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WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 1, 1993
REPLYING TO A QUESTION BY THE HON ALFRED TSO, MR BLAKE SAID THE FINDINGS, WHICH HAD ALREADY BEEN MADE PUBLIC, WERE THAT THERE WAS NO EVIDENCE TO SUGGEST THAT WORKS IN PROGRESS ON ROAD D9 CAUSED THE FLOODING.
"THE FINDINGS TO DATE ARE THAT THERE IS NO EVIDENCE TO SUGGEST THAT THE INCIDENT WAS CAUSED BY THE NEGLIGENCE OF THE GOVERNMENT NOR IS THERE FVIDENCE TO SHOW THAT IT WAS CAUSED BY THE PUBLIC WORKS IN PROGRESS.
"IF THE QUESTION OF COMPENSATION DID
ARISE, IT WOULD BE CONSIDERED IN THE LIGHT OF ALL THE FACTS AND OF THE APPLICABLE HF SA1).
LAW,"
NO EXEMPTION FOR GOVT DISCHARGES IN WATER CONTROL ZONES
DISCHARGES FROM GOVERNMENT PREMISES IN A WATER CONTROL ZONE ARE REQUIRED TO BE LICENSED UNDER THE WATER POLLUTION CONTROL ORDINANCE, THE SECRETARY FOR PLANNING, ENVIRONMENT AND LANDS, MR TONY EASON, SAID TODAY (WEDNESDAY).
REPLYING TO A QUESTION BY REV THE HON FUNG CHI-WOOD IN THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL, MR EASON SAID THE ORDINANCE HAD NOT PROVIDED EXEMPTIONS FOR ANY DISCHARGES SINCE ITS AMENDMENT IN 1990.
TO DATE, 228 OR 60 PER CENT OF THE ABOUT FACILITIES IN WATER CONTROL ZONES HAVE BEEN LICENSED.
"AS
380 GOVERNMENT
A RESULT, OVER 97 PER CENT OF THE WASTEWATER THESE ESTABLISHMENTS IS UNDER CONTROL, HE SAID.
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COMING FROM
LICENCE APPLICATIONS FOR ALMOST ALL THE REMAINING DISCHARGES HAVE BEEN RECEIVED AND ARE BEING CONSIDERED BY THE ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION DEPARTMENT, HE SAID, ADDING THAT THE LICENCES SHOULD BE ISSUED IN 1994.
MR EASON SAID ROUTINE MONITORING OF THE WATER CONTROL IN TOLO HARBOUR DID NOT INDICATE ANY PARTICULAR PROBLEM ASSOCIATED WITH THE SHUEN WAN LANDFILL.
NOTING THAT ONE OF THE POTENTIAL PROBLEMS WAS LEACHATE PRODUCED BY RAINWATER FILTERING THROUGH THE WASTE IN THE LANDFILL, HE SAID THE LEACHATE WAS SIGNIFICANTLY DILUTED ON ITS WAY THROUGH THE UNDERGROUND WATER SYSTEM BEFORE DISPERSING IN THE HARBOUR.
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