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FRIDAY, DECEMBER 9, 1988

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"THE KOWLOON BAY RTS IS ONE IMPORTANT ELEMENT GOVERNMENT'S COMPREHENSIVE WASTE DISPOSAL STRATEGY," DR REED SAID..

TO

VERY WHICH FROM TRANSFER WASTES ARE

THIS STRATEGY ENVISAGES THE DEVELOPMENT OF A NUMBER OF LARGE LANDFILLS AT REMOTE SITES IN THE NEW TERRITORIES, WASTE WILL BE TRANSPORTED IN BULK IN SEALED CONTAINERS STATIONS SITUATED IN THE URBAN AREAS WHERE MOST OF THE GENERATED.

VEHICLES SERVICES

UNDER THE WASTE DISPOSAL STRATEGY, REFUSE COLLECTION OPERATED BY THE URBAN SERVICES DEPARTMENT AND THE REGIONAL DEPARTMENT WILL DELIVER WASTE TO THE TRANSFER STATIONS WHERE BE COMPRESSED INTO CONTAINERS FOR BULK SHIPMENT TO. THE LANDFILL SITES.

IT WILL

то BE SAME

"THIS SCHEME WILL ENABLE STRICT ENVIRONMENTAL CONTROL EXERCISED IN TRANSPORTING THE WASTE TO THE LANDFILLS, AND AT THE TIME WILL GREATLY REDUCE TRANSPORT COSTS AND TOTAL NUMBER MOVEMENTS OF WASTE COLLECTION VEHICLES THROUGHOUT THE TERRITORY, ++ DR REED EXPLAINED.

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VEHICLE

THE TRANSFER STATION AT KOWLOON BAY WILL COMPRISE A TOTALLY ENCLOSED AND CONTROLLED ENVIRONMENT OF WASTE TRANSFER, WITH CAPACITY OF A DAILY REFUSE INTAKE OF 1,800 TONNES.

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VEHICLES

THE URBAN SERVICES DEPARTMENT'S REFUSE COLLECTION WILL DISCHARGE THEIR LOADS INTO HYDRAULICALLY OPERATED HOPPERS AT FIRST FLOOR LEVEL OF A TWO-LEVEL BUILDING.

THE

THE WASTE WILL THEN BE FED INTO COMPACTION EQUIPMENT AT GROUND FLOOR LEVEL WHERE IT WILL BE COMPRESSED INTO TOTALLY CONTAINERS FOR TRANSHIPMENT.

THE SEALED

ALL AIR AND EFFLUENT DISCHARGE FROM THE FACILITY.

EMISSIONS WILL

BE TREATED

PRIOR TO

EQUALLY STRINGENT ENVIRONMENTAL STANDARDS BULK TRANSPORT FLEET. BOTH COLLECTION AND BULK TRANSPORT WILL BE REQUIRED TO PASS THROUGH A VEHICLE WASHING PLANT EACH THEY LEAVE THE SITE.

WILL APPLY

ΤΟ THE VEHICLES TIME

"WHEN THE KOWLOON BAY RTS IS COMMISSIONED IN THE SPRING OF 1990, THE LANDFILL AT JORDAN VALLEY, TOGETHER WITH THE INCINERATOR LAI CHI KOK, WILL BE CLOSED," DR REED SAID.

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AT

THE

IT WILL BRING SIGNIFICANT ENVIRONMENTAL IMPROVEMENTS ΤΟ LARGE RESIDENTIAL AREAS AT SHUN LEE TSUEN AND MEI FOO RESPECTIVELY," HE ADDED.

SUN CHUEN

SWIRE BFI WASTE SERVICES LIMITED, A HONG KONG-BASED COMPANY, WON THE CONTRACT AGAINST STRONG COMPETITION FROM A NUMBER INTERNATIONALLY RECOGNISED WASTE MANAGEMENT CONSORTIA WHO FOR THE PROJECT.

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/KOWLOON BAY