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THURSDAY, DECEMBER 19, 1991

WENT LANDFILL IS LOCATED AT NIM WAN IN WESTERN NEW TERRITORIES.

WITH A IT WILL HAVE A CAPACITY OF ABOUT 58 MILLION CUBIC METRES AND LIFE-SPAN OF ABOUT 25 YEARS.

COMMISSIONED IN EARLY 1993 AND WILL THIS LANDFILL WILL BE RECEIVE WASTE FROM WESTERN NEW

AND TERRITORIES,

CONTAINERISED

TRANSPORT. WASTE FROM REFUSE TRANFER STATIONS BY BOTH LAND AND MARINE

ROAD LINKING LUNG

AND A FIVE-KILOMETRE

KWU TAN

BRING

CONSTRUCTED ΤΟ PROVIDE ACCESS TO THE LANDFILL.

NIM

WAN

OUT THE DESIGN AND THE FUTURE CONTRACTOR WILL HAVE TO CARRY CONSTRUCTION WORKS WHICH

EARTHWORKS, INCLUDE

AND RECLAMATION

PROVISION OF AN

LINER

LEACHATE, IMPERMEABLE GROUNDWATER AND LANDFILL GAS MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS,

AND INSTALLATION

OF

THE CONTRACTOR

THROUGHOUT ITS

LIFE AND

IS ALSO BE

то REQUIRED

FOR RESPONSIBLE

THE OPERATE

THE RESTORATION

LANDFILL AND

AFTERCARE OF THE SITE.

UPON THE CLOSURE OF THE LANDFILL, THE

IS CONTRACTOR

REQUIRED

TO RECTIFY ANY SEttlement AND LEAKAGE OF LEACHATE AND LANDFILL GAS,

KONG

ON "POLLUTION IN HONG AN EPD SPOKESMAN SAID THE WHITE PAPER KONG

THE

DISPOSAL PLAN FOR HONG WASTE A TIME TO ACT" AND PUBLISHED IN 1989 HAS DETERMINED THE WASTE DISPOSAL STRATEGY.

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THREE STRATEGIC LANDFILLS WILL BE DEVELOPED IN REMOTE PARTS

BR SERVED BY A NETWORK OF THE NEW TERRITORIES WHICH WILL TRANSFER STATIONS DEVELOPED IN THE URBAN AREAS.

OF

REFUSE

WASTE WILL BE DELIVERED TO THESE STATIONS BY REFUSE VEHICLES WHERE IT WILL BE

AND CONTAINERISED TRANSFERRING TO THE LANDFILLS.

COLLECTION

COMPACTED

BEFORE

THE

WENT LANDFILL IS PLANNED

ΤΟ

RECEIVE

WASTE

TRANSFER STATIONS AT KOWLOON BAY, YUEN LONG, ISLAND WEST, WEST KOWLOON, THE OUTLYING ISLANDS AND NORTH LANTAU.

THE

SPOKESMAN ADDED

CONSTRUCTED AND

FROM REFUSE ISLAND EAST,

WILL LANDFILL HIGH STANDARD

BE AND

DESIGNED,

STRINGENT THE TENDER

THAT THE

ΤΟ OPERATED

A VERY HAVE BEEN SPECIFIED IN ENVIRONMENTAL REQUIREMENTS

LEACHATE, LANDFILL GAS, GROUNDWATER, SURFACE DOCUMENT TO CONTROL WATER, DUST, ODOUR AND NOISE NUISANCE TO THE SURROUNDING AREA.

ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS

WOULD BE

MONITORED TO ASSESS

THE

EXTENT OF THE IMPACT.

TENDERS WILL CLOSE ON MAY 1 NEXT YEAR.

TENDERS FOR THE OTHER TWO EAST NEW TERRITORIES (NENT) LANDFILL IN TA KWU NEW TERRITORIES (SENT) LANDFILL IN TSEUNG

LANDFILLS, STRATEGIC

NAMELY NORTH LING AND SOUTH EAST KWAN 0, WILL BE INVITED

NEXT YEAR.

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