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WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 6, 1982

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ELECTRIC ROAD BETWEEN HING FAT STREET AND LAU SIN STREET- AND LAU LI STREET BETWEEN NGAN MOK STREET AND ELECTRIC ROAD WILL BOTH BE RE-ROUTED FROM TWO-WAY TRAFFIC TO ONE-WAY NORTHBOUND.

A YELLOW BOX-JUNCTION AND NEW TRAFFIC SIGNAL INSTALLATIONS WILL BE INTRODUCED AT THE JUNCTION OF LAU LI STREET AND KING'S ROAD.

TRAFFIC SIGNS AND CARRIAGEWAY MARKINGS WILL BE PUT UP TO GUIDE

MOTORISTS.

EPCOM MEMBERS SEE PROBLEM AREAS

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MEMBERS OF EPCOM, THE ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION WATCHDOG COMMITTEE, TODAY (WEDNESDAY) TOOK A FIRST HAND LOOK AT THE PROBLEM AREAS IN VARIOUS PARTS OF HONG KONG.

EPCOM MEMBERS, LED BY THE CHAIRMAN, MR H.M.G. FORSGATE AND VICE-CHAIRMAN, MR J.L. MARDEN, TOOK TO THE AIR IN TWO HELICOPTERS TO SURVEY SOME OF THE MAJOR DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS TAKING PLACE IN THE TERRITORY WHICH COULD HAVE A SIGNIFICANT EFFECT ON THE ENVIRONMENT. AMONG THE MEMBERS WERE THE COMMISSIONER FOR ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION, DR S.B. REED, AND THE DEPUTY SECRETARY FOR HOME AFFAIRS, MR M. PAGLIARI.

THEIR FIRST STOP WAS AT THE NEW COAL-FIRED POWER STATION ON LAMMA ISLAND, THE DEVELOPMENT OF WHICH HAS BEEN CLOSELY MONITORED BY EPCOM. THEY LATER WENT TO SEE THE CASTLE PEAK POWER STATION AT TAP SHEK KOK WHICH HAS BEEN SIMILARLY STUDIED FOR ITS ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT.

OVER CHEK LAP KOK OFF THE COAST OF LANTAU ISLAND, EPCOM MEMBERS SURVEYED THE SITE OF THE PROPOSED AIRPORT. THE MAIN POLLUTANTS HERE WOULD BE NOISE, FROM AIRCRAFT OPERATIONS, AND POSSIBLE INTERFERENCE WITH THE MARINE ENVIRONMENT FROM RECLAMATION AND DUMPING OF DREDGED MUD.

THE PARTY THEN PROCEEDED TO DEEP BAY TO LOOK AT THE PROBLEMS OF THE WATERS IN THIS AREA. FROM THERE THEY WENT TO TAI PO INDUSTRIAL ESTATE AND FLEW OVER TOLO HARBOUR. TOLO HARBOUR AND CHANNEL, WITH THE SURROUNDING CATCHMENT AREA AND RIVERS, WILL BE HONG KONG'S FIRST WATER CONTROL ZONE.

ON THEIR RETURN TO HONG KONG ISLAND, EPCOM MEMBERS INSPECTED THE LANDSCAPE AND LAY-OUT OF THE PROPOSED NEW TOWN SITE AT JUNK BAY.

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