WEDNESDAY, MAY 15, 1991
THE FINANCIAL SECRETARY SAID THE MOTION ALSO SOUGHT TO SET THE RATE RELIEF PERCENTAGE POINT TO 25 SO THAT THE ANNUAL RATES PAYABLE BY AN INDIVIDUAL RATEPAYER IN 1991-92 WOULD NOT EXCEED THOSE PAYABLE IN 1990-91 BY MORE THAN 25 PER CENT.
IN ADDITION, SIR PIERS SAID THE MOTION SOUGHT TO SET THE MINIMUM RATEABLE VALUE BELOW WHICH TENEMENTS WOULD BE EXEMPT FROM ASSESSMENT OF RATES AT $2,000.
"THE ESTIMATED ADDITIONAL YIELD TO GENERAL REVENUE IN 92 RESULTING FROM THESE PROPOSALS IS APPROXIMATELY $435 MILLION.
"THERE ARE NO STAFFING IMPLICATIONS,
"
HE ADDED.
1991-
BILL SEEKS TO TIGHTEN UP CHEMICAL WASTE CONTROL
OF
A BILL WHICH SEEKS TO INTRODUCE A COMPREHENSIVE CONTROL ON CHEMICAL WASTE UNDER THE AMBIT OF THE ORDINANCE ENVIRONMENT COUNCIL TODAY (WEDNESDAY).
SCHEME WASTE DISPOSAL
PLANNING, FOR ACTING SECRETARY
IN THE LEGISLATIVE MARTIN LEWIS,
WAS PROPOSED AND LANDS,
THE BY THE HON
MOVING THE SECOND READING OF THE WASTE
MR LEWIS SAID THE WASTE BILL 1991, PRINCIPAL PIECE
THE COLLECTION
DISPOSAL ( AMENDMENT) DISPOSAL ORDINANCE WAS THE AND LEGISLATION CONCERNED WITH THE
FOR THE DISPOSAL OF WASTE AND PROVIDED A BASIC STATUTORY FRAMEWORK CONTROL OF VARIOUS TYPES OF WASTE.
BREN BROUGHT HOWEVER, THE CONTROL OF CHEMICAL WASTE HAD NOT
OF SUITABLE FACILITIES INTO OPERATION BECAUSE THERE HAD BEEN A LACK FOR THEIR TREATMENT AND DISPOSAL.
PUBLIC FACILITIES MR LEWIS NOTED THAT UP UNTIL NOW THE MAIN
KWAN O BEEN THE CO-DISPOSAL FACILITIES AT THE TSEUNG
RECYCLING AND RECOVERY COMMERCIAL SOME SMALL-SCALE
AVAILABLE LANDFILL AND OPERATIONS UNDERTAKEN BY THE PRIVATE SECTOR.
HOWEVER,
HE SAID
IN A POSITION TO THE GOVERNMENT WAS NOW
WASTE CHEMICAL
WITH THE PROCEED WITH THE REGULATORY CONTROLS ON DEVELOPMENT OF ADEQUATE, SUITABLE DISPOSAL FACILITIES UNDERWAY.
HE DISCLOSED THAT IN DECEMBER 1990, THE GOVERNMENT HAD SIGNED A CONTRACT
PROVISION OF WITH A PRIVATE SECTOR CONSORTIUM FOR THE CENTRALISED CHEMICAL WASTE TREATMENT FACILITIES ON TSING YI.
STAGE,
"THE FACILITIES WILL BE COMMISSIONED IN STAGES WITH THE
THE COLLECTION AND STORAGE SERVICE DUE TO COMMENCE
IN
FIRST AUTUMN
1992.
"ONCE THEY