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DEATH SENTENCE' COMMUTED

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TUESDAY, MAY 29, 1990

WILSON, AFTER TAKING INTO

KAS

DECIDED

THAT

THE GOVERNOR, SIR DAVID CONSIDERATION THE ADVICE OF THE EXECUTIVE COUNCIL, THE DEATH SENTENCE PASSED ON LIU CHI-KONG ON NOVEMBER 6, 1987 SHOULD BE COMMUTED TO A SENTENCE OF 15 YEARS' IMPRISONMENT.

LIU WAS FOUND GUILTY OF THE MURDER OF MADAM LAM FUN.

GUIDELINES FOR DESIGN.OF SMALL SEWAGE TREATMENT PLANT

PUBLISHED SEWAGE TREATMENT

THE ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION DEPARTMENT (EPD) HAS

SMALL BOOKLET CALLED "GUIDELINES FOR THE DESIGN OF PLANT".

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A

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EPD SPOKESMAN AN

SAID THIS BOOKLET WOULD SERVE AS USEFUL DESIGNERS AND MATERIALS FOR DEVELOPERS, ARCHITECTS, ENGINEERS, PLANT CONTRACTORS.

THE SPOKESMAN POINTED OUT THAT MANY AREAS NOT SERVED BY PUBLIC FOUL SEWERS.

OF HONG KONG WERE

THEREFORE

REQUIRED

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TO

PRIVATE DEVELOPERS IN THESE AREAS WERE PROVIDE THEIR OWN SEWAGE TREATMENT FACILITIES TO TREAT THE SEWAGE ACCEPTABLE STANDARD FOR DIRECT DISCHARGE TO THE RECEIVING WATERS.

THE EPD ESTIMATES THERE

ABOUT 150 SUCH PLANTS IN THE TERRITORY AND THE NUMBER IS STILL INCREASING.

ARE

IN A SURVEY CONDUCTED IN 1988 TO ESTABLISH THE STANDARD OF THAT MOST OF THESE PLANTS OPERATION OF THESE PLANTS, IT WAS FOUND

THAN ONE-THIRD OF THE WERE NOT FUNCTIONING PROPERLY, AND THAT LESS PLANTS WERE PRODUCING EFFLUENT UP TO THE DESIGNED STANDARD.

INADEQUATE DESIGN WAS ONE OF THE MAJOR SHORTFALLS IDENTIFIED.

THE NEW BOOKLET IS INTENDED TO ADDRESS SUCH DESIGN SHORTFALLS.

WORKING IT PLACES SPECIAL EMPHASIS ON THE PROVISION OF AN ACCEPTABLE ENVIRONMENT FOR THE OPERATORS WORKING AT THE SEWAGE TREATMENT PLANT.

IMPORTANCE THE

OF GOOD ACCESS, VENTILATION, LIGHTING AND HEADROOM IS HIGHLIGHTED. FURTHERMORE, ARE DEVELOPED, BEARING IN MIND PLANTS.

APPROPRIATE DESIGN PARAMETERS THE SPECIAL NATURE OF THESE SMALL

THOSE INTERESTED IN OBTAINING A COPY OF THE "GUIDELINES FOR EPD'S THE DESIGN OF SMALL SEWAGE TREATMENT PLANT" SHOULD APPROACH THE SOLID WASTE CONTROL GROUP, 24TH FLOOR, SOUTHORN CENTRE, 130 HENNESSY ROAD, WAN CHAI.

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