FRIDAY, JUNE 22,
190
BY
SYSTEM AND LACK OF
MR MUDD ALSO CITED BLOCKAGE OF THE NATURAL DRAINAGE REFUSE, AGRICULTURAL WASTE, INDISCRIMINATE LAND FILLING COMPREHENSIVE DRAINAGE MAINTENANCE AS OTHER HUMAN FACTORS INVOLVED.
THE PHASE I
STUDY
ON TERRITORIAL
LAND
AND DRAINAGK
FLOOD NOVEMBER 1988 CONTROL STRATEGY WAS COMMISSIONED BY THE GOVERNMENT IN IN ORDER TO ADDRESS THE FLOODING PROBLEM COMPREHENSIVELY.
TERRITORIES,
NEW IN THE RURAL AREAS ARE LOCATED IN TWO DRAINAGE BASINS INDUS BASIN.
—
THE MAJORITY OF FLOOD-PRONE
AND THE KAM TIN BASIN
THE
THE STUDY RECOMMENDED THAT MANAGEMENT OF SHOULD BE EFFECTED BY THE USE OF BASIN MANAGEMENT WITH STRUCTURAL COMPRISE A FRAMEWORK TO PROCEED RIVER TRAINING) AND NON-STRUCTURAL MEASURES.
THE DRAINAGE BASINS PLANS WHICH WOULD MEASURES (SUCH
AS
SUCH AS DRAINAGE THE LATTER ARE MAINLY MANAGEMENT TECHNIQUES
WARNING, PUBLIC INFORMATION: APPROVAL FOR DEVELOPMENT CONTROL, FLOOD AND EMERGENCY PLANNING.
NORTHEAST TO REDUCE THE FREQUENCY OF FLOODING IN NORTHWEST AND
THAT EXTENSIVE REGIONS OF THE NEW TERRITORIES, THE STUDY RECOMMENDED
RIVER IMPROVEMENT AND FLOOD CONSTRUCTION OF DRAINAGE PROTECTION WORKS BE CARRIED OUT.
CHANNELS,
THE COST OF THESE WORKS WOULD AMOUNT TO $4,260 MILLION.
OF THIS AMOUNT, ABOUT $2,560 MILLION WOULD BE FOR:
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PREPARATION OF BASIN MANAGEMENT PLANS;
*
EXECUTION OF URBAN DRAINAGE REHABILITATION STUDIES;
*
IMPLEMENTATION OF SELECTED PRIORITY STRUCTURAL NORTHWEST AND NORTHEAST NEW TERRITORIES;
MEASURES IN
EXECUTION OF NON-STRUCTURAL MEASURES SUCH AS SELECTED PROOFING, FLOOD WARNING, PUBLIC INFORMATION PLANNING; AND
FLOOD AND EMERGENCY
CHANGES FOR UNIFYING DRAINAGE
THE
EXECUTION OF INSTITUTIONAL RESPONSIBILITIES.
THE STUDY ALSO ENDORSED THE FULL RIVER
ALREADY
IN THE
TRAINING MEASURES
WORKS PUBLIC
PROGRAMME KAM TIN BASIN, ESTIMATED TO COST $1,590 MILLION, WHILE ANOTHER $110 MILLION WOULD FOR FLOOD PROTECTION BY VILLAGE POLDER SCHEMES IN THE INDUS BASIN.
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AND
BE