SATURDAY, JULY 25, 1992
CITING HOARDING AS AN KXAMPLE, THR NOTE SUGGESTRU THAT STEEL AS AN OBVIOUS ALTERNATIVE TO TROPICAL TIMBER. ALTHOUGH IT IS POSSIBLY MORE EXPENSIVE INITIALLY, IT CAN BR REUSED MANY TIMES,
DEPARTMENT AND
IT POINTED OUT THAT THE ARCHITECTURAL SERVICES THE HOUSING DEPARTMENT HAD ALREADY STARTED TO REQUIRE HOARDINGS TO BE CONSTRUCTED OF STEEL ON THEIR SITES.
APART FROM REDUCING THE USE OF HARDWOOD TIMBER, THE PRACTICE NOTE ALSO CONTAINS AN APPEAL TO CONTRACTORS ΤΟ REDUCE AS MUCH
MUCH AS POSSIBLE THE WASTAGE OF ANY HARDWOOD TIMBER BY MEANS OF STIPULATING IN CONTRACT SPECIFICATIONS THAT HARDWOOD TIMBER WASTE SHOULD BE SEPARATED AND REUSED WHEREVER POSSIBLE, RATHER THAN BEING DUMPED WITH OTHER SITE RUBBISH.
"WHERE NO ALTERNATIVE TO THE USR OF HARDWOOD TIMBER CAN BE FOUND, THE CONTRACT SPECIFICATION COULD ВЕ WRITTEN TO REQUIRE HARDWOOD TIMBER TO BE OBTAINED FROM RENEWABLE SOURCES, I IT SUGGESTED.
COMMENTING ON THE EXERCISE, A SPOKESMAN FOR BOO STATED: "CONCERN IS MOUNTING THAT UNLESS ACTION IS TAKEN SOON, THE WORLD'S TROPICAL RAINFORESTS WILL BE DESTROYED. THE FINGER HAS BEEN POINTED AT HONG KONG AS A MAJOR USER OF TIMBER FROM THE RAINFORESTS. ++
HE SAID THERE HAD BERN CLAIMS THAT HONG KONG WAS ONE OF THE TOP 10 IMPORTERS OF TROPICAL TIMBER AND MOST OF THAT TIMBER WAS USRD BY THE CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY.
A LARGE MINIMAL
"TO MAKE THINGS WORSE IT WAS FURTHER CLAIMED THAT PROPORTION OF THIS TIMBER WAS USBD SO WASTEFULLY THAT AFTER USE IT WAS DISCARDED AS CONSTRUCTION WASTE AND ENDED UP ON LANDFILL SITES, HE ADDED.
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THE SPOKESMAN POINTED OUT THAT CLEARLY HONG KONG HAD A LARGE PART TO PLAY IN SAVING THE WORLD'S RAINFORESTS WHICH WOULD MEANT THAT CONTRACTORS MUST BE PREPARED ΤΟ ACCEPT CHANGES TO MANY OF THE TRADITIONAL METHODS OF CONSTRUCTION THAT WERE USED IN HONG KONG.
"THE GOVERNMENT IS TAKING A LEAD WITH THESE CHANGES AND 19 ENCOURAGING CONTRACTORS TO SEEK ALTERNATIVES ΤΟ HARDWOOD," HE STRESSED.
WONG NAI CHUNG ROAD TO BE UPGRADED
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FOR BETTER
THE GOVERNOR IN COUNCIL HAS GIVEN APPROVAL TO IMPROVE WONG CHUNG ROAD NEAR ITS JUNCTION WITH BLUE POOL ROAD TO ALLOW TRAFFIC ARRANGEMENT IN HAPPY VALLEY.
THE PROJECT MAINLY COMPRISES THE WIDENING AND REALIGNMENT OF A SECTION OF WONG NAI CHUNG ROAD.
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