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MONDAY, APRIL 29, 1991

"THE TRANSFER STATION WILL COST ABOUT $400 MILLION TO BUILD AND $50 MILLION A YEAR TO RUN. THE TOTAL COST IS LESS AND THE OPERATION MORE EFFECTIVE THAN THE ALTERNATIVE METHOD OF DIRECT DELIVERY TO THE DISPOSAL SITES BY REFUSE COLLECTION VEHICLES," HE ADDED.

MR STOKOE SAID THE PROJECT WAS PART OF THE DEPARTMENT'S ONGOING EFFORT TOWARDS THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE WASTE DISPOSAL PLAN APPROVED BY THE EXECUTIVE COUNCIL IN DECEMBER 1989.

"THE CHAI WAN COMPOSTING PLANT WILL BE DEMOLISHED IN JUNE THIS YEAR TO ALLOW FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE TRANSFER STATION AND THE KENNEDY TOWN INCINERATION PLANT WILL BE CLOSED WHEN THE TRANSFER STATION IS COMMISSIONED LATE NEXT YEAR.

"THIS WILL BRING SIGNIFICANT ENVIRONMENTAL IMPROVEMENT TO BOTH THE EASTERN AND WESTERN DISTRICTS OF HONG KONG ISLAND," HE SAID.

THE ISLAND EAST TRANSFER STATION CO. LTD IS A SISTER COMPANY OF THE EXISTING KOWLOON BAY TRANSFER STATION OPERATOR

SWIRE BFI WASTE MANAGEMENT SERVICES LTD. IT WON THE SECOND TRANSFER STATION CONTRACT AGAINST KEEN COMPETITION FROM OTHER INTERNATIONALLY RECOGNISED WASTE MANAGEMENT CONSORTIA WHO TENDERED FOR THE PROJECT.

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LABOUR DEPT STRIKES SENSIBLE BALANCE

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OF TODAY

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LABOUR DEPARTMENT WILL HAVE TO STRIKE A SENSIBLE WHEN EMPLOYERS' AND EMPLOYEES' REPRESENTATIVES ON THE LABOUR

FAIL ΤΟ REACH BOARD

ON A A GENERAL CONSENSUS

PROPOSED LEGISLATION, THE COMMISSIONER FOR LABOUR, MR DARWIN CHEN, SAID (MONDAY).

AT SPEAKING

COMMEMORATING A DINNER PARTY

THE LABOUR DAY, MR CHEN POINTED OUT THAT FAVOURITISM TOWARDS WOULD NOT BENEFIT HONG KONG'S OVERALL DEVELOPMENT.

INTERNATIONAL

ANY SECTOR

"FOR INSTANCE, " MR CHEN SAID, "WORKERS WOULD NATURALLY WANT

MUCH WELFARE AND PROTECTION AS POSSIBLE.

AS

"BUT IF THEIR DEMANDS EXCEED THE LIMITS ACCEPTABLE TO EMPLOYERS AND REDUCE THE INCENTIVE TO INVESTORS OR THE COMPETITIVENESS OF THEIR

HE SAID. EXPORTS, THE LABOUR WILL STAND TO SUFFER IN THE END,

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LOOK AFTER WELFARE

GROWTH,"

THE

"ON THE OTHER HAND, IT WOULD BE EQUALLY UNFAIR TO INTERESTS OF EMPLOYERS ALONE AND NOT TO ENHANCE WORKERS' PROTECTION

ECONOMIC TO KEEP PACE WITH SOCIAL AND COMMISSIONER ADDED.

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/MR CHAN