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WEDNESDAY, JUNE 9, 1993
THE SECRETARY SAID IN ORDER TO EVALUATE THE OPTIONS PROPERLY, INCLUDING SECONDARY TREATMENT, SEWAGE TREATMENT WORKS DESIGN WAS INVESTIGATED IN DETAIL.
MR EASON SAID IT WAS ESTIMATED THAT A TOTAL OF OVER 100 HECTARES OF LAND WOULD BE NEEDED ON WHICH TO BUILD THE NECESSARY FACILITIES, AND THAT FEW LOCATIONS EXISTED WHERE SUCH FACILITIES WOULD BE COMPATIBLE WITH EXISTING USES.
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SAID THE CONCLUSION WAS THAT THE SITES ALREADY PLANNED AND DESIGNATED FOR USE AS SEWAGE TREATMENT FACILITIES AT STONECUTTERS ISLAND AND KWUN TONG WERE THE ONLY AREAS BOTH SUITABLE AND AVAILABLE FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF EXTENSIVE SEWAGE TREATMENT FACILITIES.
AND THAT A CAVERN BENEATH MOUNT DAVIS COULD BE CONSTRUCTED TO HOUSE WORKS INCORPORATING PRIMARY AND PHYSICO-CHEMICAL TREATMENT.
"THE OVERALL CONCLUSION WAS THAT THE REQUIRED ENVIRONMENTAL STANDARDS COULD MOST RELIABLY AND MOST ECONOMICALLY BE ACHIEVED BY COMBINING A DEGREE OF LAND-BASED SEWAGE TREATMENT WITH THE NATURAL SELF-PURIFYING ABILITIES OF THE OCEAN, MR EASON SAID.
HE SAID THE INCORPORATION OF PHYSICO-CHEMICAL TREATMENT PROVIDED AN ADDITIONAL SAFEGUARD UNDER THE SELECTED OPTION TO ENSURE THE REMOVAL OF TOXIC MATERIAL FROM THE SEWAGE AT MINIMAL ADDITIONAL CAPITAL COST.
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IN CONCLUDING THAT THE OCEANIC DISPOSAL OPTION WAS PREFERRED CHOICE, MR EASON SAID OTHER FACTORS BESIDES ECONOMICS CONSIDERED, INCLUDING THE AVAILABILITY OF LAND AND THE TOWN PLANNING CONSTRAINTS ON BUILDING A NUMBER OF VERY LARGE SECONDARY TREATMENT WORKS IN DENSELY POPULATED URBAN DISTRICTS AROUND THE HARBOUR.
AMENDED MOTION ON INDUSTRIAL POLICY PASSED
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AN AMENDED MOTION PROPOSED BY THE HON ALLEN LEE ON INDUSTRIAL POLICY WAS PASSED AFTER ALMOST TWO HOURS OF DEBATE IN THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL TONIGHT (WEDNESDAY).
ELEVEN MEMBERS SPOKE IN THE DEBATE. THE SECRETARY FOR TRADE AND INDUSTRY, MRT CHAU, REPLIED FOR THE GOVERNMENT.
THE ORIGINAL MOTION MOVED BY THE HON HENRY TANG WAS DEFEATED.
ANOTHER MOTION ON LAND SUPPLY FOR PRIVATE AND WAS ALSO PASSED AFTER ONE AND A HALF HOURS OF DEBATE.
THIRTEEN MEMBERS SPOKE IN THE DEBATE. THE PLANNING, ENVIRONMENT AND LANDS, MR TONY EASON, SPOKE THE GOVERNMENT.
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