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Tuesday, September 4, 1973

Work on the 300-foot chimney, which will provide better disposal

of fumes and reduce the possibility of air pollution, began a few months

ago and is expected to be completed later this year.

The chimney is 100 feet higher than the normal maximum height

of any building allowed in the area under the Hong Kong Airport (Control

of Obstructions) Ordinance.

In the meantime, erection of machinery and equipment of the #41

million plant is also going smoothly.

It will be

This new plant will have four incinerator units of similar design

as, those already in operation at Kennedy Town and Lai Chi Kok.

able to dispose of 750 tons of refuse per day.

In Kwai Chung, site formation for an incineration plant on

reclaimed land immediately to the North Pillar Island in the Rambler Channel

is in full swing, the spokesman said.

Dredging for the seawall foundation has been completed and casting

of seavall blocks is in progress.

This plant will dispose of 900 or more tons of refuse per day.

It will be the first of its kind in the New Town in the New Territories.

Apart from the new projects to be built, a $13.75 million expansion

programme is now being carried out at the present Kennedy Town Plant to cope

with the increasing volume of refuse collection on the island.

One more 250 tons/day unit with large grab crane will be put to

the existing four-unit plant. It is expected that the new unit will come

into operation by the end of 1975.

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