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SUNDAY, JANUARY 4, 1976

TWO MORE WASTE DISPOSAL TIPS TO BE SET UP IN N.T.

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TWO MORE CONTROLLED TIPS FOR THE SYSTEMATIC DISPOSAL OF SOLID WASTES WILL BE SET UP IN THE NEW TERRITORIES DY THE PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT.

ONE OF THE TIPS WILL BE LOCATED AT SHIU LANG SHUI IN TUEN MUN AND THE OTHER AT MA TSO LUNG IN YUEN LONG.

MR. NG TECK-SHENG, CHIEF ENGINEER OF THE P.V.D.'S DEVELOPMENT AND AIRPORT DIVISION OF THE CIVIL ENGINEERING OFFICE, SAID TODAY TIJAT PRELIMINARY ROAD AND DRAINAGE WORKS ON THE TWO SITES WERE EXPECTED TO START II ́FEBRUARY.

+THE MA TSO LUNG TIP SHOULD BE READY FOR USE BY MID-1976 WHILE THE LARGER TIP AT SHIU LANG SHUI IS EXPECTED TO BE READY BY LATE 1977 OR EARLY 1978, HE SAID.

+WHEN FULLY COMPLETED AND CLOSED, HE ADDED, THE TWO TIPS WILL PROVIDE MORE THAN SEVEN HECTARES OF NEW LAND FOR RECREATIONAL USE.

*THIS IS ONE OF THE ADDED ADVANTAGES IN CONTROLLED TIPPING,+ HE SAID, DECAUSE NOT ONLY DOES THE SYSTEM PROVIDE FOR AN ECONOMICAL AND SANITARY REANS OF SOLID WASTE DISPOSAL, BUT IT ALSO ENADLES FULL USE TO DE MADE OF THE SITES FOR THE DÊNEFIT OF RESIDENTS ONCE THE TIPS ARE CLOSED AND TOPPED OFF.+

HE EXPLAINED THAT IN CONTROLLED TIPPING, REFUSE IS SPREAD IN LAYERS AND COMPACTED BY BULLDOZERS TO A THICKNESS OF ABOUT SIX FEET EACH TIME. THIS LAYER IS THEN COMPLETELY COVERED WITH INERT SOFT EARTH TO PREVENT NOXIOUS SMELLS AND TO ELIMINATE HEALTH AND FIRE HAZARDS.

THE MA TSO LUNG TIP, HE SAID, WOULD HAVE A CAPACITY OF 160,000 TONNES AND WAS SCHEDULED TO DE CLOSED WITHIN THREE YEARS WHEN IT WOULD PROVIDE ALMOST 1.5 HECTARES OF FORMED LAND FOR USE AS OPEN SPACE AND RECREATION.

+ THE TIP AT SHIU LANG SHUI WILL BE MUCH BIGGER WITH A CAPACITY OF 560,000 TONNES,

IT WILL HAVE A LIFE EXPECTANCY OF SIX OR SEVEN YEARS AND EVENTUALLY SHOULD YIELD AN ADDITIONAL 5.6 HECTARES OF LAND FOR RECREATIONAL USE, HE SAID.

MR. NG. SAID BOTH TIPS WOULD BE LINED WITH A WATERPROOF PLASTIC MEMBRANE TO PREVENT SURFACE WATER SEEPING THROUGH THE COMPACTED REFUSE FROM REACHING THE GROUND WATER.

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