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WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 27, 1991

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A SERIES OF

TO SOLUTIONS

AND PUBLIC

TRAFFIC TRANSPORT

THE STUDY

WILL PROPOSE PROBLEMS RELATING TO PEDESTRIAN, MOTOR VEHICLE IN THE DISTRICT UP TO 1996.

THE DEPARTMENT INTENDS TO

CONSULT DISTRICT

BOARDS ON THESE

PROPOSALS BEFORE FINALISING THEM IN THE TRANSPORT IMPROVEMENT PLAN.

CONSULTANCY STUDIES ON PRIVATISATION OF LANDFILLS

* * *

COMMISSIONED

THE

CONCERNING

THE ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION DEPARTMENT (EPD) HAS

DETAILS THREE CONSULTANCY STUDIES TO LOOK INTO PRIVATISATION OF THREE STRATEGIC LANDFILLS IN THE NEW TERRITORIES.

THESE LANDFILLS ARE

THE NORTH EAST NEW

(SENT) TERRITORIES

TERRITORIBS (NENT) LANDFILL, AND THE

LANDFILL, THE SOUTH EAST NEW WEST NEW TERRITORIES (WENT) LANDFILL.

THAT THESE

LANDFILLS FACILITIES

AN EPD SPOKESMAN SAID TODAY (WEDNESDAY) WERE DESIGNED TO PROVIDE ADEQUATE MUNICIPAL WASTE DISPOSAL FOR THE NEXT 20 YEARS.

—

'POLLUTION IN HONG KONG THE WHITE PAPER ON PUBLISHED IN 1989 STATED THE GOVERNMENT'S INTENTION STRATEGIC LANDFILLS SHOULD BE DESIGNED, CONSTRUCTED THE PRIVATE SECTOR.

ΤΟ A TIME

ACT" THAT THE THREE AND OPERATED BY

THIS POLICY OBJECTIVE

WAS SUBSEQUENTLY

ENDORSED

BY

THE

EXECUTIVE COUNCIL IN DECEMBER 1990.

TENDER

BE RESPONSIBLE CONNECTION WITH THE

THE SPOKESMAN SAID THE THREE CONSULTANTS WOULD

DOCUMENTS IN FOR DRAWING UP SUITABLE INDIVIDUAL LANDFILLS.

AWARD THE PRIVATISATION CONTRACTS.

"THEY WILL THEN

TENDER, ASSESS

AND THROUGH THE GOVERNMENT

CONSULTANCY

STUDIES,

A CORE STUDY THOSE ASPECTS OF

HE SAID.

WITH

THE

THREE

"IN PARALLEL CONSULTANCY TO BE COMMISSIONED SHORTLY WILL PRIVATISATION COMMON TO ALL THREE LANDFILLS,

"

OF

AND CAPABLE

"THIS CORE CONSULTANCY WILL PRODUCE A SET DOCUMENTS FOR THE PRIVATISED LANDFILL CONTRACTS SUITABLY EXPERIENCED WASTE DISPOSAL COMPANIES CONSTRUCTING, OPERATING AND PROVIDING AFTERCARE TO THE

ADDED.

STANDARD TENDER WILL PREQUALIFY OF DESIGNING,

LANDFILLS,' HE

OF

THE STUDIES FOR THE NENT, SENT AND WENT LANDFILLS, AT COSTS

33 MONTHS, $10.7 MILLION, $16.1 MILLION AND $12.5 MILLION, WILL TAKE 22 MONTHS AND 16 MONTHS RESPECTIVELY TO COMPLETE.

/THE AGREEMENTS