WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 23, 1994
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PROGRAMME TO MONITOR DUST LEVELS AT GREENFIELD GARDEN
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WRITTEN MR
FOLLOWING IS A QUESTION BY THE HON LEE WING-TAT AND A REPLY BY THE ACTING SECRETARY FOR PLANNING, ENVIRONMENT AND LANDS, CANICE MAK, IN THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL TODAY (WEDNESDAY):
QUESTION : AS THE CEMENT FACTORY ADJACENT TO
GREENFIELD GARDEN
ON
TSING YI ISLAND WILL BE RELOCATED SOON, WILL THE GOVERNMENT INFORM THIS COUNCIL OF THE FOLLOWING:
(A) WHEN WILL THE CEMENT FACTORY BE RELOCATED;
(B)
(C)
WHETHER ITS RELOCATION DATE IS BEHIND SCHEDULE; IF SO, WHAT THE REASONS ARE; AND
WHAT MEASURES HAS THE GOVERNMENT PUT IN PLACE ΤΟ EFFECTIVELY MONITOR THE POLLUTION CAUSED BY THE CEMENT FACTORY PRIOR TO ITS RELOCATION SO AS TO REDUCE THE IMPACT ON THE NEARBY RESIDENTS OF GREENFIELD GARDEN?
REPLY:
(A)
(B)
UNDER THE CONDITIONS OF EXCHANGE EXECUTED ON NOVEMBER 19, 1993, THE CEMENT FACTORY HAS TO BE DECOMMISSIONED BY JUNE 30, 1996.
AT PRESENT, THERE IS NO INDICATION THAT THE RELOCATION EXERCISE IS BEHIND SCHEDULE.
(C)
THE ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION DEPARTMENT HAS ISSUED FIVE AIR POLLUTION ABATEMENT NOTICES AND ONE NOISE ABATEMENT NOTICE ΤΟ THE CEMENT PLANT UNDER THE PROVISIONS OF THE AIR POLLUTION CONTROL ORDINANCE AND THE NOISE CONTROL ORDINANCE. THESE ABATEMENT NOTICES REQUIRE THE PLANT OWNERS TO IMPLEMENT CERTAIN DUST AND NOISE CONTROL MEASURES TO CONTAIN POLLUTION. THE ABATEMENT NOTICES ARE STILL IN FORCE AND ANY VIOLATION OF THE REQUIREMENTS STIPULATED IN THE NOTICES WILL RESULT IN PROSECUTION ACTIONS.
A DUST MONITORING PROGRAMME HAS BEEN IN PLACE SINCE 1991 TO MEASURE THE AMBIENT DUST LEVELS AT GREENFIELD GARDEN. THE PURPOSE IS TO MONITOR THE IMPACT OF EMISSIONS FROM THE PLANT ON THE AIR QUALITY. THE PROGRAMME WILL CONTINUE UNTIL THE PLANT IS RELOCATED.
1N ADDITION, AND STARTING FROM NOVEMBER 26, 1994, THE CEMENT PLANT IS REQUIRED TO APPLY FOR A LICENCE UNDER THE AIR POLLUTION CONTROL ORDINANCE. THE LICENCE WILL SET DOWN TERMS AND CONDITIONS WHICH MUST BE MET IF THE OPERATOR IS TO AVOID BEING LIABLE FOR PROSECUTION.
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