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MONDAY, OCTOBER 30, 1989
ADMISSION TO MOST OF THE FESTIVAL 'S ACTIVITIES ARE FREE OF CHARGE. FREE ADMISSION TICKETS AND PROGRAMME LEAFLETS ARE NOW AVAILABLE AT THE WONG TAI SIN DISTRICT OFFICE AND ITS SUB-OFFICES, WHILE TICKETS FOR SALE CAN BE OBTAINED FROM URBTIX OUTLETS.
SIN DISTRICT FESTIVAL
HAS BEEN JOINTLY
THE 1989 WONG ΤΑΙ ORGANISED BY THE WONG TAI SIN DISTRICT BOARD, THE CITY AND NEW TERRITORIES ADMINISTRATION, THE URBAN COUNCIL, THE WONG TAI SIN DISTRICT ARTS COUNCIL AND SPORTS COUNCIL, WITH SPONSORSHIP FROM SIK SIK YUEN.
AMONG THOSE PRESENT AT TODAY'S PRESS CONFERENCE WERE THE WONG TAI SIN DISTRICT BOARD CHAIRMAN, DR MICHAEL LEE, AND DISTRICT OFFICER, MR BRIAN LAU.
PORT SHELTER SEWERAGE MASTER PLAN STUDY
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THE ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION DEPARTMENT (EPD) HAS COMMISSIONED A CONSULTANCY STUDY TO ASSESS THE EXTENT OF POLLUTION RESULTING FROM IMPROPER DISCHARGE OF SEWAGE GENERATED FROM ALL SOURCES WITHIN THE PORT SHELTER CATCHMENT INTO THE WATERCOURSES AND COASTAL WATERS.
THE STUDY WILL PROVIDE PROPOSALS FOR OVERCOMING THE POLLUTION PROBLEMS INCLUDING PARTICULAR SOLUTIONS FOR UNSEWERED DEVELOPMENTS.
AN EPD SPOKESMAN SAID TODAY (MONDAY) THAT THIS IS ΤΟ PREVENT FURTHER DECLINE IN THE WATER QUALITY IN PORT SHELTER AND TO SAFEGUARD THE FUTURE OF THE WATER BODY, IN PARTICULAR ITS RECREATIONAL USES.
THE STUDY WILL ASSESS THE INADEQUACIES OF THE EXISTING SEWERAGE. SEWAGE TREATMENT AND DISPOSAL SYSTEMS IN THE AREA AND IDENTIFY THE EXTENT OF THE UNSEWERED DEVELOPMENTS.
SCHEMES FOR REMEDIAL WORKS WILL BE FORMULATED то ENSURE THAT ALL SEWAGE WILL BE PROPERLY COLLECTED, TREATED AND DISPOSED OF IN AN ENVIRONMENTALLY ACCEPTABLE MANNER.
A SEWERAGE MASTER PLAN WILL BE ESTABLISHED AND A PROGRAMME OF PRIORITIES FOR THE IMPLEMENTATION OF NECESSARY ENGINEERING WORKS WILL BE PREPARED WHICH WILL PROVIDE SHORT AND LONG TERM MEASURES то REDUCE THE POLLUTION PROBLEMS IN STAGES. EMPHASIS WILL BE GIVEN TO ACHIEVING EARLY ENVIRONMENTAL IMPROVEMENTS.
THE AGREEMENT FOR THE CONSULTANCY WAS SIGNED TODAY BETWEEN EPD'S ASSISTANT DIRECTOR. MR MIKE STOKOE, AND THE DIRECTOR OF WH CONSULTANTS (HONG KONG) LTD, MR H.K. CHAN.
THE STUDY COSTS ABOUT $11.5 MILLION. IT WILL BE CARRIED OUT TWO PHASES AND BE COMPLETED IN 14 MONTHS.
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