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SATURDAY, DECEMBER 23, 1978

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SAFETY EQUIPMENT FOR INCINERATORS

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SPECIAL SAFETY EQUIPMENT HAS BEEN INSTALLED AT THE LAI CHI KOK INCINERATION PLANT TO AVOID ACCIDENTS IN THE RECEPTION AREA.

THE ELECTRICAL AND MECHANICAL OFFICE OF THE PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT HAS INSTALLED AN ALARM SYSTEM AT ALL REFUSE BUNKERS OF THE +A+ AND +B+ PLANTS,

A PWD SPOKESMAN SAID THE SYSTEM GIVES A VISUAL SIGNAL. A HORN ALSO WARNS REFUSE VEHICLE DRIVERS NOT TO UNLOAD IN ANY BUNKER WHERE THE CRANE GRAB IS WORKING,

+THE ALARM, HE EXPLAINED, IS OPERATED BY THE CRANE OPERATOR.+

THE PWD SPOKESMAN ADDED THAT IN AN EFFORT TO PREVENT ACCIDENTS AT THE INCLINED ASH CONVEYOR IN PLANT +A+ AN 'EMERGENCY TRIP WIRE' SYSTEM HAS BEEN INSTALLED.

HE WENT ON TO SAY THAT BOTH THE KENNEDY TOWN INCINERATION PLANT AND THE PLANT AT LAI CHI KOK CONTINUED TO BURN OFF THOUSANDS OF TONS OF REFUSE.

FOR EXAMPLE, BETWEEN JULY AND SEPTEMBER THE KENNEDY TOWN INCINERATOR BURNT NO LESS THAN 57,699 TONS OF REFUSE -- AN AVERAGE OF 634 TONS A DAY.

THE +A+ PLANT AT LAI CHI KOK BURNT OFF 41,936 TONS AND THE +B+ PLANT WAS NOT FAR BEHIND WITH 40,832 TONS.

BOTH THE KENNEDY TOWN AND LAI CHI KOK PLANTS ARE OPERATED AND MAINTAINED BY THE ELECTRICAL AND MECHANICAL OFFICE OF THE PWD.

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