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WEDNESDAY, JUNE 6, 1990
MR NENDICK ADDED THAT THERE WOULD DISCLOSURE MIGHT PREJUDICE ONGOING INVESTIGATIONS OR PROCEEDINGS.
ALSO BE CASES WHERE
"IN MY VIEW, THERE CAN THEREFORE BE NO HARD AND FAST RULES. "EACH CASE MUST BE CONSIDERED IN THE LIGHT OF ITS CIRCUMSTANCES AND A VIEW TAKEN AS TO HOW THE PUBLIC INTEREST IS BEST SERVED IN PARTICULAR CASE," HE SAID.
THAT
DECOMMISSIONING OF CHA KWO LING OIL DEPOT CLOSELY MONITORED
OF
ONLY SECRETARY INFORMED
:
THE GOVERNMENT IS CLOSELY MONITORING THE DECOMMISSIONING THE OIL DEPOT AT CHA KWO LING TO ENSURE THAT IT TIES IN WITH THE LARGE-SCALE RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT IN THE AREA, THE ACTING FOR PLANNING, ENVIRONMENT AND LANDS, THE HON CLIVE OXLEY, THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL TODAY (WEDNESDAY).
MR
·
(LPG) FACILITIES
UNTIL HAD
IN A WRITTEN REPLY TO A QUESTION FROM THE HON POON CHI-FAI OXLEY SAID PERMISSION FOR OCCUPATION WOULD NOT BE GRANTED DECOMMISSIONING OF THE LIQUEFIED PETROLEUM GAS BEEN COMPLETED.
DECOMMISSIONING
THE
MAJOR THIS OF
ACCORDING TO THE TIMETABLE FOR THE RELOCATION,
OF THE LPG SPHERES WHICH CONSTITUTED THE POTENTIAL HAZARD AT THE DEPOT WOULD TAKE PLACE BEFORE THE END OF YEAR WHILE THE DEPOT WOULD BE TOTALLY DECOMMISSIONED BY THE END MARCH 1992.
L
SITE CLEARANCE WOULD FOLLOW ABOUT FOUR MONTHS.
DECOMMISSIONING AND WOULD
TAKE
MR OXLEY SAID LIMITED OCCUPANCY OF SELECTED BLOCKS WOULD PERMITTED DURING THE INTERIM PERIOD BETWEEN THE DECOMMISSIONING THE LPG FACILITIES AND TOTAL CLEARANCE OF THE DEPOT SITE.
BE
OF
"THE GOVERNMENT IS
SATISFIED THAT THE FIRE PROTECTION MEASURES IN THE DEPOT ARE PROVIDED TO INTERNATIONALLY SAFETY STANDARDS AND THAT THE REMAINING OIL STORAGE TANKS DO NOT
RECOGNISED AN UNACCEPTABLE RISK TO NEARBY RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENTS, HE SAID.
POSE
THE FIRE SERVICES DEPARTMENT SITE REGULARLY TO MAINTAINED, HE ADDED.
ENSURE THAT
THE
WOULD CONTINUE TO
INSPECT THE HIGHEST SAFETY STANDARDS
WERE
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