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WEDNESDAY, APRIL 28, 1993
MR BLAKE SAID INFORMATION ON THE TIMING OF CONSTRUCTION OF ALL PUBLIC WORKS PROGRAMME PROJECTS WAS AVAILABLE IN THE WORKS DEPARTMENTS IN A MANUAL FORMAT WHICH CANNOT BE COLLATED BY COMPUTERISED MEANS AT THIS STAGE.
A CONSULTANCY HAS RECENTLY BEEN APPROVED BY THE FINANCE COMMITTEE TO REDRESS THIS DEFICIENCY AMONG OTHER ISSUES, HE ADDED.
WASTE DISPOSAL METHODS
THE SECRETARY FOR PLANNING, ENVIRONMENT AND LANDS, MR TONY EASON, TOLD THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL TODAY (WEDNESDAY) THAT THE LANDFILLING AND INCINERATION METHODS OF WASTE DISPOSAL SHOULD NOT BE REGARDED AS MUTUALLY EXCLUSIVE.
"LANDFILL CAPACITY WILL CONTINUE TO BE REQUIRED FOR NON- COMBUSTIBLE WASTE AND RESIDUES LEFT BY INCINERATORS.
REDUCTION
"AT THE SAME TIME, INCINERATION AS A MEANS OF WASTE AND DISPOSING OF SPECIAL WASTE WILL CONTINUE TO BE CONSIDERED WITH OTHER ALTERNATIVES AS MODERN TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPS AND CIRCUMSTANCES CHANGE, MR EASON SAID.
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IN A WRITTEN REPLY TO A QUESTION BY DR THE HON SAMUEL WONG PING-WAI, HE SAID TECHNICALLY SPEAKING, ELECTRICITY GENERATED IN THE INCINERATION PROCESS COULD BE FED INTO THE SUPPLY GRID BUT THE AMOUNT WOULD BE VERY SMALL IN COMPARISON WITH THE GENERATING CAPACITY OF THE POWER COMPANIES AND THE DEMAND.
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'THE FEASIBILITY OF USING THIS POTENTIAL SOURCE WILL BE LOOKED BY THE GOVERNMENT IN CONSULTATION WITH THE POWER COMPANIES,
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THE OVERALL UNIT COST OF THE NEW STRATEGIC LANDFILLS ESTIMATED AT $97 PER TONNE OF REFUSE. THIS INCLUDES THE COST OF CONSTRUCTION, OPERATION, MAINTENANCE AND SITE RESTORATION.
FOR INCINERATION, THE ESTIMATED OVERALL COST, INCLUDING CAPITAL DEPRECIATION, OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE, IS $345 PER TONNE.
ASSUMING THAT SURPLUS ELECTRICITY GENERATED COULD BE SOLD AT RATES SIMILAR TO THOSE WHICH APPLY, FOR EXAMPLE, IN MACAU AND SINGAPORE, THE UNIT INCINERATION COST COULD BE REDUCED TO $291 PER TONNE.
MR EASON SAID THESE ESTIMATES RELATED TO MODERN LANDFILLS AND INCINERATORS WHICH HAD ALL THE NECESSARY ENVIRONMENTAL CONTROL FACILITIES.
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