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WEDNESDAY, JUNE 28, 1978

NEW CONTROLLED TIP IN KWUN TONG READY FOR USE SOON

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THE NEW CONTROLLED TIP AT MA YAU TONG IN KWUN TONG WILL BE READY FOR USE BY THE END OF THE YEAR.

SITE PREPARATORY WORK, INCLUDING DRAINAGE AND ROAD WORKS, IS MAKING PROGRESS.

MR. WONG WAN-MING, CHIEF ENGINEER OF THE P.W.D.'S DEVELOPMENT AND AIRPORT DIVISION, CIVIL ENGINEERING OFFICE, SAID TODAY THIS WAS ONE OF SIX CONTROLLED TIPS IN OPERATION IN THE TERRITORY.

WHEN THE TIP IS FILLED AND CLOSED, HE ADDED, IT WOULD PROVIDE MORE THAN SEVEN HECTARES OF NEW LAND.

OF THIS, ABOUT 5.5 HECTARES WILL BE USED FOR OPEN SPACE, RECREATIONAL AND OTHER SIMILAR PURPOSES. THE REMAINING 2.2 HECTARES OF LAND ADJOINING THE TIP WILL BE PROVIDED FOR EDUCATIONAL, INSTITUTIONAL AND COMMUNITY USE.

MEANWHILE, WORK HAS BEGUN ON THE SECOND PHASE OF ANOTHER CONTROLLED TIP AT SIU LANG SHUI IN TUEN MUN.

THE WORK CONSISTS OF THE SYSTEMATIC DISPOSAL OF REFUSE BY SANITARY METHODS, THE CONSTRUCTION OF ACCESS ROAD TO THE TIP AND DRAINAGE WORK.

MR. WONG SAID: +WHEN THE TIP IS FILLED TO ITS CAPACITY IN ABOUT 1983, A TOTAL OF SOME 3.2 HECTARES OF LAND CAN BE MADE AVAILABLE FOR RECREATIONAL AND AMENITY USE.+

PHASE ONE OF THE PROJECT, WHICH INVOLVED THE CONSTRUCTION OF ROADWAY FROM PILLAR POINT TO SIU LANG SHUT WAS COMPLETED TOWARDS THE END OF LAST YEAR.

MR. WONG SAID: +IN CONTROLLED TIPPING, REFUSE IS SPREAD IN LAYERS AND COMPACTED BY MECHANICAL PLANTS TO A THICKNESS OF ABOUT TWO METRES EACH TIME.

+EACH LAYER IS THEN COMPLETELY COVERED WITH INERT MATERIAL SEALING OFF ALL WORKING FACES AT THE END OF EACH DAY'S WORK IN ORDER TO PREVENT FOUL ODOUR AND TO ELIMINATE HEALTH AND FIRE HAZARDS.+

COVERING MATERIAL FOR THE SIU LANG SHUI CONTROLLED TIP, HE SAID, WOULD BE OBTAINED FROM ON-SITE EXCAVATION WITHIN THE BOUNDARIES AND FROM ADJACENT BORROW AREA AT WHICH ABOUT HALF A HECTARE OF LAND WOULD BE FORMED FOR FUTURE DEVELOPMENT.

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