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MONDAY, MARCH 30, 1992

ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT STUDIES ON

AIRPORT PROJECTS DISCUSSED

POLLUTION ENVIRONMENTAL

ADVISORY

COMMITTEF

(EPCOM) HELD A ASSESSMENT (EIA) MEETING TODAY DURING WHICH THE ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT

RELATING PROJECTS

TO THE STUDIES ON THE FINAL PHASES OF THREE CORF NEW AIRPORT WERE DISCUSSED.

CHEK LAP KOK,

LANTAU

THE THREE CORE PROJECTS ARE THE NEW AIRPORT AT THE NORTH LANTAU EXPRESSWAY (TUNG CHUNG SECTION) AND THE NORTH NEW TOWN DEVELOPMENT.

SAID MEMBERS NOTED THE

THE

REPORTS AND EIA

MEASURES MITIGATION

TO

EPCOM CHAIRMAN PROFESSOR WANG GUNGWU

SET OUT IN FINDINGS

RECOMMENDATIONS AND CONSIDERED IT DESIRABLE FOR ALL THE PROPOSED BE IMPLEMENTED IN ORDER THAT THE ADVERSE ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS OF PROJECTS COULD BE MITIGATED.

THE

PERIOD THERE WAS CONCERN THAT THE GROWTH OF THE AIRPORT TO THE

SOME AREAS. IT WAS AGREED 2000-2030 MIGHT CAUSE NOISE NUISANCE TO

REPORTED BACK то EPCOM THAT FURTHER CHECKS ON THIS ISSUE SHOULD BE FROM TIME TO TIME.

MEMBERS

NOTED

WITH PLEASURE

THAT THE

PROVISIONAL AIRPORT

THE "ON-SITE" RECOMMENDATIONS FOR MITIGATION AT ITS EXPENSE, AND THAT THE "OFF-SITE" RECOMMENDATIONS WOULD BE FUNDED BY THE GOVERNMENT.

AUTHORITY (PAA) HAD ACCEPTED VERBALLY

IT WAS EPCOM'S VIEW THAT A FIRM FUNDING PAA AND THE GOVERNMENT FOR IMPLEMENTATION OF ALL SHOULD BE SOUGHT.

COMMITMENT FROM BOTH MITIGATION MEASURES

THE CONSTRUCTION

AND OPERATIONAL SECTION AND THE

THE MEETING ALSO DISCUSSED IMPACTS OF THE NORTH LANTAU EXPRESSWAY'S TUNG CHUNG NORTH LANTAU NEW TOWN DEVELOPMENT.

PROFESSOR

WANG

CONSTRUCTION AND

SAID OPERATIONAL

MAJOR

THE

ISSUE NOISF IMPACTS

OF OF

CONCERN

WAS THE EXPRESSWAY

EXISTING SENSITIVE RECEIVERS AND THE FUTURK NEW TOWN DEVELOPMENT,

THE

ON

MEASURES HAD BEEN LAYOUT PLAN OF

MEMBERS WERE HAPPY TO NOTE THAT MITIGATION ADOPTED IN THE ROADWORK DESIGN AS WELL AS THE MASTER THE NEW TOWN TO MITIGATE THE ADVERSE ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS.

BE PROVIDED FOR JN THE TAI ΡΟ

AIR-CONDITIONING AND WINDOW INSULATION WOULD THE EXISTING SENSITIVE RECEIVERS. AFFECTED RESIDENTS VILLAGE ON NORTH LANTAU WOULD ALSO BE RESITED IN 1993.

THE

GOVERNMENT

TO

THAT ENSURE

AN MEMBERS STRONGLY ADVISED

OUT ΤΟ ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING AND AUDIT PROGRAMME WOULD BE CARRIED CHECK COMPLIANCE WITH ENVIRONMENTAL STANDARDS DURING CONSTRUCTION OPERATION PERIOD.

AND

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