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SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 1, 1992
MEMORANDUM SIGNED ON WATER QUALITY AND FLOW SURVEY
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KONG
AS PART OF THE ON-GOING LIAISON BETWEEN THE HONG GOVERNMENT AND THE CHINESE AUTHORITIES IN CONNECTION WITH THE STRATEGIC SEWAGE DISPOSAL SCHEME, A DELEGATION FROM GUANGDONG VISITED THE TERRITORY THIS WEEK ΤΟ DISCUSS ARRANGEMENTS FOR MARINE AND GEOLOGICAL SURVEY.
DURING THEIR VISIT, AGREEMENT WAS REACHED ON THE DETAILS OF A WATER QUALITY AND FLOW SURVEY BEING UNDERTAKEN BY MUTUAL CO-OPERATION. A FORMAL MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING WAS SIGNED BY THE LEADER OF THE GUANGDONG DELEGATION, MR ZHANG LI-MIN AND BY ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION DEPARTMENT'S ASSISTANT DIRECTOR FOR WATER POLICY, MR MIKE STOKOE.
THE SURVEY WILL BE PART OF THE ON-GOING DATA GATHERING ΤΟ DEVELOP COMPUTER MODELS FOR ASSESSING EFFECTS ON MARINE WATERS OF DISCHARGES OF EFFLUENTS.
DISPOSAL SCHEME
THIS IS AN ESSENTIAL PART OF THE STRATEGIC WHICH IS PROCEEDING AS PLANNED AND WHICH WILL SOON PROCEED TO THE DESIGN OF THE INITIAL KOWLOON SECTION.
SURVEY WORK HAS BEEN PROCEEDING WITHIN HONG KONG WATERS FOR THE PAST 18 MONTHS AND THE NEW SURVEY WILL COMPLEMENT THIS DATA. A CORRESPONDING GEOLOGICAL SITE INVESTIGATION IS ALSO BEING CARRIED OUT.
NOTE TO EDITORS:
FOR
FURTHER DETAILS OF THE SCHEME PLEASE CONTACT EPD'S PRINCIPAL ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION OFFICER FOR WATER POLICY, MR PAUL HOLMES, ON TEL. 835 1234.
NEW ROAD TO EASE TRAFFIC OF BUSY CORRIDOR OPEN
A NEW SLIP ROAD DESIGNED TO PROVIDE A DIRECT LINK FOR TRAFFIC BETWEEN CHING CHEUNG ROAD AND CONTAINER PORT ROAD IN KWAI CHUNG OPENED TODAY (SATURDAY) BY THE DIRECTOR OF TERRITORY
DEVELOPMENT, NIP KAM-FAN.
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THE NEW SLIP ROAD IS ONE IN A SERIES OF PROJECTS UNDER A $700 MILLION COMPREHENSIVE SCHEME UNDERTAKEN BY THE DEPARTMENT SINCE 1987 WITH THE AIM OF EASING THE KWAL CHUNG ROAD CORRIDOR.
TERRITORY DEVELOPMENT THE TRAFFIC BURDEN OF
/APART FROM