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WEDNESDAY, JUNE 27, 1990

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RISKS ASSOCIATED WITH WATER TREATMENT WORKS LOW

THE RISKS ASSOCIATED WITH THOSE WATER TREATMENT WORKS WHICH HAVE BEEN IDENTIFIED AS POTENTIALLY HAZARDOUS

ARE INSTALLATIONS EXTREMELY LOW, THE ACTING

FOR PLANNING, ENVIRONMENT AND LANDS, THE HON CLIVE OXLEY, SAID

THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL TODAY (WEDNESDAY).

SECRETARY

IN

ON

CHI-FAI IN A WRITTEN REPLY TO A QUESTION FROM THE HON POON IMPROVEMENT MEASURES TO AND DETAILS OF CHLORINE FACILITIES AT WATER TREATMENT WORKS, MR OXLEY SAID THE PROBABILITY OF AN INCIDENT HAPPENING AT ANY OF THESE WATER TREATMENT WORKS AFFECTING LOCAL RESIDENTS WAS ONCE IN ONE MILLION YEARS.

RISK LEVELS OF POPULATED AREAS, SUCH AS GENERALLY HIGHER THAN FOR

WERE

WATER TREATMENT WORKS LOCATED IN DENSELY

SHA TIN, TSUEN WAN AND TUEN THOSE LOCATED ELSEWHERE.

MUN,

"I

"ONLY PEOPLE LIVING AND WORKING WITHIN ONE KILOMETRE OF THE WATER TREATMENT WORKS IN QUESTION WILL BE SUBJECT TO MEASURABLE RISK, HE SAID.

IN THE UNLIKELY EVENT OF AN

INCIDENT, THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE

AFFECTED IN EACH DISTRICT IS AS SET OUT BELOW:

TREATMENT WORK

NO. OF PEOPLE LIKELY TO BE AFFECTED IN THE EVENT OF AN INCIDENT

SHA TIN

TSUEN WAN

TUEN MUN

SHEUNG SHUI

YAU KAM TAU

TAI PO TAU

SILVERMINE BAY

TẠI LÀM CHUNG

(CHLORINATION HOUSE)

4,300

2,000

300

100

300

50

50

500

"IT SHOULD BE EMPHASISED THAT THE RISKS ASSOCIATED WATER TREATMENT WORKS ARE EXTREMELY LOW.

WITH THESE

SMALL "EVEN THESE

RISKS WILL BE DRASTICALLY REDUCED UPON COMPLETION OF THE IMPROVEMENT WORKS RECOMMENDED BY

CONSULTANTS,"

MR OXLEY SAID.

THE

RECOMMENDATIONS FOR IMPROVEMENTS TO ALL WATER

TREATMENT WORKS

INCLUDED:

IMPROVED STAFF TREATMENT WORKS;

TRAINING AND

SAFETY

MANAGEMENT AT WATER

TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT