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WEDNESDAY, MAY 6, 1992
THE PRIMARY ALTERNATIVE TO DREDGING IS TO LEAVE THE MUD PLACE AND TO DRAIN THE MUD USING VERTICAL WICK DRAINS, MR BLAKE SAID.
REQUIRES EXTRA TIME
IN
PRIMARY
"THIS ALTERNATIVE
FOR CONSOLIDATION OF THE MARINE SEDIMENTS TO TAKE PLACE SUCH THAT ANY FURTHER SETTLEMENT WILL NOT EXCEED AN ACCEPTABLE LIMIT.
"THIS ALTERNATIVE HAS BEEN ADOPTED WHEN PROGRAMMING REQUIREMENTS PROVIDE THE NECESSARY TIME FOR PRIMARY CONSOLIDATION SETTLEMENT TO TAKE PLACE, MR BLAKE SAID.
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THE SECRETARY SAID POTENTIAL ENVIRONMENTAL
AND
POLLUTION DURING
THE DREDGING AND DISPOSAL OF CONTAMINATED MUD WAS CAUSED WHEN THE SMALL PERCENTAGE OF THE SOLUBLE PART OF TOTAL METALS CONTAINED IN THE MUD, WAS RELEASED THROUGH AERATION AND SLURRYING OF THE SEDIMENTS DURING THE PROCESS OF DREDGING AND DUMPING.
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NO EXPEDITION OF LAND EXCHANGE ENTITLEMENTS REDEMPTION
MEASURES TO EXPEDITE THE REDEMPTION PROCESS OF UNREDEEMED EXCHANGE ENTITLEMENTS (LEES) ARE NOT BEING CONSIDERED AT PRESENT.
NOR IS IT INTENDED THAT A PRECISE DEADLINE BE SET.
THIS WAS STATED BY THE SECRETARY FOR PLANNING, ENVIRONMENT LANDS, MR A.G. EASON, IN A WRITTEN REPLY TO A QUESTION BY GILBERT LEUNG IN THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL TODAY (WEDNESDAY).
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THE HON
"THE ADMINISTRATION WILL REVIEW THE POSITION IN 1994 DETERMINE HOW MANY LEES REMAIN UNREDEEMED AND, IF POSSIBLE, WHY.
TO
"IT WILL CONSIDER WHAT MIGHT NEED TO BE DONE IN THE LIGHT OF ITS FINDINGS AT THAT TIME," MR EASON ADDED.
FEET
AS AT MARCH 31 THIS YEAR, THERE ARE A TOTAL OF 5,480,000 SQUARE OF UNREDEEMED LEES (LETTERS A AND B) IN THE NEW TERRITORIES (INCLUDING 210,000 SQUARE FEET OF BUILDING LAND AND 5,270,000 SQUARE FEET OF AGRICULTURAL LAND).
UNDER THE PRESENT SYSTEM OF OFFERING LAND FOR SALE BY LETTERS A/B TENDER AND TAKING INTO ACCOUNT THE AMOUNT OF LAND PLANNED FOR DISPOSAL IN THIS WAY IN THE NEXT TWO YEARS, THE SECRETARY SAID IT WAS EXPECTED THAT THE VAST MAJORITY OF LEES WOULD BE REDEEMED BY MID-1994.
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