XN000022-1989-04-13 — Page 2

THURSDAY, APRIL 13, 1989

REPORT TO DEAL WITH HAZARD SERIOUSNESS OF OIL INSTALLATIONS: GOVERNOR

THE TSING YI RISK REASSESSMENT REPORT, WHICH IS EXPECTED TO BE PUBLISHED BY THE END OF THIS MONTH, WILL DEAL WITH THE QUESTION OF HOW SERIOUS IS THE HAZARD OF THE OIL INSTALLATIONS ON THE ISLAND AND WHAT SHOULD BE DONE ABOUT, THE GOVERNOR, SIR DAVID WILSON, SAID TODAY (THURSDAY).

SPEAKING TO REPORTERS AFTER A VISIT TO KWAI TSING DISTRICT, THE GOVERNOR SAID HE FULLY UNDERSTOOD THE FEELING OF RESIDENTS OF MAYFAIR GARDEN TOWARDS THE NEARBY INSTALLATIONS.

HE SAID: "THE FIRST THING TO DO IS TO MAKE SURE THAT THOSE INSTALLATIONS ARE WELL MANAGED AND THAT THEY ARE AS SAFE AS THEY CAN POSSIBLY BE. AND THAT PARTICULAR INSTALLATION IS WELL MANAGED.

"IN LONGER TERM, IT IS DESIRABLE THAT YOU SHOULD SEPARATE DWELLING AREAS AND PLACES WHERE THERE ARE POTENTIALLY HAZARDOUS INSTALLATIONS. AND THE LONG TERM PLAN IS TO MOVE MOBIL AND HONG KONG

OIL."

IT WAS JUST A QUESTION OF LOCATING MAKING ARRANGEMENTS TO MOVE, HE ADDED.

ALTERNATIVE

SITES AND

ASKED ABOUT A CHEMICAL WASTE TREATMENT PLANT TO BE BUILT ON TSING YI, THE GOVERNOR SAID IT HAD ALREADY GONE OUT то TENDER AND PLANS WOULD BE GOING AHEAD FOR THE PLANT.

"THERE ARE TWO POINTS I WOULD MAKE ON THAT, HE SAID.

"ONE IS WE DO DESPERATELY NEED THAT SORT OF CHEMICAL WASTE TREATMENT PLANT IN ORDER TO DEAL WITH THE PROBLEM OF POLLUTION BY CHEMICAL WASTES.

"THE SECOND POINT IS THE PLANT ITSELF IS NOT POLLUTING. IT IS SAFE AND NOT A POTENTIAL HAZARD FOR THE PEOPLE LIVING THERE NEAR IT.

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IMPROVEMENTS PLANNED FOR KWAI TSING

IMPRESSIVE EFFORTS ARE BEING MADE TO IMPROVE THE ENVIRONMENT, TRANSPORT AND LIVING CONDITIONS IN KWAI TSING DISTRICT, THE GOVERNOR, SIR DAVID WILSON, SAID DURING A VISIT ΤΟ THE DISTRICT TODAY (THURSDAY).

"THE QUESTION OF POTENTIALLY HAZARDOUS INSTALLATIONS ON TSING YI ISLAND WILL BE FULLY DEALT WITH IN THE TSING YI RISK REASSESSMENT REPORT WHICH IS LIKELY TO BE RELEASED AT THE END OF THE MONTH, THE GOVERNOR ADDED.

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/THE GOVERNOR