SUNDAY, JULY 7, 1991
MEANWHILE, SYP'S WERE ALSO LAUNCHED IN WAN CHAI AND TSUEN WAN THIS AFTERNOON IN THE FORM OF CARNIVALS.
HELD AT SOUTHORN PLAYGROUND, THE WAN CHAI PROGRAMME WAS KICKED OFF BY THE CHAIRMAN OF THE CENTRAL SYP COMMITTEE, MR PETER LEE: DISTRICT BOARD CHAIRMAN, MRS PEGGY LAM; ASSISTANT WAN CHAI DISTRICT OFFICER, MISS CECILIA YEN AND CHAIRMAN OF THE DISTRICT'S SYP CO-ORDINATING COMMITTEE, MR CHIU WAI-SHING.
THOUSANDS OF YOUNGSTERS TOOK PART IN THE CARNIVAL WHICH FEATURED A KARAOKE CONTEST, A CHILDREN'S DRAWING CORNER, SINGING, TAEWOONDO DEMONSTRATION AND STALL GAMES.
THE TSUEN WAN SYP WAS LAUNCHED BY THE DISTRICT OFFICER, RAYMOND YOUNG AT A CEREMONY IN SHA TSUI ROAD PLAYGROUND.
MR
IMPROVEMENT AND PROTECTIVE WORKS TO SAI TSO WAN LANDFILL COMPLETED
AND
THE GOVERNMENT HAS COMPLETED WORKS ON THE IMPROVEMENT REHABILITATION OF THE SAI TSO WAN LANDFILL ADJACENT TO THE LAM TIN MTR STATION.
AN
THE COMPLETION OF THE $38 MILLION PROJECT HAS BROUGHT ABOUT OVERALL ENVIRONMENTAL IMPROVEMENT, MAKING THE AREA SAFE
FOR EXISTING AND NEW DEVELOPNENTS.
THIS PROJECT, WHICH INCLUDES BOTH LANDFILL MEASURES AND REFUSE SLOPE STABILISATION WORKS, IS THE TYPE IN HONG KONG.
GAS FIRST
CONTROL OF ITS
HAZARDS
THE COMPLETED RESTORATION WORKS SIGNIFICANTLY REDUCE TO ADJACENT DEVELOPMENTS POSED BY THE LANDFILL GAS GENERATED WITHIN THE REFUSE.
THE STABILITY OF THE LANDFILL SLOPE HAS ALSO BEEN UPGRADED CURRENT SAFETY STANDARDS.
TO
SAI TSO WAN WAS A REFUSE DISPOSAL SITE IN THE 1970S.
THE LANDFILL WAS FORMED BY INFILLING AN OLD VALLEY WITH REFUSE. COMPLETED IN 1981, IT COVERS AN AREA OF 5.7 HECTARES.
ON THE WESTERN SIDE, THERE IS A 60-METRE HIGH SLOPE COVERED WITH SOIL.
OF REFUSE
AS THE REFUSE DECOMPOSES LANDFILL GAS IS GENERATED, THE GROUND SETTLES AND THE SURFACE WATER CHANNELS CRACK.
THE MAJORITY OF THE GAS GENERATED IN THE PAST DISSIPATED THROUGH THE SOIL COVER AND VENT PIPES, BUT SOME MIGRATED EXISTING SOIL AND ROCK INTO SURROUNDING AREAS.
THROUGH THE
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