THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 10, 1994
THE
HE HOPED THAT MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITY WOULD RENDER
то THEIR VIEWS AND GAVE SCHEME IMPROVEMENTS COULD BE MADE.
THE
AFD
SO
SUPPORT TO THAT FURTHER
THE PRESS
OF THE
OCCURRENCE UNABLE
ΤΟ TYPES
ALSO SPEAKING AT
CHAIRMAN CONFERENCE, FEDERATION OF VEGETABLE MARKETING CO-OPERATIVE SOCIETY, MR YUNG TIN- TAK, SAID LAW-ABIDING FARMERS WERE USUALLY HARD HIT BY THE
CONTAMINATED
CASES WHEN THE PUBLIC, DISTINGUISH THE SAFE PRODUCE, WOULD REFRAIN FROM BUYING CERTAIN OF VEGETABLES.
OF
VEGETABLE
"AS A RESULT, A LARGE QUANTITY OF VEGETABLES WERE WASTED, HE SAID.
ACCREDITED
MR YUNG WAS
THAT THE PLEASED INTRODUCED TO HELP CONSUMERS IDENTIFY PREMIUM SAFE MINIMISING THE LOSS TO THE LAW-ABIDING FARMERS.
FARM
DUMPED AND
SCHEME
WAS VEGETABLES, THUS
ALSO
ASSISTANT EDWARD LAI.
PRESENT DIRECTOR MISS VERA SO AND
AT TODAY'S
CONFERENCE
WERE
THE DEPARTMENT'S VMO'S GENERAL MANAGER
MR
MANAGEMENT OF URBAN WASTE
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INCLUDES THREE VERY HONG KONG'S WASTE DISPOSAL PLAN, WHICH
TRANSFER STATIONS, LARGE STRATEGIC LANDFILLS AND A SERIES OF REFUSE
NEXT SECURES A ROUTE FOR THE TERRITORY'S WASTE DISPOSAL WELL INTO THE CENTURY.
THE TASK NOW IS TO EXTEND THE LIFE OF THESE DISPOSAL FACILITIES BY REDUCING THE AMOUNT OF WASTE GENERATED AND REQUIRING DISPOSAL.
(THURSDAY)
OF
BY THE TODAY
DIRECTOR THIS WAS STATED
ON ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION, DR STUART REED, WHEN PRESENTING A PAPER
MANAGEMENT OF URBAN "THE ROLE OF LANDFILL AND INCINERATION IN THE WASTE" AT THE WORLD CONGRESS ON URBAN GROWTH AND THE ENVIRONMENT.
MONITORING THE DISPOSAL PLAN IS BASED ON MANY YEARS OF CAREFUL
GENERATED IN HONG KONG, A OF THE QUANTITIES AND TYPES OF WASTE TERRITORY-WIDE SEARCH FOR SUITABLE LOCATIONS FOR BOTH LANDFILL SITES AND INCINERATOR SITES AND THE DEVELOPMENT OF A WASTE MANAGEMENT MODEL, DR. REED SAID.
THESE BASIS OF
DETAILED "THE CONCLUSION ARRIVED AT, ON THE
STRATEGY WITH THE STUDIES, WAS THAT AN ENVIRONMENTALLY ACCEPTABLE
STRATEGIC LANDFILLS THREE VERY LARGE COST WOULD COMPRISE LEAST
LOCATED SUPPLIED WITH WASTE FROM A SERIES OF REFUSE TRANSFER STATIONS
HE SAID. IN THE MAJOR AREAS OF WASTE ARISINGS IN THE TERRITORY,
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ROLE OF NOTING THAT THERE HAD BEEN MUCH HEATED DEBATE ON THE
DR REED SAID IT WAS GENERALLY ACKNOWLEDGED LANDFILL AND INCINERATION, WITHIN THE WASTE MANAGEMENT PROFESSION THAT LANDFILL WAS, IN PRACTICAL IRREDUCIBLE TERMS, THE ONLY MEANS AVAILABLE FOR FINAL DISPOSAL OF THE RESIDUES OF URBAN COMMUNITIES WHILE INCINERATION WAS ONE OF A NUMBER OF TREATMENT PROCESSES FOR WASTE PRIOR TO FINAL DISPOSAL.
/AND IT