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FRIDAY, DECEMBER 6, 1991

AND TRANSFER

MUNICIPAL WASTE COLLECTED BY THE URBAN SERVICES DEPARTMENT REGIONAL SERVICES DEPARTMENT WILL BE DELIVERED ΤΟ THE STATIONS WHERE IT WILL BE COMPACTED INTO ENCLOSED CONTAINERS.

THE REFUSE WILL THEN BE TRANSPORTED IN AN ENVIRONMENTALLY ACCEPTABLE MANNER TO LARGE STRATEGIC LANDFILLS IN THE NEW TERRITORIES BY BULK VEHICLES OR BARGES.

STATION IN

THE SPOKESMAN SAID THE FIRST REFUSE TRANSFER KOWLOON BAY HAS BECOME OPERATIONAL SINCE APRIL 1990 AND THE ISLAND EAST TRANSFER STATION IN CHAI WAN IS NOW UNDER CONSTRUCTION.

THE DEVELOPMENT OF ANOTHER REFUSE TRANSFER STATION IN SHA TIN IS BEING INVESTIGATED UNDER ANOTHER CONSULTANCY STUDY.

THE CONSULTANCY STUDY ON ISLAND WEST TRANSFER STATION, AT A COST OF HK$8.9 MILLION, WILL TAKE 23 MONTHS TO COMPLETE.

CONSTRUCTION WORK FOR THE TRANSFER STATION IS EXPECTED TO START UPON COMPLETION OF THE CONSULTANCY STUDY BY THE END OF 1993. WHEN BECOMES OPERATIONAL IN LATE 1995, THE TRANSFER STATION WILL ACCEPT ABOUT 1,000 TONNES OF DOMESTIC REFUSE EACH DAY.

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TRAVEL CHARACTERISTICS SURVEY COMMISSIONED

THE

TRANSPORT

DEPARTMENT

CHARACTERISTICS SURVEY TO COLLECT

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COMMISSIONED

UP-TO-DATE

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TRAVEL TRAVEL DATA AND

INFORMATION IN DIFFERENT PARTS OF THE TERRITORY.

FINDINGS OF THE SURVEY WILL BE USED FOR RE-CALIBRATING AND ENHANCING, OR RE-STRUCTURING IF NECESSARY, THE DATABASE AND TRANSPORT MODELS FOR THE TRANSPORT INFRASTRUCTURE INVESTMENT PROGRAMME AND POLICY PLANS FOR THE TERRITORY UP TO THE YEAR 2011.

A CONTRACT FOR THE $8.56 MILLION CONSULTANCY STUDY WAS SIGNED BY THE DEPUTY COMMISSIONER FOR TRANSPORT, MR PANG HAU-CHUNG, WITH MVA ASIA LTD TODAY (FRIDAY).

THE STUDY WOULD ALSO PROVIDE A TRAFFIC AND TRANSPORT DATA BANK FOR ALL FUTURE TERRITORIAL AND SUB-REGIONAL TRANSPORT PLANNING AND STUDIES, A DEPARTMENT SPOKESMAN SAID.

USING THE PRELIMINARY DATA OF THE 1991 POPULATION CENSUS AS BASIS, THE DEPARTMENT WILL BE INTERVIEWING ABOUT 30,000 HOUSEHOLDS IN THE TERRITORY, REPRESENTING A SAMPLE SIZE OF TWO PER CENT OF THE

POPULATION.

HOME INTERVIEWS FOR THE 12-MONTH STUDY WILL BE CONDUCTED AFTER THE CHINESE NEW YEAR HOLIDAYS AND BEFORE EASTER NEXT YEAR.

/SURVEYORS CARRYING

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