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WEDNESDAY, JULY 20, 1988

FROM

MR TSAO EXPLAINED THAT RTHK WOULD COLLECT, COLLATE AND CONTINUOUSLY UPDATE INFORMATION FOR BROADCAST ON THE NEW CHANNEL ALL AVAILABLE SOURCES.

THESE INCLUDED THE POLICE, THE TRANSPORT INFORMATION SERVICES DEPARTMENT, THE VARIOUS PUBLIC TRANSPORT COMPANIES.

DEPARTMENT, SERVICES EMERGENCY

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SUBJECT TO APPROVAL BY THE FINANCE COMMITTEE OF FUNDS FOR

STAFF AND TRANSMISSION FACILITIES, THE NEW OPERATION IN THE FIRST QUARTER OF 1989, HE ADDED.

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COULD COME INTO

PROBLEMS IN ESTABLISHING DYEING, FINISHING COMPLEX

THE ACTING SECRETARY FOR HEALTH AND WELFARE, THE HON ADOLF HSU, EXPLAINED TO THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL TODAY (WEDNESDAY) THE PROBLEMS CONCERNING A CENTRALISED COMPLEX PROPOSED FOR DYEING AND FINISHING FACTORIES.

"IN NOVEMBER 1987, A CONSORTIUM APPLIED ΤΟ THE HONG KONG INDUSTRIAL ESTATES CORPORATION (HKIEC) FOR A 10 HECTARE SITE AT YUEN LONG INDUSTRIAL ESTATE TO BUILD A CENTRALISED COMPLEX FOR SALE TO A NUMBER OF DYEING AND FINISHING FACTORIES, MR HSU SAID IN A WRITTEN REPLY TO A QUESTION BY THE HON CHENG HON-KWAN.

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HE POINTED OUT THAT ONE PROBLEM WAS THE MASSIVE WATER SUPPLY AND WASTEWATER EFFLUENT REQUIREMENTS 113 MILLION LITRES PER DAY OF THE PROPOSED COMPLEX.

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THE INFRASTRUCTURAL PROVISION IN THE YUEN LONG AREA WOULD THEREFORE NEED SUBSTANTIAL UPGRADING, MR HSU CONTINUED.

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AND IT IS UNLIKELY, EVEN IF THIS COULD BE AFFORDED, THAT THE WORKS COULD BE COMPLETED BEFORE THE YUEN LONG INDUSTRIAL ESTATE WAS SOLD OUT.

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MOREOVER, HE SAID THERE WERE DOUBTS WHETHER THE PROJECT COULD THE HKIEC'S LEGAL REQUIREMENTS REGARDING ASSIGNMENT AND SUB-LEASING.

REFERRING TO WAYS то REDUCE POLLUTION BY THE DYEING AND FINISHING INDUSTRY, MR HSU SAID THE EXEMPTION OF EXISTING DISCHARGES UNDER THE WATER POLLUTION CONTROL ORDINANCE SHOULD BE REVIEWED.

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