WEDNESDAY, JUNE 28, 1989
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MEASURES TO ABATE SMELL NUISANCE AT NULLAHS
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ABATING
THE GOVERNMENT IS ADOPTING A THREE-PRONGED APPROACH IN
THE TERRITORY BY MEANS OF THE SMELL NUISANCE CAUSED BY NULLAHS IN DESILTING, SEWAGE MANAGEMENT AND CONTROL ON EFFLUENTS DISCHARGE.
(WEDNESDAY) THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL WAS INFORMED OF THIS TODAY
HON GRAHAM BARNES, IN A BY THE SECRETARY FOR LANDS AND WORKS, THE WRITTEN REPLY TO A QUESTION FROM THE HON POON CHI-FAI.
MR BARNES SAID THERE WERE 24 MAJOR NULLAHS IN EIGHT OF THEM FOUR IN THE NEW TERRITORIES AND FOUR WERE CAUSING A SMELL NUISANCE TO THE PUBLIC.
THE
HONG KONG, AND
IN KOWLOON
YUEN LONG
NULLAHS, THE
THE NEW TERRITORIES NULLAHS ARE TUEN MUN NULLAH, THE FO TAN NULLAH AND THE SHAM TSENG WESTERN NULLAH.
THE KOWLOON NULLAHS ARE THE MONG KOK ROAD NULLAH, THE TAI TUNG NULLAH, THE JORDAN VALLEY NULLAH AND THE KAI TAK NULLAH.
HANG
SMELL NUISANCE AT MR BARNES SAID MEASURES TAKEN TO ABATE THE
TSUI PING MOST MAJOR NULLAHS, INCLUDING THE TWO AT JORDAN VALLEY AND
CARRIED OUT ANNUALLY BY THE ROAD IN KWUN TONG, INCLUDED DESILTING CIVIL ENGINEERING SERVICES DEPARTMENT.
ORGANIC SEDIMENTS WILL
"THIS IS A RECURRENT EXERCISE BECAUSE ACCUMULATE AGAIN ONCE THE DREDGING HAS STOPPED," HE EXPLAINED.
NULLAHS
THIS WORK WAS ALSO CARRIED OUT TO MITIGATE FLOODING AS
TAKE AWAY STORMWATER WERE PART OF THE LAND DRAINAGE SYSTEM BUILT TO RUN-OFF, HE ADDED.
DEPARTMENT HAD FOR SMELL
MR BARNES SAID THAT IN THIS FINANCIAL YEAR THE
ESPECIALLY DESILTING OBTAINED $4.5 MILLION TO CARRY ABATEMENT.
OUT
OF THIS SUM, $0.35 MILLION WOULD BE SPENT IN THE JORDAN AND TSUI PING ROAD NULLAHS.
VALLEY
VALLEY NULLAH HAD JUST BEEN OF THE DECKED SECTION
THE OPEN SECTION OF THE JORDAN CLEANED AS PART OF THESE WORKS AND DESILTING DOWNSTREAM WOULD BEGIN SHORTLY, HE SAID.
THAT SUBSTANTIAL IMPROVEMENTS ON SEWAGE MANAGEMENT, HE NOTED
TO PREVENT WERE BEING PLANNED TO THE PUBLIC SEWERAGE IN EAST KOWLOON
THE UNCONTROLLED DISCHARGES OF FOUL WATERS, INCLUDING DISCHARGES INTO TWO NULLAHS IN KWUN TONG.
"A SEWAGE
MANAGEMENT
PLAN FOR
THIS PURPOSE IS
NOW BEING PROPOSED WILL
DEVISED BY CONSULTANTS WHOSE FINAL REPORT ON THE WORKS BE SUBMITTED AT THE END OF THIS MONTH.
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