XN000022-1989-07-12 — Page 31

29

WEDNESDAY, JULY 12, 1989

"THE ONLY WAY IN WHICH THE PROBLEM OF ODOURS IN THE SUMMER WILL FINALLY BE SOLVED IS BY CLOSURE,

"WE PROPOSE TO CLOSE DOWN JORDAN VALLEY LANDFILL IN 1990 THE NEW REFUSE TRANSFER STATION IS OPENED AT KOWLOON BAY,"

**

WHEN

FOLLOWING THE CLOSURE NEXT YEAR, A FINAL SOIL COVER WOULD HE PLACED OVER THE LANDFILL. A GAS CONTROL SYSTEM WOULD ALSO BE INSTALLED TO ENSURE THAT THERE WOULD BE NO HAZARDOUS EMISSION OF LANDFILL GAS.

MR BARNES SAID THE ENVIRONMENTAI. PROTECTION DEPARTMENT WAS PREPARING THE SPECIFICATIONS OF THE FINAL COVER AND THE GAS CONTROL SYSTEM.

HE ADDED THAT THE SOLID WASTES DISPOSAL STRATEGY RECOONISED THAT REFUSE IN HOT CLIMATES ALWAYS SMELLED, HOWEVER WELL-MANAGED.

MR BARNES ALSO SAID THAT IN THE MEANTIME, IN THIS SUMMER AND NEXT, THE GOVERNMENT HAD EMPLOYED A RELIABLE AND EXPERIENCED LANDFILL CONTRACTOR TO MANAGE THE LANDFILL.

UP

THE METHODS USED TO COMPACT, COVER AND SEAL THE REFUSE WERE TO DATE AND PROPERLY SUPERVISED BY THE CIVIL ENGINEERING SERVICES DEPARTMENT, AND ALSO MONITORED BY THE ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION DEPARTMENT.

**THE LEACHATES FLOW INTO THE FOUL DRAINAGE SYSTEM. MOREOVER, THERE ARE SPECIAL ARRANGEMENTS FOR DISPOSING OF LEACHATE FROM REFUSE WHEELING VEHICLES AND THE WASHING OF THE VEHICLES AND THE ROADS AROUND THE LANDFILL SITES," MR BARNES SAID.

HE SAID HE DID NOT BELIEVE THAT MORE COULD BE DONE ΤΟ MAKE JORDAN VALLEY LANDFILL OFFEND LESS. THE ONLY REAL ANSWER WAS REMOVAL AND TO ENSURE THAT THE HIGHEST STANDARDS OF MANAGEMENT WERK MAINTAINED MEANWHILE.

"I AM CONFIDENT THAT THIS IS BEING DONE, HE ADDED.

MINIMUM AGADEMIC QUALIFICATIONS NOT SPECIFIED

MINIMUM

ACADEMIC

INFORMED

THE EDUCATION ORDINANCE DOES NOT SPECIFY ANY QUALIFICATION FOR REGISTRATION AS A MANAGER OF A SCHOOL, THE SECRETARY FOR EDUCATION AND MANPOWER, THE HON K.Y. YEUNG, THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL TODAY (WEDNESDAY).

TAKES

"IN CONSIDERING AN APPLICATION, INTO ACCOUNT VARIOUS FACTORS, EDUCATIONAL BACKGROUND, EXPERIENCE IN CHARACTER AND AGE," MR YEUNG EXPLAINED.

EDUCATION

INCLUDING THE APPLICANT'S

THE DIRECTOR OF

OR KNOWLEDGE OF

EDUCATION,

"THE DIRECTOR