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THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 20, 1992

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THE SPOKESMAN SAID BASED ON THE FINDINGS OF THE ORIGINAL STUDY, ABOUT 60 PER CENT OF THE CONSTRUCTION WASTE RECEIVED AT LANDFILLS COULD BE RECYCLED FOR REUSE.

THE PILOT SCHEME WILL INVOLVE SEPARATING TIMBER FROM THE IN-COMING CONSTRUCTION WASTE AND BREAKING UP OF LARGE PIECES OF CONCRETE TO GENERATE ONE STREAM OF MATERIALS THAT IS SUITABLE FOR USE FOR RECLAIMING LAND AND ANOTHER THAT IS MORE APPROPRIATELY DISPOSED OF AS WASTE AT A LANDFILL SITE.

THE SCHEME WILL PROVIDE FACILITIES ON A TRIAL BASIS TO RECYCLE 1,000 TONNES PER DAY OF CONSTRUCTION WASTE RECEIVED AT LANDFILL.

THE EXPANDED SCOPE OF THE STUDY WOULD PROVIDE GUIDANCE, CO-ORDINATION AND REPORTING ON THE PILOT SCHEME AND WOULD MAKE RECOMMENDATIONS ON APPROPRIATE CONSTRUCTION WASTE PROCESSING PLANT.

THE COST OF THE STUDY IS HK$350,000. AN AGREEMENT ΤΟ COVER THIS PILOT SCHEME WAS SIGNED TODAY (THURSDAY) BETWEEN EPD'S ASSISTANT DIRECTOR (WASTE AND WATER POLICY) MR MIKE STOKOE AND THE DIRECTOR OF DONOHUE/JRP ASIA PACIFIC LTD., MR T.E. SIEBERS,

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TAC MEMBERS VISIT BORDER CROSSINGS

MEMBERS OF THE TRANSPORT ADVISORY COMMITTEE (TAC) TODAY (THURSDAY) VISITED LO WU, MAN KAM TO

CHAU TO SEE FOR

AND LOK MA

THEMSELVES THE TRAFFIC CONDITIONS AT THE BORDER CROSSINGS.

LEUNG CHI-KBUNG, MEMBERS VISITED THE MAN KAM

LED BY THE TAC CHAIRMAN, PROFESSOR FIRST TOURED THE LO WU TERMINAL. THEY THEN

TO CROSSING, WHICH PROVIDED THE MOST DIRECT LINK BETWEEN HONG KONG AND SHENZHEN CITY CENTRE.

MAN KAM ΤΟ IS AT PRESENT, THE DAILY TWO-WAY TRAFFIC THROUGH

ARE GOODS VEHICLES AND ABOUT 10,000 VEHICLES, OF WHICH 96 PER CENT CONTAINER TRUCKS WHILE THE OTHERS ARE COACHES AND PRIVATE CARS.

MEMBERS WERE BRIEFED ON THE MEASURES TO TACKLE THE CONGESTION PROBLEM AT THE MAN KAM TO CROSSING.

THESE MEASURES INCLUDED SPEEDING UP THE PROCESSING TIME FOR MA CHAU CROSSING VEHICLES, FURTHER DIVERSION OF VEHICLES TO THE LOK AND THE ISSUE OF NEW CLOSED-ROAD PERMITS ONLY FOR LOK MA CHAU.

BOTH SIDES OF THE SINCE NOVEMBER 19 LAST YEAR, OFFICIALS AT

THE SAME RATE BORDER HAVE BEEN PROCESSING VEHICLES AT MAN KAM TO AT

QUEUE LENGTH OF ABOUT 200 TO 250 PER HALF HOUR, REDUCING THE AVERAGE

VEHICLES TO ABOUT 400 VEHICLES AND AT PEAK PERIODS FROM 800 MAXIMUM WAITING TIME FROM TWO HOURS TO ONE HOUR.

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