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MONDAY, AUGUST 20, 1990
"THE SITE SEARCH EXERCISE, COMMENCED IN NOVEMBER LAST YEAR, WAS CONDUCTED BY INDEPENDENT CONSULTANTS RETAINED BY CLP AND WAS MONITORED CLOSELY BY GOVERNMENT.
"OF THE FIVE SHORT-LISTED AREAS (NAMELY, PO TOI, A PROPOSED ARTIFICIAL ISLAND NEAR THE WEST LAMMA CHANNEL, SIU A CHAU, SOUTHWEST LANTAU AND BLACK POINT), BLACK POINT HAS BEEN RECOMMENDED BY THE CONSULTANTS AS THE MOST SUITABLE AREA FOR ACCOMMODATING THE PROPOSED POWER STATION ON ENVIRONMENTAL, PLANNING, TECHNICAL AND ECONOMIC GROUNDS.
"THE DRAFT SITE SEARCH REPORT
IS STILL BEING FINALISED AND GOVERNMENT HAS YET TO AGREE TO THE RECOMMENDED AREA AT BLACK POINT.
"THE CONSULTANTS HAVE IDENTIFIED A NUMBER OF ISSUES WHICH WOULD NEED TO BE ADDRESSED FURTHER FOR SITING THE PROPOSED POWER STATION AT BLACK POINT IN RESPECT OF THE AIR QUALITY IMPACT, TRANSMISSION CONNECTION, MARINE TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT AND THE POTENTIAL INTERFACE WITH THE AVIATION MANAGEMENT OF THE CHEK LAP KOK AIRPORT.
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"CLP AND THE CONSULTANTS WILL CARRY OUT FURTHER STUDIES THESE AREAS. GOVERNMENT'S DECISION ON THE RECOMMENDED SITE, WHICH EXPECTED BY END 1990, WILL BE SUBJECT ΤΟ THE ABOVE ISSUES BEING RESOLVED SATISFACTORILY.
"FOLLOWING GOVERNMENT'S DECISION ON THE LOCATION OF THE PROPOSED POWER STATION, CLP AND THE CONSULTANTS WILL UNDERTAKE AN ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT STUDY TO RECOMMEND THE IMPLEMENTATION OF SUITABLE MITIGATION MEASURES DURING THE CONSTRUCTION AND OPERATION OF THE POWER STATION WITH A VIEW ΤΟ MEETING THE PROTECTION STANDARDS SET BY GOVERNMENT.“
ENVIRONMENTAL
BOUGHT PLACE SCHEME SHOULD CONTINUE
THE SOCIAL WELFARE ADVISORY COMMITTEE (SWAC) TODAY (MONDAY) SUPPORTED THE CONTINUATION OF THE BOUGHT PLACE SCHEME FOR PRIVATE HOMES FOR THE ELDERLY AFTER THE TWO-YEAR EXPERIMENTAL PERIOD ENDING SEPTEMBER 30, 1991.
THE FINDINGS OF AN EVALUATION ON THE SCHEME CONDUCTED RECENTLY BY THE SOCIAL WELFARE DEPARTMENT (SWD) SHOWED THAT IT HAS PROVED TO BE CAPABLE OF ACHIEVING THE OBJECTIVES OF RAISING SERVICE STANDARDS,
THE INCREASING
SUPPLY OF PLACES OF REGISTRABLE STANDARD AND SHORTENING THE WAITING TIME OF APPLICATIONS ON THE CENTRAL WAITING
LIST.
AT THE COMMITTEE'S MEETING TODAY, MEMBERS WERE INFORMED THAT UP TO AUGUST 1 THIS YEAR, SWD HAD RECEIVED 72 APPLICATIONS TO PARTICIPATE IN THE BOUGHT PLACE SCHEME.
/THE DIRECTOR