TSEUNG KWAN O 1,855
PORT SHELTER
3,170
23
WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 20, 1991
1,855 (100 PER CENT)
3,076 (97 PER CENT)
FROM SUCH FIGURES, MR BARNES CONCLUDED THAT THE LICENSING ARRANGEMENTS WHICH EXISTED WHEN THESE FOUR ZONES WERE DECLARED WERE WELL ACCEPTED BY THOSE AFFECTED BY THE ZONES.
HOWEVER, HE POINTED OUT THAT IN THE TWO ZONES DECLARED THE AMENDMENT ORDINANCE CAME INTO EFFECT, THAT IS, DEEP BAY AND MIRS
LONGER APPLIED AND BAY WCZ'S, THE EXEMPTION ARRANGEMENTS NO DISCHARGES AND DEPOSITS, EXCEPT A DISCHARGE OF DOMESTIC SEWAGE INTO COMMUNAL SEWER OR UNPOLLUTED WATER INTO A PUBLIC DRAIN, SUBJECT OF A LICENCE APPLICATION.
SINCE
ALL
A
MUST BR
THE
IN
HE SAID THAT AS FEW OF THE LARGE NUMBER OF DOMESTIC DISCHARGES IN THESE TWO ZONES HAD BEEN THE SUBJECT OF A LICENCE APPLICATION,
OF APPLICATIONS RECEIVED AGAINST THE ESTIMATED NUMBER THE TWO WCZ'S WERE ONLY 5.5 PER CENT (DEEP BAY) AND (MIRS BAY).
DISCHARGES 6.7 PER CENT
"THE REASON FOR THIS LOW LEVEL OF APPLICATION SEEMS TO BE BECAUSE NEW TERRITORIES VILLAGE HOUSEHOLDERS DO NOT PRESENTLY ACCEPT THE NEED FOR THE LICENSING OF THEIR DOMESTIC DISCHARGES UNDER THE WPCO.
"DISCUSSIONS ARE NOW BEING HELD WITH THE HEUNG YEE KUK TO FIND
A WAY FORWARD ON THIS ISSUE, HE ADDED.
COMMMENTING ON ACHIEVEMENT OF THE LICENSING SYSTEM, MR BARNES QUALITY IN NOTED THAT IT HAD CONTRIBUTED TO THE IMPROVEMENT OF WATER
SUCH THE WCZ'S, PARTICULARLY WHERE BEACH WATER QUALITY WAS CONCERNED,
BAY AND TUNG WAN AS REPULSE BAY, MIDDLE BAY, SOUTH BAY, SILVERMINE (CHEUNG CHAU) BEACHES.
FAIR TO SAY THAT THE LICENSING ON ITS OWN; IN MOST CASES MAINLY BY DIVERTING
BE "HOWEVER, IT WOULD NOT SYSTEM HAS ACHIEVED THESE IMPROVEMENTS SHORT-TERM IMPROVEMENTS HAVE ALSO BEEN ACHIEVED DRY WEATHER FLOWS AWAY FROM REACHES.
"IN SOME AREAS IMPROVEMENTS то WATER QUALITY HAVE BEEN THE ACHIEVED BY CONTROLS VIA THE LIVESTOCK WASTE CONTROL SCHEME UNDER WASTE DISPOSAL ORDINANCE.
FROM THESE HE CONCEDED THAT APART
MEASURES, THERE WERE NO
TO CONTINGENT MEASURES
IMPROVE THE SITUATION; LONG-TERM BENEFITS SEWAGE STRATEGY WOULD NOT BE REALISED UNTIL THE FULL BENEFITS OF THE CAME INTO EFFECT.
ACHIEVED
SEWAGE
STRATEGY,
OF ACHIEVING THROUGH HE
"THE FULL DEGREE OF BENEFIT, AND THE OVERALL AIM WATER QUALITY OBJECTIVES, WILL ONLY BE
THE MEASURES IN THE
IMPLEMENTATION OF STRESSED.
ALL
/THESE MEASURES
: