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THURSDAY, APRIL 27, 1989

BY RESIDENTS REASSESSMENT

IN 1988 BECAUSE OF THE GROWING CONCERN EXPRESSED ABOUT THE OVERALL SAFETY OF PHI'S LOCATED ON TSING YI, A STUDY WAS COMMISSIONED BY THE GAS SAFETY OFFICE OF THE ELECTRICAL MECHANICAL SERVICES DEPARTMENT TO

AND RE-EXAMINE AND ASSOCIATED PLANNING CONSIDERATIONS FOR THE ISLAND AS A WHOLE.

THE POTENTIAL HAZARDS

THE STUDY CENTRED ON THREE MAJOR ISSUES:

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THE OFFSITE RISKS POSED BY INDIVIDUAL RESIDENTS IMMEDIATELY ADJACENT TO THEM;

THE CUMULATIVE RISK OF THE PHI'S; AND

THE RISKS POSED BY THE TRANSPORTATION SUBSTANCES BY ROAD THROUGH THE ISLAND.

PHI’S TO THE

OF DANGEROUS

WITH THE RISKS OF ALL THE EITHER MEET THE WITH IMPROVEMENTS

THE RESULTS OF THE REASSESSMENT STUDY INDICATED THAT EXCEPTION OF MOBIL AND HONG KONG OIL, THE OFFSITE OTHER EIGHT INSTALLATIONS ON THE ISLAND CAN REQUIREMENTS OF THE 1988 GUIDELINES OR COULD DO SO TO THEIR SAFETY MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS.

RISKS ARE NOT REMEDIAL MEASURES APPROPRIATE, THESE CAN BR CONDITIONS UNDER THE

THE OPERATORS OF THOSE INSTALLATIONS WHOSE WITHIN THE GUIDELINES WILL BE ASKED TO ADOPT THE AS RECOMMENDED BY THE CONSULTANTS, WHERE IMPOSED UPON THE OPERATORS AS LICENSING DANGEROUS GOODS ORDINANCE.

IF EXISTING LEGISLATION

SAFE

ASPECT OF

AFETY MANAGEMENT, CONSIDERATION ADDITIONAL LEGISLATION,

WAS INADEQUATE

TO

IMPLEMENT THIS

WOULD

BE GIVEN

ΤΟ

OF TSING OF TSING Y1,

AS REGARDS THE CUMULATEAST AND WEST SIDES PHI SITES ON THE SOUTH, SOUTH-EAST AND WEST SIDES CONSULTANTS HAD ADVISED IT WOULD BE NEGLIGIBLE TO THE MAIN AREAS CONCEN A HIGH MOUNTAIN RIDGE. PROTECTED BYA A HIGH MOUNTAIN RIDGE.

THE MOUNTAIN RIDGE ACTS AS A

NATURAL

YI,

THE

THE

POPULATION

RESIDENTIAL POPULATION IN THE NORTH AND EAST FROM

BARRIER SEPARATING THE SOUTH AND WEST SIDES OF

THE PHIS ON THE TAKEN STEPS IN 1988 TO PROTECT THE INTEGRITY OF THE RIDGE LINE.

ADMINISTRATION HAS ALREADY

TSING YI. THE

ON TRANSPORT RISKS, THE CONSULTANTS POINTED

THAT SUCH RISKS

WIDELY RECOGNISED

OUT THAT IT WORLD-WIDE

WAS CONTROLLED AS THOSE FROM FIXED SITES, AND THAT THE TRANSPORT

WERE NOT SO WELL LPG WAS GENERALLY SAFER THAN NORMAL DANGEROUS GOODS TRANSPORT.

OF BULK

REMEDIAL RESTRICTING

TRANSPORT

NEVERTHELESS, THE CONSULTANTS HAVE

MEASURES то REDUCE TRANSPORT

AND IMPROVING THE ROUTEING OF CONTROL, AND IMPROVEMENTS IN TECHNICAL MEASURES.

SUGGESTED A NUMBER OF RISKS. THESE INCLUDE LPG VEHICLES, TIGHTER

EMERGENCY PROCEDURES AND

/A PILOT