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TUESDAY, APRIL 27, 1993
THE NORTH LANTAU REFUSE TRANSFER STATION
ITS
ACCEPT WILL
RELATED
WASTE
COMMERCIAL AND
GENERATED FROM THE PLANNED NEW TOWNS IN TUNG CHUNG AND TAI HO, AS WELL
THE INDUSTRIAL ACTIVITIES.
AS
AIRPORT
AT
CHEK LAP KOK
AND
REFUSE WILL BE
COMPACTED
INTO
ENCLOSED
TRANSFERRED IN AN ENVIRONMENTALLY ACCEPTABLE MANNER TERRITORIES LANDFILL BY BARGES OR BULK VEHICLES.
CONTAINERS
AND
TO THE WEST NEW
THE STUDY ON NORTH LANTAU TRANSFER STATION, AT A COST OF $7.2 MILLION, WILL TAKE 20 MONTHS TO COMPLETE.
ABOUT
CONSTRUCTION WORK FOR THE TRANSFER STATION IS EXPECTED TO START IN STAGES UPON COMPLETION OF THE STUDY BY EARLY 1995.
STAGE I OF THE STATION WOULD BE CAPABLE OF HANDLING 450 OF WASTE A DAY UPON OPERATIONAL IN EARLY 1997 AND IT'S CAPACITY
A DAY IN BE
EXPANDED TO ACHIEVE 1,000 TONNES FURTHER STAGES.
TONNES WOULD
SUBSEQUENT
AIDS COUNSELLING HOTLINE COMPUTERISED
* *
COUNSELLING
THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH'S AIDS HAS BEEN COMPUTERISED TO IMPROVE SERVICE.
HOTLINE 780 2211
AS UNDER THE COMPUTERISED NETWORK KNOWN
THE PROACTIVE VOICE PUBLIC MAY DIAL THE AND FAX RESPONSE (PVFR) SYSTEM, MEMBERS OF THE
INFORMATION INTERACTIVELY THROUGH THE SAME NUMBER FOR AUDIO LINES, ASK FOR IT TO BE FAXED OR FOR DIRECT CONVERSATION WITH COUNSELLORS.
PHONE NURSING
"THE PURPOSE
OF
INSTALLING
+
IS THE
ΤΟ COMPUTERISED SYSTEM
IN THE ENHANCE THE EFFICIENCY
DELIVERY OF THIS IMPORTANT PUBLIC
Н LEE THE DIRECTOR OF HEALTH, DR S
SAID SERVICE ON AIDS EDUCATION, IN A PRESS CONFERENCE TODAY (TUESDAY) TO LAUNCH THE NEW SYSTEM.
THE DEPARTMENT'S
"
OF
AIDS HOTLINE RECEIVED A MONTHLY AVERAGE
COMPARED WITH THE 1,344 CALLS LAST YEAR, AN INCREASE OF 20 PER CENT PREVIOUS YEAR.
THE HOTLINE RECORDED 1,644 CALLS IN FEBRUARY THIS YEAR.
"THE NEW SYSTEM IS DESIGNED TO PROVIDE CALLERS AS WELL AS TO MINIMISE THE NUMBER LEE SAID.
BETTER FLEXIBILITY TO UNANSWERED OF
CALLS, DR
THERE ARE SEVEN PIECES OF RECORDED MESSAGES AND ENGLISH. THEY INCLUDE TOPICS SUCH AS "WHAT IS ALDS" AND "WHAT IF I CONTRACTED AIDS".
IN
BOTH CANTONESE AIDS", **WOMEN AND
/THE VARIOUS