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SATURDAY, MAY 12, 1990
THE GCO IS CONTINUING TO CARRY OUT STUDIES OF LANDSLIP HAZARDS THAT SQUATTERS IN THE NEW TERRITORIES MAY FACE AND THE CLEARANCE OF SQUATTERS VULNERABLE TO SUCH HAZARDS IS UNDERTAKEN ON A NEED BASIS.
THE OFFICE IS OF THE OPINION THAT SQUATTER HUT RESIDENTS REMAINING ON STEEP HILLSIDES MAY FACE LANDSLIP HAZARDS DURING HEAVY RAINSTORMS, ALTHOUGH SUCH HAZARDS HAVE BEEN GREATLY REDUCED IN RECENT YEARS.
TO PROVIDE WARNING OF THE POSSIBLE OCCURRENCE OF LANDSLIPS ON STEEP HILLSIDES, SO THAT SQUATTER HUT RESIDENTS CAN BE ALERTED TO TAKE REFUGE IN THE GOVERNMENT'S TEMPORARY SHELTERS, THE GOVERNMENT IS OPERATING THE LANDSLIP WARNING SYSTEM, AS USED IN PREVIOUS WET SEASONS.
KOWLOON BAY REFUSE TRANSFER STATION OPENS
THE DIRECTOR OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION, DR STUART REED, APPEALED TO THE COMMUNITY TODAY (SATURDAY} ΤΟ COLLABORATE FOR THE SAKE OF THE ENVIRONMENT IN PROGRAMMES TO REDUCE THE AMOUNT OF WASTE THAT MUST BE DISPOSED OF EACH DAY IN HONG KONG.
SPEAKING AT THE OPENING CEREMONY OF THE KOWLOON BAY REFUSE TRANSFER STATION (KBTS), DR REED SAID THE EFFORT MADE BY INDIVIDUALS IN CUTTING DOWN THE WASTE PRODUCED EVERY DAY WOULD HAVE THE VERY IMPORTANT EFFECT OF EXTENDING THE LIFE OF THE NEW LANDFILL FACILITIES.
FORESEEABLE WE NEED TO AND, TO DO
"WE HAVE SECURED OUR WASTE DISPOSAL ROUTES FOR THE FUTURE, AS MAPPED OUT IN THE WASTE DISPOSAL PLAN. BUT EXTEND THE LIFE OF OUR LANDFILLS FOR AS LONG AS POSSIBLE THIS, WE HAVE TO GET DOWN TO THE BUSINESS OF REDUCING THE AMOUNT OF WASTE," DR REED SAID.
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"STARTING WITH MINIMISATION OF WASTE, FOLLOWED BY GREATER REUSE AND MORE RECYCLING OF WASTE, WOULD HELP RELIEVE THE PRESSURE THE INCREASING BURDEN OF WASTE, HE SAID.
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THE OPENING OF KOWLOON BAY REFUSE TRANSFER STATION MARKS THE FIRST STAGE IN THE REALISATION OF THE GOVERNMENT'S PLANS TO DEVELOP NEW STRATEGIC WASTE MANAGEMENT FACILITIES IN THE 1990'S AND BEYOND.
DR REED SAID THE GOVERNMENT'S WHITE PAPER ON POLLUTION AND THE WASTE DISPOSAL PLAN PUBLISHED LAST YEAR
OUT THE WASTE DISPOSAL STRATEGY IN THE NEXT FIVE YEARS.
SPELLED
/THE STRATEGY
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