PURPOSE.
EMSD SEWAGE PLANTS HELP CONTROL POLLUTION
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THE GOVERNMENT ATTACHES GREAT IMPORTANCE TO CONTROLLING WATER POLLUTION IN THE TERRITORY, THE GOVERNOR, SIR DAVID WILSON, SAID TODAY (THURSDAY) AT THE END OF A TOUR OF SEWAGE TREATMENT FACILITIES OPERATED BY THE ELECTRICAL AND MECHANICAL SERVICES DEPARTMENT.
DURING THE VISIT, SIR DAVID WAS BRIEFED BY THE DIRECTOR OF FLECTRICAL AND MECHANICAL SERVICES, MR GRAHAM OSBORNE, ON THE WORKINGS OF THE SHA TIN SEWAGE TREATMENT PLANT AND PUMPING STATION AS WELL AS THE RECENTLY-COMPLETED WAN CHAI (WEST) SEWAGE SCREENING PLANT.
HE WAS TOLD THAT 27 SEWAGE TREATMENT PLANTS AND SEWAGE PUMPING STATIONS ARE NOW UNDER VARIOUS STAGES OF PLANNING AND CONSTRUCTION AT A TOTAL COST OF $3,000 MILLION.
THE NEW FACILITIES, MOST OF WHICH ARE EXPECTED TO BE PUT INTO OPERATION WITHIN THE NEXT THREE YEARS, WILL GREATLY IMPROVE THE QUALITY OF TREATED EFFLUENTS BEFORE DISCHARGING THEM INTO THE SEA.
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THE GOVERNOR NOTED WITH INTEREST THE MASSIVE AND INTRICATE UNDERGROUND SEWERAGE SYSTEM AND THE HUGE AMOUNT OF RAW SEWAGE MILLION TONNES DRALT WITH DAILY BY THE TREATMENT WORKS AND PLANTS.
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SIR DAVID WAS TOLD THAT EMSD AT PRESENT OPERATES AROUND THE CLOCK 27 SEWAGE TREATMENT WORKS OF ALL TYPES, 31 SEWAGE PUMPING STATIONS TO FEED THE TREATMENT WORKS AS WELL AS 26 SEPTIC TANKS FOR REMOTE LOCATIONS NOT SERVED BY A SEWERAGE NETWORK.
/SIR DAVID