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TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 6, 1994
"HOWEVER, IT IS NECESSARY HUNG MUI KUK INTERCHANGE AND THE LIMIT FROM 70 KILOMETRES PER HOUR ADDED.
TO SUSPEND THE BUS ONLY LANE BETWEEN TOLL PLAZA AND REDUCE THE SPEED ΤΟ 50 KILOMETRES PER HOUR, HE
OTHER SPECIAL TRAFFIC ARRANGEMENTS IMPLEMENTED WORKS ARE BEING MAINTAINED IN GENERAL.
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UNDER STAGE I
APPROPRIATE TRAFFIC SIGNS AND TRAFFIC AIDS WILL BE ADVISE AND GUIDE MOTORISTS DURING THE COURSE OF WORKS.
ERECTED TO
TRAFFIC REVISED AND PATIENCE, MR LUI
"MOTORISTS ARE ADVISED TO OBSERVE THESE ARRANGEMENTS AND CONTINUE TO DRIVE WITH CARE
SAID.
ARE II
SIMILAR
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WORKS UNDER STAGE
CARRIED OUT TO THOSE
IN COMPLETION EARLY NEXT YEAR, SINCE THE PROJECT IS SCHEDULED FOR
TIGHT CRITICAL SECTIONS WILL BE WORKED ON 24 HOURS A DAY TO MEET THIS SCHEDULE.
I.
ACTIVITIES WHICH HAVE BARRIERS
MINIMISE
"SUCH NIGHT TIME WORKING WILL BE CONFINED TO
EXCESSIVE NOISE. TEMPORARY WILL NOT GENERATE
NOISE ALREADY BEEN ERECTED ALONG THE DOWN HILL SIDE OF THE ROAD TO THE DISTURBANCE TO NEARBY RESIDENTS, MR LUI SAID.
0
MOST DOMESTIC PREMISES NOT AFFECTED BY LANDFILL CHARGING SCHEME
*
UNITS
HOUSEHOLDS IN DOMESTIC PREMISES INCLUDING PUBLIC HOUSING WHICH ARE COVERED BY REFUSE COLLECTION SERVICES OF THE TWO MUNICIPAL LANDFILL CHARGING SCHEME, COUNCILS
BE AFFECTED BY THE WILL NOT A SPOKESMAN FOR THE PLANNING, ENVIRONMENT AND LANDS BRANCH SAID (TUESDAY).
TODAY
"SOME DOMESTIC PREMISES, FOR VARIOUS REASONS, CHOOSE NOT TO USE THE REFUSE COLLECTION POINTS OF THE TWO MUNICIPAL COUNCILS AND RELY ON PRIVATE REFUSE COLLECTORS TO TAKE THEIR WASTE DIRECT TO LANDFILLS.
OF THE PROPOSED HOUSEHOLDS
"OUR ESTIMATE IS THAT, WITH THE INTRODUCTION LEVEL OF LANDFILL DISPOSAL FEES, THE ADDITIONAL COST FOR WHICH USE PRIVATE REFUSE COLLECTION SERVICE WOULD COME TO ABOUT $5 PER MONTH.'
FOR A $350 FOR
MODEST LANDFILL THE CALCULATION
PROPOSED IS BASED ON THE DISPOSAL FEES FOR PRIVATE REFUSE COLLECTORS AT A RATE OF $175 SMALL VEHICLE WITH A LOAD OF WASTE UP TO FIVE TONNES AND LARGER VEHICLE WITH HEAVIER LOAD.
INDISCRIMINATE
WASTE PRIVATE
THE CHARGING SCHEME, WHICH AIMS TO DISCOURAGE USE OF THE LIMITED LANDFILL RESOURCES AND TO ENCOURAGE MINIMISATION, RECYCLING AND REUSE, WOULD ONLY AFFECT USERS OF
REFUSE COLLECTION SERVICES.
/THE SPOKESMAN