THURSDAY, JULY 5, 1990
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PRIVATE INDUSTRY TUF KBY TO SUCCESSFUL WASTE RECYCLING
PRIVATE INDUSTRY IS THE KEY TO SUCCESSFUL DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS, THE SECRETARY FOR PLANNING, LANDS, MR GRAHAM BARNES, SAID TODAY (THURSDAY).
RECYCLING ENVIRONMENT AND
WASTE
LUBRICATING
HE WAS SPEAKING AT THE OPENING OF THE MANUFACTURING AND WASTE OIL REFINING PLANT OF LUBRICO (HK) LTD.
MR BARNES SAID AS THE POTENTIAL PRODUCER OF, AND CUSTOMER RECYCLABLE PRODUCTS, PRIVATE INDUSTRY COULD SUPPLY THE IMPETUS WHICH WOULD HELP RECYCLING SCHEMES SUCCEED.
OIL
FOR,
MARKET-BASED
COLLECTING LOCAL MARKET, WASTE OIL PRODUCED IN HONG
LUBRICO IS THE FIRST SUCH PLANT IN ASIA. IT AIMS AT ABOUT 20,000 TONNES OF WASTE OIL ANNUALLY FROM THE REPRESENTING ALMOST 80 PER CENT OF THE KONG EVERY YEAR.
MR BARNES SAID THERE HAD BEEN A GROWING INTEREST OF WASTE IN HONG KONG.
IN RECYCLING
SPACE IN WASTE
OF
++ BECAUSE WE HAVE SCARCE NATURAL RESOURCES, LIMITED LANDFILLS FOR DUMPING WASTES AND
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BECAUSE THE COST COLLECTION AND DISPOSAL 18 HIGH, AND THE POTENTIAL HAZARDS ENVIRONMENT CAUSED BY THE IMPROPER DISPOSAL OF WASTES SERIOUS, RECOVERY AND RECYCLING ARE LOGICAL AND THESE PROBLEMS, HE SAID.
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POSITIVE
MR BARNES POINTED OUT THAT WASTES HAD VALUE AND REVENUE GENERATING RESOURCES.
ΤΟ THE ARE VERY ANSWERS ΤΟ
COULD BECOME
"THESE OPPORTUNITIES ARE HERE TOO,
"
HE SAID.
MOST OF THERE WERE
WASTE RECOVERY WAS WIDELY PRACTISED IN HONG KONG, BUT THE RECOVERED WASTE WAS EXPORTED FOR RECYCLING ELSEWHERE. VERY FEW RECYCLING PLANTS IN HONG KONG, HE NOTED,
$120M MECHANISED LETTER SORTING SYSTEM FOR POST OFFICE
LETTER
VIDEO
THE POST OFFICE HAS INSTALLED A $120 MILLION MECHANISED SORTING SYSTEM, COMPRISING OPTICAL CHARACTER RECOGNITION, CODING AND LETTER SORTING MACHINES, TO SPEED UP THE PROCESSING OF MAIL ITEMS AND ENHANCE ITS EFFICIENCY.
THE NEW SYSTEM IS THE FIRST OPTICAL CHARACTER RECOGNITION SYSTEM IN THE WORLD TO MACHINE-READ MULTI-LINE ADDRESSES WITHOUT POSTCODES OR ZIPCODES.
/THE SECRETARY
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