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FRIDAY, OCTOBER 18, 1991
CONSULTANCY STUDY ON BACTERIAL FOAMING
COMMISSIONED THE DRAINAGE SERVICES DEPARTMENT HAS
A TEẨM OF CONSULTANTS LED BY CES CONSULTANTS IN ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES to UNDERTAKE A MAJOR RESEARCH STUDY INTO THE PROBLEM OF BACTERIAL FOAMING AT THE SEWAGE TREATMENT WORKS IN SHA TIN AND TAI PO.
IT WILL BE THE FIRST TIME THAT LOCAL CONSULTANTS AND ACADEMICS BRING TOGETHER MICROBIOLOGICAL RESEARCH AND ENGINEERING CONSULTANCY EXPERIENCE IN A GOVERNMENT STUDY OF THIS NATURE.
WILL
THE FOAM IS CAUSED BY UNDESIRABLE BACTERIA WHICH CAN GROW VERY RAPIDLY AND PRODUCE A THICK, GLUTINOUS BROWN FOAM KNOWN AS "CHOCOLATE MOUSSE".
THE FOAM COLLECTS ON TOP OF TANKS AT THE SEWAGE WORKS AND CAUSES OPERATIONAL PROBLEMS AND DETERIORATION IN EFFLUENT QUALITY,
IN
ADDITION TO LOOKING VERY UNSIGHTLY.
THE STUDY, AT A COST OF $2.3 MILLION, WILL LOOK AT FACTORS. WHICH STIMULATE FOAMING AND METHODS FOR ITS PREVENTION OR CONTROL.
VARIOUS FOAM CONTROL METHODS HAVE BEEN USED IN DIFFERENT PARTS
NEW OF THE WORLD AND THESE, TOGETHER WITH SOME
TECHNIQUES, WILL BE TESTED IN LABORATORY AND
THE SEWAGE WORKS то TRY TO FIND A SOLUTION TO HONG KONG'S FOAMING PROBLEM.
AT
THE STUDY HAS GENERATED CONSIDERABLE LOCAL AND INTERNATIONAL INTEREST, ATTRACTING 19 CONSULTANCY GROUPS FROM WHICH THREE WERE SHORTLISTED ΤΟ BID COMPETITIVELY FOR THE PROJECT UNDER THE GOVERNMENT'S NEW "FIXED FEE" CONSULTANCY SYSTEM.
THE SUCCESSFUL TEAM, LED BY DR T. RUDD, INCLUDES DR HERBERT OF THE FANG OF THE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG, PROFESSOR DAVID JENKINS UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, BERKELEY, AND BALFOURS INTERNATIONAL ASIA CONSULTING ENGINEERS.
0
32 BENZODIAZEPINES LISTED AS DANGEROUS DRUGS
**
OF
THE
A TOTAL OF 32 BENZODIAZEPINES
DANGEROUS DRUGS STRINGENT CONTROL PUBLISHED IN THE GOVERNMENT GAZETTE TODAY (FRIDAY).
ΤΟ ARE
BE PUT UNDER ORDINANCE BY AN ORDER
THE
THEY ARE TO BE ADDED TO PART I OF THE
ORDINANCE, THEREBY SUBJECTING THEM TO OTHER DANGEROUS DRUGS SUCH AS
FIRST SCHEDULE OF THE AS THE SAME STRICT CONTROLS
OPIUM, HEROIN,
COCAINE,
AMPHETAMINES
AND CANNABIS.
/A GOVERNMENT