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WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 4, 1991

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AN INITIAL LIST OF 12 POTENTIAL LOCATIONS WAS SHORTLISTED BASED THE CONSIDERATIONS OF ENGINEERING FEASIBILITY; SECURITY OF MARINE OF THE TRANSMISSION SYSTEM; OPERATIONAL FUEL SUPPLY; SECURITY

ON

REQUIREMENTS;

PLANNING; AND COSTS.

MRS

ENVIRONMENTAL

IMPACT;

WITH COMPATIBILITY

BLACK POINT WAS

GOVERNMENT

EVENTUALLY CHOSEN SAID CHAN PREFERRED SITE BECAUSE IT OFFERED THE LOWEST LEVEL OF ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT, TAKING ACCOUNT OF BOTH THE POWER STATION AND THE ASSOCIATED TRANSMISSION LINKS.

AS OVERALL ITSELF

THE

AIR "THE CONSULTANTS RECOMMENDED, HOWEVER, THAT THE CUMULATIVE

CASTLE PEAK QUALITY IMPACT OF THE PROPOSED STATION AND THE EXISTING POWER STATION SHOULD BE SUBJECT TO FURTHER DETAILED ASSESSMENT IN FULL ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT," SHE SAID.

A

NOT

A9 REGARDS PUBLIC CONSULTATION, THE SECRETARY SAID IT WAS

STUDY REPORT AS IT CONTAINED TO PUBLISH THE FIRST INTENDED

BY THE INFORMATION SUPPLIED TO GOVERNMENT COMMERCIALLY SENSITIVE COMPANY ON A CONFIDENTIAL BASIS.

THE TUEN MUN

AS FOR THE SITE SEARCH REPORT, MRS CHAN SAID DISTRICT BOARD AND THE HEUNG YEE KUK HAD BEEN CONSULTED ON THE RESULTS OF THE STUDY.

DOCUMENTS

OF

ON THE PRINCIPAL SHE POINTED OUT THAT BRIEFING FINDINGS OF THE SITE SEARCH STUDY WERE ALSO CIRCULATED TO MEMBERS THE NEW TERRITORIES DISTRICT BOARDS AND HEUNG YEE KUK FOR REFERENCE.

THE

"THESE ORGANISATIONS WILL BE CONSULTED FURTHER IN THE COURSE OF

CURRENTLY WHICH IS

IN ENVIRONMENTAL

ASSESSMENT STUDY IMPACT

PROGRESS.

"A FINAL DECISION ON THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE POWER STATION WILL +1 SHE TAKEN WHEN THE ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT HAS BEEN FULLY ASSESSED,

BE

SAID.

MTR EXTENSION TO TSEUNG KWAN O TO BE CONSIDERED

MASS TRANSIT THE

RAILWAY THE RAIL

THE TIMING AND PRIORITY FOR THE EXTENSION OF THE RAILWAY

KWAN о ΤΟ

IN TSEUNG

WILL BE CONSIDERED DEVELOPMENT STUDY, ALONG WITH OTHER PROPOSALS FOR EXPANDING NETWORK.

AND

THIS WAS STATED BY THE SECRETARY FOR PLANNING, ENVIRONMENT

A WRITTEN REPLY то A LANDS, MR GRAHAM BARNES TODAY (WEDNESDAY) IN QUESTION FROM THE HON EMILY LAU IN THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL MEETING.

SAID

BY THE

NOTING THAT THE EXTENSION PLAN WAS NOT SHELVED, MR BARNES THE STUDY HAD JUST STARTED AND THE RESULTS WOULD BE AVAILABLE END OF NEXT YEAR.

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