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WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 7, 1990
MR LEWIS POINTED OUT THAT MODERN DOMESTIC WASTE INCINERATORS, EVEN WITH HIGHLY SOPHISTICATED POLLUTION CONTROL EQUIPMENT, WERE NOT POLLUTION-FREE.
"ALTHOUGH IT IS POSSIBLE WITH THE USE OF THE STATE-OF-THE-ART TECHNOLOGY TO REMOVE MOST OF THE POLLUTANTS GENERATED, THERE WOULD STILL BE SOME TOXIC CONSTITUENTS IN THE CHIMNEY EMISSIONS.
"THE ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT OF THESE INCINERATORS WOULD BE FURTHER AGGRAVATED BY OUR TOPOGRAPHY AND PROLIFERATION OF HIGH RISE BUILDINGS, WHICH MEANS THAT WE WOULD HAVE ΤΟ BUILD INCINERATORS IN PLACES FAR AWAY FROM HEAVILY-POPULATED AREAS.
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HE SAID THESE IMPLICATIONS AND THE CAPITAL INTENSIVE NATURE AND COMPLEXITY OF THE PLANTS HAD MADE INCINERATION A VERY EXPENSIVE OPTION.
"A MODERN INCINERATION PLANT WOULD BE ALMOST THREE TIMES AS COSTLY AS A LANDFILL OF EQUIVALENT CAPACITY, HE SAID.
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THE GOVERNMENT WOULD NEVERTHELESS GIVE CONSIDERATION TO A POTENTIAL ROLE FOR INCINERATORS IN ITS LONGER-TERM STRATEGY, MR LEWIS ADDED.
BUILDINGS (AMENDMENT) (NO 2) BILL 1990 INTRODUCED
THE BUILDINGS (AMENDMENT) BILL 1990, THE PURPOSE OF WHICH IS TO AMEND THE BUILDINGS ORDINANCE TO EMPOWER THE BUILDING AUTHORITY ΤΟ DEMOLISH EXPEDITIOUSLY UNAUTHORISED BUILDINGS AND BUILDING WORKS IN CERTAIN PRESCRIBED CIRCUMSTANCES, WAS INTRODUCED INTO THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL TODAY (WEDNESDAY).
MOVING THE SECOND READING OF THE BILL, THE ACTING SECRETARY FOR PLANNING, ENVIRONMENT AND LANDS, THE HON MR MARTIN LEWIS, SAID THE BILL SOUGHT TO ENABLE THE BUILDING AUTHORITY TO CONTROL THE PROBLEMS OF UNAUTHORISED BUILDING ACTIVITIES AND DANGEROUS HILLSIDES MORE EFFECTIVELY, AS WELL AS STRENGTHENING THE APPLICATION OF THE ORDINANCE IN OTHER AREAS.
THE BILL PROPOSES THAT AN APPLICATION FOR A DEMOLITION ORDER BY THE AUTHORITY TO THE DISTRICT COURT WARRANTED WITH THE EXISTENCE OF ONE OR MORE OF THE PRESCRIBED CIRCUMSTANCES:
PRIORITY WOULD BE FOLLOWING
WHERE THERE IS AN IMMINENT DANGER TO LIFE OR PROPERTY;
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