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FRIDAY, JUNE 25, 1993
DUAL-THREE
TOLL
THE SPOKESMAN EXPLAINED THAT THE PROJECT INVOLVED A LANE IMMERSED TUBE TUNNEL, TWO KM LONG PORTAL TO PORTAL, WITH A
SECTION OF APPROACH ROAD PLAZA, INTERCHANGE AT SAI YING PUN, AND A FROM RUMSEY STREET TO BELCHER BAY.
180,000
VEHICLES,
IT WILL HAVE A MAXIMUM DAILY CAPACITY OF COMPARED WITH 120,000 IN THE TWO EXISTING DUAL-TWO LANE TUNNELS.
CHARGING FOR CHEMICAL WASTE DISPOSAL PROPOSED
CONCERNED DIRECT
THE GOVERNMENT WILL CONSULT THE CHEMICAL
STARTING FROM JULY ON A PROPOSAL PARTIES
SCHEME FOR CHEMICAL WASTE PRODUCERS TO CHARGING COST OF WASTE TREATMENT.
INDUSTRY
AND
TO INTRODUCE
RECOVER
A
THE
ΤΟ
THIS FOLLOWS THE OPENING OF THE $1.3 BILLION CHEMICAL WASTE TREATMENT FACILITY ON TSING YI EARLY THIS MONTH WHICH IS INTENDED
EXISTING END THE
METHOD ENVIRONMENTALLY UNACCEPTABLE DISPOSAL CHEMICAL WASTE.
FOR
AIMED
то
CHARGES
A GOVERNMENT SPOKESMAN TODAY (FRIDAY) SAID IT WAS INTRODUCE THE DIRECT CHARGING PROGRAMME IN MID-1994 WITH THE TO BE VARIED ACCORDING TO THE TYPE AND QUANTITY OF WASTE TREATED.
THE
THERE
THE INITIAL CHARGING LEVEL WILL BE SET AT 20 PER CENT OF VARIABLE OPERATING COST (VOC) OF TREATING EACH WASTE STREAM AND WILL BE A GRADUAL INCREASE OF CHARGES TO ACHIEVE FULL VOC RECOVERY.
"THE PROPOSAL IS IN LINE WITH THE POLLUTER PAYS PRINCIPLE. IT
IS
OF DESIGNED TO ENCOURAGE WASTE MINIMISATION AND THE INTRODUCTION CLEANER PRODUCTION TECHNIQUES,' HE SAID.
то
THE
INTRODUCING CHARGES IN 1994 WILL ALLOW THE INDUSTRY TIME INCLUDE THE COST OF WASTE TREATMENT IN THEIR PRODUCTION PROCESS. MODERATE LEVEL OF CHARGES AT THE BEGINNING WILL NOT INDUCE A SERIOUS PROBLEM OF EVASION THROUGH ILLEGAL DISPOSAL, HE SAID.
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HAVE CHEMICAL INDUSTRY AND OTHER CONCERNED PARTIES WILL THE UNTIL AUGUST 15 THIS YEAR TO PUT FORWARD THEIR VIEWS ON THE CHARGING PROPOSAL.
"THESE VIEWS WILL BE FULLY TAKEN INTO ACCOUNT BEFORE TI THE REGULATIONS ARE INTRODUCED TO PUT IN PLACE THE CHARGING SCHEME, SPOKESMAN SAID.
REQUESTS
BE
FOR INFORMATION AND COMMENTS ON THE PROPOSAL TO THE SECRETARY FOR PLANNING, ADDRESSED
FLOOR, MURRAY (ENVIRONMENT DIVISION), 20TH CENTRAL.
COULD
ENVIRONMENT AND GARDEN BUILDING,
LANDS
ROAD,
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