MONDAY, MARCH 21, 1994
WORKS WILL START LATER THIS MONTH FOR COMPLETION IN JUNE 1996.
THE AWARD OF THIS WATERWORKS CONTRACT BRINGS THE TOTAL NUMBER OF ACP CONTRACTS AWARDED BY THE GOVERNMENT TO 37, WITH A TOTAL VALUE OF ABOUT $31.7 BILLION.
TOGETHER WITH THE SIX MAJOR CONSTRUCTION CONTRACTS, VALUED AT $10.7 BILLION, AWARDED BY THE PROVISIONAL AIRPORT AUTHORITY, AND THE $5.7 BILLION CONSTRUCTION CONTRACT AWARDED BY THE WESTERN HARBOUR TUNNEL COMPANY LIMITED, THE TOTAL VALUE OF CONSTRUCTION CONTRACTS AWARDED FOR ACP, ALL WITHIN BUDGET, IS ABOUT $48 BILLION.
TSEUNG KWAN O STAGE 11/11 LANDFILL CLOSES
THE ENVIRONMENTAL
PROTECTION DEPARTMENT ANNOUNCED THAT THE TSEUNG KWAN O STAGE 11/11T LANDFILL HAD BEEN CLOSED TODAY (MONDAY) AFTER REACHING ITS FULL CAPACITY.
AN ACTING ASSISTANT DIRECTOR OF THE DEPARTMENT, MR JOHN ROCKEY, SAID THE CLOSURE WAS IN LINE WITH THE SCHEDULE LAID DOWN IN THE FIRST REVIEW OF THE 1989 WHITE PAPER ON THE ENVIRONMENT.
THE LANDFILL, WHICH STARTED OPERATION IN LATE 1988, HAD RECEIVED ABOUT 17 MILLION TONNES OF WASTE.
"THE WASTE CURRENTLY DELIVERED TO THE LANDFILL WILL BE DIVERTED TO THE NEARBY TSEUNG KWAN O STAGE I EXTENSION LANDFILL WHICH IS RE- OPENED TO MEET THE SHORTAGE OF LANDFILL CAPACITY.
"THIS EXTENSION LANDFILL IS EXPECTED TO BE GRADUALLY PHASED OUT UPON THE COMMISSIONING OF THE STRATEGIC SOUTH FAST NEW TERRITORIES LANDFILL LATER THIS YEAR, MR ROCKEY SAID.
HE SAID THE DEPARTMENT HAD PLANS TO RESTORE BOTH THE TSEUNG KWAN 0 STAGE II/ILI AND THE TSEUNG KWAN O STAGE I LANDFILLS TO MINIMISE THE ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS OF THESE CLOSED LANDFILLS.
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"THE RESTORED LANDFILL SITES WILL PROVIDE VALPABLE BENEFICIAL FOR THE COMMUNITY AND THE GOVERNMENT 18 IDENTIFYING SUITABLE LAND USE FOR FACH INDIVIDUAL SITE, NIR POKERY ADDPÐ.
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