MONDAY, OCTOBER 24, 1988
EPCOM MAKES RECOMMENDATION ON WATER CONTROL ZONES
COMMITTEE (EPCOM) TODAY
BE
THE ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION ADVISORY (MONDAY) RECOMMENDED THAT ALL REMAINING WATER CONTROL ZONES SHOULD DECLARED WITHIN THE NEXT FIVE YEARS.
THIS WAS IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE GOVERNOR'S THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL ON OCTOBER 12.
ANNUAL ADDRESS TO
ECONOMIC
THE
THE
FOLLOWING A DISCUSSION ON THE RESULTS OF A STUDY TO ASSESS
IMPOSED BY OF CONTROLS EFFECTS ON INDUSTRY IMPLEMENTATION OF THE TOLO WATER CONTROL ZONE, MEMBERS OF EPCOM URGED AS SOON AS THAT FURTHER WATER POSSIBLE.
CONTROL
ZONES
SHOULD
BE
DECLARED
HONG KONG OF FINANCIAL IMPACT INSIGNIFICANT FOR THE ALTHOUGH THE HARBOUR AREA,
THE
DISCHARGES OF INDUSTRIAL
THE RESULTS OF THE STUDY COMPLETED RECENTLY BY THE
THAT THE SHOWED (HKPC) PRODUCTIVITY COUNCIL PRESENT WATER CONTROL MEASURES WAS RELATIVELY MAJORITY
IN OF INDUSTRIES
THE TOLO CONTROLS HAD SIGNIFICANTLY REDUCED EFFLUENT IN THE AREA.
AFFECTED INDUSTRIES LACKED WATER
MEMBERS NOTED FROM THE STUDY THAT TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE IN DESIGNING SYSTEMS TO REDUCE AND PREVENT POLLUTION.
MEMBERS STRONGLY RECOMMENDED THAT RESULTS OF THE HKPC STUDY AND THAT ALL COVERED BY WATER POLLUTION CONTROLS.
SOME
MEMBERS,
REFERRING TO
OMELCO SHOULD ENDORSE THE HONG KONG WATERS SHOULD BE
THE
FOR EXEMPTION
EXISTING AND CALLED
DISCHARGES, ARGUED THAT PRESENT MEASURES WERE INEFFECTIVE FOR AN URGENT REVIEW OF THE WATER POLLUTION CONTROL ORDINANCE.
THE PROGRESS OF THE AT THE MEETING, MEMBERS WERE BRIEFED ON CONSULTANCY STUDY TO DEVELOP A SEWERAGE MASTER PLAN FOR EAST KOWLOON.
THE STUDY SHOWED THAT THE SEWERS IN THE AREA WERE FAR TOO SMALL STORMWATER SEWERS OCCURRED AND THAT ILLEGAL CROSS CONNECTION TO THE IN OVER 50 PER CENT OF THE CASES INVESTIGATED.
A SERIES OF OPTIONS SITUATION,
HAD BEEN
DEVELOPED
FOR
RECTIFYING
THE
TAK
IMPLEMENTATION OF THESE WOULD, AMONG OTHER THINGS, WAY TO SOLVING THE PROBLEM OF THE SMELL FROM THE KAI THE FLOODING WITH SEWAGE OF PAVEMENTS, ALLEYS AND ROADS.
THIS WAS THE FIRST IN A SERIES OF PLANS DESIGNED TO COMPREHENSIVE SEWAGE DISPOSAL SYSTEM THROUGHOUT HONG KONG.
/MEMBERS ALSO
GO A LONG NULLAH AND
DEVELOP
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