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THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 15, 1990

GOVERNOR SEES ENVIRONMENTAL IMPROVEMENT MEASURES

THE GOVERNOR, SIR DAVID

WILSON, AND LADY WILSON TODAY (THURSDAY) LOOKED AT MEASURES TO TACKLE ENVIRONMENTAL PROBLEMS IN KWUN TONG.

DURING A VISIT TO THE DISTRICT THIS AFTERNOON, SIR DAVID AND LADY WILSON HAD A PANORAMIC VIEW OF JORDAN VALLEY LANDFILL FROM A FLAT IN SHUN ON ESTATE.

THIS AREA WAS AT ONE TIME A MAJOR SOURCE OF COMPLAINTS FROM RESIDENTS IN THE SHUN LEE AREA WHO WERE WORRIED ABOUT OBNOXIOUS SMELLS ASSOCIATED WITH THE LANDFILL.

SIR DAVID WAS TOLD THAT THIS PROBLEM HAD BEEN BROUGHT UNDER CONTROL AS A RESULT OF THE JOINT EFFORT OF SEVERAL GOVERNMENT DEPARTMENTS, AND THAT THE LANDFILL WOULD CEASE OPERATION IN MAY WHEN THE KOWLOON BAY REFUSE TRANSFER STATION IS COMPLETED.

ON THE PROBLEM OF SITING LANDFILLS IN RESIDENTIAL ARRAS, THE GOVERNOR SAID THE GOVERNMENT WAS PLANNING TO BUILD THREE LARGE LANDFILLS IN THE RURAL NEW TERRITORIES WELL AWAY FROM CENTRES OF POPULATION.

"THE NUISANCE CAUSED BY LANDFILLS IN THE URBAN AREA BE A PROBLEM OF THE PAST,' HE SAID,

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ACCOMPANIED BY THE REGIONAL SECRETARY FOR HONG KONG AND KOWLOON, MR DAVID LAN, AND THE KWUN TONG DISTRICT OFFICER, MR CHRIS WAN, SIR DAVID AND LADY WILSON HAD A BIRD'S EYE VIEW OF THE AIRPORT AND KOWLOON BAY FROM THE ROOFTOP OF A BUILDING IN RICHLAND GARDENS.

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THEY WERE TOLD THAT MEASURES RECOMMENDED BY CONSULTANTS REDUCE THE PROBLEM OF NOISE FROM THE RUNNING OF AIRCRAFT ENGINES THE GROUND ARE NOW BEING IMPLEMENTED. REMEDIAL WORKS SHOULD BR COMPLETED BY 1992.

ON THE POLLUTION PROBLEM IN THE KOWLOON BAY TYPHOON SHELTER, SIR DAVID SAID THE PROBLEM COULD NOT BE TACKLED SUCCESSFULLY WITHOUT DEALING WITH THE SEWERAGE SYSTEM FOR THE WHOLE OF EAST KOWLOON.

"WORK ON PHASE I OF A MASSIVE $968 MILLION SEWERAGE MASTER PLAN STARTED LAST YEAR.

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"THE WHOLE PROJECT SHOULD BE SUBSTANTIALLY COMPLETED BY 1992. THAT WILL TRANSFORM THE SITUATION IN THE WHOLE OF EAST KOWLOON, HE SAID.

SIR DAVID AND LADY WILSON LATER TOURED THE KWUN INDUSTRIAL AREA. THEY WERE SHOWN HOW THE OWNERS OF MAI INDUSTRIAL BUILDING HAVE UPGRADED THE MANAGEMENT STANDARDS OF BUILDING AND IMPROVED SANITATION, MAINTENANCE AND FIRE

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