WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 17, 1993
MANUFACTURERS NOT DOUBLE-CHARGED FOR SEWAGE TREATMENT
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MANUFACTURERS WHO INSTALL THEIR OWN TREATMENT FACILITIES
SCHEME, NOT BE DOUBLE-CHARGED UNDER THE PROPOSED SEWAGE CHARGING SECRETARY FOR PLANNING, ENVIRONMENT AND LANDS, MR TONY EASON, TOLD THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL TODAY (WEDNESDAY).
REPLYING TO A QUESTION BY THE HON NGAI SHIU-KIT, MR EASON SAID: "AS THE TRADE EFFLUENT SURCHARGE WILL BE CALCULATED IN ITS ACCORDANCE WITH THE STRENGTH OF THE EFFLUENT RELEASED, THE BETTER TREATMENT BEFORE RELEASE, THE LOWER THE SURCHARGE WILL BE."
HE SAID THERE WOULD NOT BE ANY DOUBLE-CHARGING OF MANUFACTURERS WHO INSTALL TREATMENT FACILITIES OR ANY UNFAIRNESS.
"RATHER, THE TRADE EFFLUENT SURCHARGE WILL SEND THE CORRECT EFFLUENT, ENVIRONMENTAL SIGNAL TO INDUSTRY: THE BETTER YOU TREAT YOUR THE LESS YOU PAY,' HE SAID.
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THE SURCHARGE WILL REFLECT THE COST OF TREATING THE MORE POLLUTING EFFLUENTS FROM SOME INDUSTRIAL AND COMMERCIAL PREMISES TO BRING THEM DOWN TO THE AVERAGE STRENGTH OF DOMESTIC SEWAGE (AT MG/L BOD OR ITS EQUIVALENT).
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"THE IMPOSITION OF SUCH A SURCHARGE HAS ALREADY BEEN AGREED PRINCIPLE WITH INDUSTRY AND TAKES ACCOUNT OF HONG KONG'S PARTICULAR CIRCUMSTANCES.
"SOME OPERATORS MAY NOT BE ABLE TO PROVIDE TREATMENT FOR THEIR EFFLUENTS BEFORE DISCHARGE ON AN ECONOMIC BASIS BECAUSE OF THE RESTRICTIONS ON SPACE AND FLOOR LOADING WHICH EXIST IN FACTORY BUILDINGS," MR EASON SAID.
SOME FLATTED
FLIGHT SCHEDULES BEING EXAMINED
THE DIRECTOR OF CIVIL AVIATION IS CONSIDERING WHETHER MORE FLIGHTS CAN BE SCHEDULED BETWEEN 6.30 AM AND 10 AM, WHERE THERE ARE STILL AVAILABLE TIME-SLOTS, THE SECRETARY FOR ECONOMIC SERVICES, MR GORDON SIU, SAID.
THE GOVERNMENT IS ALSO EXPLORING, IN CONSULTATION WITH AIRLINES, THE FEASIBILITY OF RESCHEDULING LANDINGS AS CLOSE AS POSSIBLE TO 9 PM IN ORDER TO CUT DOWN AIRCRAFT NOISE LATER IN THE EVENING, HE ADDED.
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THE MOVES WERE ANNOUNCED WHEN MR SIU REPLIED TO A QUESTION THE HON FREDERICK FUNG IN THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL TODAY (WEDNESDAY).
THERE ARE NOW HARDLY MANY TIME-SLOTS AVAILABLE FOR LANDINGS AND TAKE-OFFS BETWEEN 10 AM AND 9 PM.
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