WEDNESDAY, JUNE 19,
1991
INTEGRATION OF CHIMNEYS INTO BUILDING DESIGNS TO AVOID THE "AFTER THOUGHT" APPEARANCE, THAT IS THE RULE AT THE EXCEPTION.
* DESIGN OF NEW INDUSTRIAL SPECIAL ENVIRONMENTAL REQUIREMENTS.
PRESENT RATHER THAN
BUILDINGS
FOR INDUSTRIES WITH
* DESIGN, OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE TREATMENT FACILITIES IN PRIVATE BUILDINGS.
REQUIREMENTS FOR SEWAGE
DR REED SAID THESE ISSUES AND MANY OTHERS ARE ALL SUBJECTS ON WHICH THE EPD AND
AND REPRESENTATIVES OF HONG KONG INSTITUTE OF ARCHITECTS, THE INSTITUTION OF ENGINEERS AND INSTITUTE OF SURVEYORS SHOULD GET TOGETHER AS A MATTER OF URGENCY IN THE INTERESTS OF MAKING HONG KONG A MORE HEALTHY AND PLEASANT PLACE TO LIVE.
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CONSULTANCY STUDY ON CENTRALISED INCINERATION FACILITY FOR SPECIAL WASTES
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THE ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION DEPARTMENT (EPD) HAS COMMISSIONED CONSULTANT TO CONDUCT A FEASIBILITY STUDY FOR A CENTRALISED INCINERATION FACILITY FOR DISPOSAL OF SPECIAL WASTES.
SPECIAL WASTES INCLUDE CLINICAL WASTES, ANIMAL SECURITY WASTES (SEIZED NARCOTICS, EXPIRED DOCUMENTS DUTIABLE GOODS).
CARCASSES AND AND RETURNED
AN EPD SPOKESMAN SAID TODAY (WEDNESDAY) THAT THE STUDY WOULD ASSESS THE TECHNICAL, FINANCIAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL ASPECTS FOR THE PROPOSED INCINERATION FACILITY.
"AN IMPLEMENTATION SCHEME MONITORING WILL ALSO BE PREPARED,
FOR ITS PROVISION,
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HE SAID.
OPERATION AND
ACCORDANCE WITH
THE CENTRALISED INCINERATION FACILITY IS IN THE GOVERNMENT'S INTENTION, AS OUTLINED IN THE WHITE PAPER ON POLLUTION PUBLISHED IN JUNE 1989, THAT A DEDICATED FACILITY TO INTERNATIONAL SAFETY AND SECURITY STANDARDS FOR THE PROPER DISPOSAL OF SPECIAL WASTES SHOULD BE BUILT.
CONSTRUCTION OF THE INCINERATION FACILITY NEAR TUEN MUN 13 EXPECTED TO START IN MID 1992 AND THE FACILITY COMMISSIONED IN 1994.
COST
THE CONSULTANCY STUDY, AT A COMPLETED IN SIX MONTHS. THE RECOMMENDED WILL BE ASSESSED BY THE GOVERNMENT AND PROVISION AND MANAGEMENT OF THE FACILITY.
IS EXPECTED TO BE
OF $2.4 MILLION, WILL BR IMPLEMENTATION SCHEME MADE USED AS A BASIS FOR THE
AN AGREEMENT FOR THE CONSULTANCY STUDY WAS SIGNED TODAY WEDNESDAY) BETWEEN EPD'S ASSISTANT DIRECTOR (WASTE AND WATER POLICY), MR MIKE STOKOE, AND THE DIRECTOR OF ERL (ASIA) LIMITED, MR E. TURNER.
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