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FRIDAY, JANUARY 5, 1990

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THE FIRST RUNWAY AT CHEK LAP KOK, EXPECTED

BE OPERATIONAL EARLY 1997, WOULD ENABLE HONG KONG TO HANDLE 28.6 MILLION PASSENGERS A YEAR COMPARED WITH 24 MILLION AT KAI TAR WHEN ALL IMPROVEMENT WORKS HAD BEEN COMPLETED.

THE NEW AIRPORT WOULD ULTIMATELY BE ABLE TO HANDLE BO MILLION PASSENGERS PER ANNUM WITH TWO RUNWAYS, AND OPERATING ROUND THE CLOCK.

WASTE DISPOSAL PLAN PUBLISHED

THE GOVERNMENT TODAY (FRIDAY) PUBLISHED DISPOSAL PLAN FOR HONG KONG.

ITS FIRST

WASTE

STRATEGY DISPOSAL

WASTE

PLAN THE $5 BILLION

OUTLINES THE GOVERNMENT'S

FOR IMPROVE EXISTING ARRANGEMENTS

THE COLLECTION AND WASTES THROUGH STRUCTURED DEVELOPMENT OF NEW FACILITIES.

THE GOVERNOR

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OF

DISPOSAL

IN COUNCIL ON OF

THE PLAN, WHICH WAS APPROVED BY DECEMBER 12, 18 CONSISTENT WITH THE MEASURES OUTLINED IN CHAPTER 2 THE WHITE PAPER ON POLLUTION AND THE DRAFT WASTE DISPOSAL PLAN AND SEPTEMBER 18 PUBLISHED FOR PUBLIC CONSULTATION BETWEEN AUGUST 4 LAST YEAR.

THE PLAN EMPHASISES THAT ACCEPTABLE ENVIRONMENTAL STANDARDS MUST BE APPLIED TO BOTH COLLECTION SYSTEMS

WASTE TREATMENT AND

DISPOSAL FACILITIES.

AND

THE THE GOVERNMENT ESTIMATES THAT BY TONNES OF WASTES WILL BE GENERATED DAILY.

YEAR 2001

SOME 30,000

LANDS BRANCH AND ADVANCED,

A SPOKESMAN FOR THE PLANNING, ENVIRONMENT AND SAID

THE IMPLEMENTATION OF

PLAN IS ALREADY WELL HONG KONG'S FIRST REFUSE TRANSFER STATION IS DUE TO BE COMMISSIONED IN APRIL THIS YEAR.

IS ALSO WELL THE SPOKESMAN SAID PLANNING FOR THREE LANDFILLS

CAPITAL FUNDS UNDERWAY AND

FOR THE PROGRAMME HAVE ALREADY BEEN

EARMARKED.

OPENING

THE AN IMPORTANT FEATURE OF THE PLAN IS THAT WITH

OF AND INCINERATORS REFUSE TRANSFER STATIONS, URBAN LANDFILLS

WILL BE FROM CONSIDERABLE PROGRESSIVELY CLOSED, THUS SPARING URBAN RESIDENTS POLLUTION NUISANCES ASSOCIATED WITH THEM.

CAN BE OBTAINED FROM THE FRENCH SUB-DIVISION,

THE ENVIRONMENTAL WAN CHAI,

MODY

ROAD,

FROM

COPIES OF THE WASTE DISPOSAL PLAN GOVERNMENT INFORMATION SERVICES MARKETING MISSION BUILDING, BATTERY PATH, CENTRAL, AND PROTECTION DEPARTMENT, SOUTHORN CENTRE, 130 HENNESSY ROAD,

EMPIRE

68 CENTRE, AND ITS BRANCH OFFICE AT 11TH FLOOR,

KOWLOON.

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