WEDNESDAY, JUNE 27, 1990
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RISKS ASSOCIATED WITH WATER TREATMENT WORKS LOW
THE RISKS ASSOCIATED WITH THOSE WATER TREATMENT WORKS WHICH HAVE BEEN IDENTIFIED AS POTENTIALLY HAZARDOUS
ARE INSTALLATIONS EXTREMELY LOW, THE ACTING
FOR PLANNING, ENVIRONMENT AND LANDS, THE HON CLIVE OXLEY, SAID
THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL TODAY (WEDNESDAY).
SECRETARY
IN
ON
CHI-FAI IN A WRITTEN REPLY TO A QUESTION FROM THE HON POON IMPROVEMENT MEASURES TO AND DETAILS OF CHLORINE FACILITIES AT WATER TREATMENT WORKS, MR OXLEY SAID THE PROBABILITY OF AN INCIDENT HAPPENING AT ANY OF THESE WATER TREATMENT WORKS AFFECTING LOCAL RESIDENTS WAS ONCE IN ONE MILLION YEARS.
RISK LEVELS OF POPULATED AREAS, SUCH AS GENERALLY HIGHER THAN FOR
WERE
WATER TREATMENT WORKS LOCATED IN DENSELY
SHA TIN, TSUEN WAN AND TUEN THOSE LOCATED ELSEWHERE.
MUN,
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"ONLY PEOPLE LIVING AND WORKING WITHIN ONE KILOMETRE OF THE WATER TREATMENT WORKS IN QUESTION WILL BE SUBJECT TO MEASURABLE RISK, HE SAID.
IN THE UNLIKELY EVENT OF AN
INCIDENT, THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE
AFFECTED IN EACH DISTRICT IS AS SET OUT BELOW:
TREATMENT WORK
NO. OF PEOPLE LIKELY TO BE AFFECTED IN THE EVENT OF AN INCIDENT
SHA TIN
TSUEN WAN
TUEN MUN
SHEUNG SHUI
YAU KAM TAU
TAI PO TAU
SILVERMINE BAY
TẠI LÀM CHUNG
(CHLORINATION HOUSE)
4,300
2,000
300
100
300
50
50
500
"IT SHOULD BE EMPHASISED THAT THE RISKS ASSOCIATED WATER TREATMENT WORKS ARE EXTREMELY LOW.
WITH THESE
SMALL "EVEN THESE
RISKS WILL BE DRASTICALLY REDUCED UPON COMPLETION OF THE IMPROVEMENT WORKS RECOMMENDED BY
CONSULTANTS,"
MR OXLEY SAID.
THE
RECOMMENDATIONS FOR IMPROVEMENTS TO ALL WATER
TREATMENT WORKS
INCLUDED:
IMPROVED STAFF TREATMENT WORKS;
TRAINING AND
SAFETY
MANAGEMENT AT WATER
TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT