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THURSDAY, APRIL 27, 1989
BY RESIDENTS REASSESSMENT
IN 1988 BECAUSE OF THE GROWING CONCERN EXPRESSED ABOUT THE OVERALL SAFETY OF PHI'S LOCATED ON TSING YI, A STUDY WAS COMMISSIONED BY THE GAS SAFETY OFFICE OF THE ELECTRICAL MECHANICAL SERVICES DEPARTMENT TO
AND RE-EXAMINE AND ASSOCIATED PLANNING CONSIDERATIONS FOR THE ISLAND AS A WHOLE.
THE POTENTIAL HAZARDS
THE STUDY CENTRED ON THREE MAJOR ISSUES:
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THE OFFSITE RISKS POSED BY INDIVIDUAL RESIDENTS IMMEDIATELY ADJACENT TO THEM;
THE CUMULATIVE RISK OF THE PHI'S; AND
THE RISKS POSED BY THE TRANSPORTATION SUBSTANCES BY ROAD THROUGH THE ISLAND.
PHI’S TO THE
OF DANGEROUS
WITH THE RISKS OF ALL THE EITHER MEET THE WITH IMPROVEMENTS
THE RESULTS OF THE REASSESSMENT STUDY INDICATED THAT EXCEPTION OF MOBIL AND HONG KONG OIL, THE OFFSITE OTHER EIGHT INSTALLATIONS ON THE ISLAND CAN REQUIREMENTS OF THE 1988 GUIDELINES OR COULD DO SO TO THEIR SAFETY MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS.
RISKS ARE NOT REMEDIAL MEASURES APPROPRIATE, THESE CAN BR CONDITIONS UNDER THE
THE OPERATORS OF THOSE INSTALLATIONS WHOSE WITHIN THE GUIDELINES WILL BE ASKED TO ADOPT THE AS RECOMMENDED BY THE CONSULTANTS, WHERE IMPOSED UPON THE OPERATORS AS LICENSING DANGEROUS GOODS ORDINANCE.
IF EXISTING LEGISLATION
SAFE
ASPECT OF
AFETY MANAGEMENT, CONSIDERATION ADDITIONAL LEGISLATION,
WAS INADEQUATE
TO
IMPLEMENT THIS
WOULD
BE GIVEN
ΤΟ
OF TSING OF TSING Y1,
AS REGARDS THE CUMULATEAST AND WEST SIDES PHI SITES ON THE SOUTH, SOUTH-EAST AND WEST SIDES CONSULTANTS HAD ADVISED IT WOULD BE NEGLIGIBLE TO THE MAIN AREAS CONCEN A HIGH MOUNTAIN RIDGE. PROTECTED BYA A HIGH MOUNTAIN RIDGE.
THE MOUNTAIN RIDGE ACTS AS A
NATURAL
YI,
THE
THE
POPULATION
RESIDENTIAL POPULATION IN THE NORTH AND EAST FROM
BARRIER SEPARATING THE SOUTH AND WEST SIDES OF
THE PHIS ON THE TAKEN STEPS IN 1988 TO PROTECT THE INTEGRITY OF THE RIDGE LINE.
ADMINISTRATION HAS ALREADY
TSING YI. THE
ON TRANSPORT RISKS, THE CONSULTANTS POINTED
THAT SUCH RISKS
WIDELY RECOGNISED
OUT THAT IT WORLD-WIDE
WAS CONTROLLED AS THOSE FROM FIXED SITES, AND THAT THE TRANSPORT
WERE NOT SO WELL LPG WAS GENERALLY SAFER THAN NORMAL DANGEROUS GOODS TRANSPORT.
OF BULK
REMEDIAL RESTRICTING
TRANSPORT
NEVERTHELESS, THE CONSULTANTS HAVE
MEASURES то REDUCE TRANSPORT
AND IMPROVING THE ROUTEING OF CONTROL, AND IMPROVEMENTS IN TECHNICAL MEASURES.
SUGGESTED A NUMBER OF RISKS. THESE INCLUDE LPG VEHICLES, TIGHTER
EMERGENCY PROCEDURES AND
/A PILOT