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WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 21, 1987

NIGHT-TIME WORK AVOIDS DISRUPTION TO MTR

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NIGHT-TIME UNDERGROUND BLASTING AT QUARRY EXCAVATION OF THE EASTERN HARBOUR CROSSING IS PERMITTED IN ORDER AVOID DISRUPTION TO THE OPERATIONS OF THE MASS TRANSIT RAILWAY, SECRETARY FOR LANDS AND WORKS, THE HON ALISTAIR ASPREY, TOLD THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL TODAY (WEDNESDAY).

"OTHERWISE, FOR SAFETY REASONS, THE MTR QUARRY BAY STATION WOULD HAVE TO BE CLEARED, AND TRAINS IN THE VICINITY STOPPED, WHEN BLASTING WAS IN PROGRESS MR ASPREY SAID IN RESPONSE TO A QUESTION BY THE HON CHEUNG YAN-LUNG.

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MR CHEUNG HAD ASKED ABOUT NOISE ABATEMENT MEASURES TAKEN REDUCE THE NOISE GENERATED AT NIGHT BY TUNNEL CONSTRUCTION ACTIVITIES.

MR ASPREY ADDED THAT IN KWUN TONG, ERECTION OF HEAVY FALSEWORK FOR CERTAIN SECTIONS OF THE MTR VIADUCT WOULD BE CARRIED OUT AT NIGHT TO AVOID THE SEVERE DISRUPTIONS TO ROAD TRAFFIC ON THE KWUN TONG AND LEI YUE MUN ROADS WHICH WOULD OCCUR IF THE WORK WAS CARRIED OUT IN DAY-TIME.

HOWEVER, PERMITS WERE ONLY ISSUED UNDER THE SUMMARY OFFENCES (PERMITTED WORK) REGULATIONS WHERE NOISE LEVELS AFFECTING RESIDENTS IN THE VICINITY OF THE WORKS COULD BE KEPT DOWN TO ACCEPTABLE LEVELS, AND CONDITIONS WERE IMPOSED TO ENSURE THAT THIS WAS ACHIEVED, HE SAID.

ACTION ON INCOMPATIBLE LAND USE PROBLEMS

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THE SECRETARY FOR LANDS AND WORKS, THE SAID TODAY (WEDNESDAY) THE GOVERNMENT 19 IMPROVE PLANNING CONTROLS ON REDEVELOPMENT TO INCOMPATIBLE LAND USES.

HON ALISTAIR ASPREY, LOOKING INTO WAYS ΤΟ AVOID THE PROBLEMS OF

REPLYING TO A QUESTION IN THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL BY THE HON RICHARD LAI ABOUT ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION IN A RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT ON A PIECE OF LAND WHICH HAS BEEN REZONED FROM INDUSTRIAL USE, MR ASPREY SAID THE GOVERNMENT WAS AWARE OF THE ENVIRONMENTAL PROBLEMS IN SOME AREAS THAT RESULTED FROM THE JUXTAPOSITION INDUSTRIAL AND RESIDENTIAL USES.

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MOST OF THE PROBLEMS OF INCOMPATIBILITY HAD RESULTED FROM CHANGES IN LAND USE. SPECIFICALLY FROM THE REDEVELOPMENT OF INDUSTRIAL LOTS FOR RESIDENTIAL PURPOSES. THE TSURN TAK GARDEN DEVELOPMENT, REFERRED TO BY MR LAI, WAS A CASE IN POINT, HE SAID.

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