SATURDAY, AUGUST 14, 1993
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MARINE ORDERED INQUIRY INTO SEA ACCIDENT
THE DIRECTOR OF MARINE, MR ALLAN PYRKE, YESTERDAY (FRIDAY) ORDERED A PRELIMINARY INQUIRY INTO AN ACCIDENT INVOLVING A HONG KONG-REGISTERED SUCTION DREDGER "MAAS" IN MACAU WATERS ON THURSDAY (AUGUST 12) EVENING,
FOUR CREW MEMBERS OF THE DREDGER WERE STILL REPORTED MISSING.
THE INQUIRY WAS ORDERED UNDER THE MERCHANT SHIPPING ORDINANCE AFTER MR PYRKE HAD CONSIDERED AN INITIAL REPORT ON THE INCIDENT. THE PURPOSE OF THE INQUIRY IS TO IDENTIFY THE CAUSES OF THE ACCIDENT.
NAUTICAL SURVEYOR, CAPTAIN KENNETH YEOMANS, HAS BEEN APPOINTED TO CONDUCT THE INQUIRY,
ABOUT 8.30 PM ON AUGUST 12, THE "MAAS" CAPSIZED OFF DONGAO DAO IN MACAU WATERS AND LATER SANK.
THERE WERE 20 CREW MEMBERS ON BOARD THE DREDGER, WERE RESCUED AND TWO BODIES WERE PICKED UP.
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LANDFILL CONTRACT AWARDED
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CONTRACT
THE
GREEN
THE ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION DEPARTMENT (EPD) HAS AWARDED
ΤΟ OF THE SOUTH-EAST NEW TERRITORIES (SENT) LANDFILL VALLEY LANDFILL LIMITED, A CONSORTIUM COMPRISING WASTE MANAGEMENT INC, CITIC PACIFIC LTD AND SUN HUNG KAI PROPERTIES LTD.
THE LANDFILL IS THE SECOND OF THE THREE STRATEGIC LARGE-
LANDFILLS TO CAPACITY
BE DEVELOPED UNDER THE
WASTE LONG-TERM
MANAGEMENT STRATEGY IN HONG KONG,
AN
A EPD
ADOPTS SPOKESMAN SAID: "THIS $3.5 BILLION CONTRACT DESIGN-BUILD-OPERATE ARRANGEMENT UNDER WHICH THE CONTRACTOR IS RESPONSIBLE FOR THE DESIGN, CONSTRUCTION, OPERATION, RESTORATION AFTERCARE OF THE LANDFILL.'
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AND
FIVE PREVIOUS WASTE MANAGEMENT PROJECTS HAVE BEEN DEVELOPED EPD IN A SIMILAR FASHION.
BY
THE LANDFILL. WILL BE ABLE TO RECEIVE 39 MILLION TONNES OF WASTE AND IS EXPECTED TO START OPERATION IN AUGUST 1994.
THE OPERATION WILL CONTINUE UNTIL THE YEAR 2007, AFTER WHICH 30-YEAR AFTERCARE PERIOD WILL FOLLOW.
A
/THE SPOKESMAN