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WEDNESDAY, MAY 6, 1992

INCINERATOR TO GO AS SOON AS POSSIBLE

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IT IS STILL THE INTENTION TO CLOSE THE KENNEDY TOWN INCINERATOR SOON AS PRACTICABLE AFTER THE NEW HONG KONG ISLAND EAST REFUSE TRANSFER STATION (RTS) IS COMMISSIONED, THE SECRETARY FOR PLANNING, ENVIRONMENT AND LANDS, MR A.G. EASON INFORMED THE LEGISLATIVE TODAY (WEDNESDAY).

COUNCIL

IN A WRITTEN REPLY TO A QUESTION BY THE HON YEUNG SUM, THE SECRETARY SAID ONE PROVISION WAS THAT ANY WASTES IN EXCESS OF CAPACITY OF THE RTS COULD BE DISPOSED OF IN AN ENVIRONMENTALLY ACCEPTABLE MANNER.

"THE AMOUNT OF SUCH EXCESS WASTES, IF ANY, AND HOW THEY MIGHT BE PROPERLY DISPOSED OF, IS NOW BEING EXAMINED BY THE ADMINISTRATION, HE SAID.

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IN THE MAY 1991 FIRST REVIEW OF PROGRESS ON THE 1989 WHITE PAPER POLLUTION IN HONG KONG A TIME TO ACT, IT WAS NOTED THAT THE KENNEDY TOWN INCINERATOR WOULD BE CLOSED AFTER THE COMMISSIONING OF THE RTS, SCHEDULED FOR EARLY 1993.

MR EASON ADDED THAT THE INCINERATOR HAD BEEN FITTED WITH ELECTRO-STATIC PRECIPITATORS ΤΟ REDUCE THE AMOUNT OF PARTICLES · ENTERING THE ATMOSPHERE.

IN THE 1989 WHITE PAPER, THE GOVERNMENT STATED ITS INTENTION TO PHASE OUT THE EXISTING MUNICIPAL INCINERATORS AS LAND-BASED DISPOSAL FACILITIES WERE INTRODUCED TO REPLACE THEM.

1990,

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THE LAI CHI KOK INCINERATOR WAS THEREFORE CLOSED IN LATE AFTER THE COMMISSIONING OF THE KOWLOON BAY REFUSE TRANSFER STATION APRIL 1990.

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DREDGING CLOSELY MONITORED TO MINIMISE POLLUTION

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THROUGHOUT THE PERIOD OF DREDGING AND DISPOSAL OF MARINE MUD THE AIRPORT PROGRAMMES, THE CONDITIONS OF THE AFFECTED ENVIRONMENT ARE CLOSELY MONITORED TO ENSURE THAT THEY ARE WITHIN ACCEPTABLE STANDARDS.

THIS WAS STATED BY THE SECRETARY FOR WORKS, MR JAMES BLAKE, THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL TODAY (WEDNESDAY).

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IN A WRITTEN REPLY TO A QUESTION BY THE HON LI WAH-MING, MR BLAKE SAID TO CONTROL DREDGING, CONDITIONS WERE INCLUDED IN THE CONTRACT TO REQUIRE THE CONTRACTOR TO USE THE MOST APPROPRIATE DREDGING PLANT AND METHOD OF OPERATION TO ENSURE CAUSED WOULD BE KEPT TO A MINIMUM.

THAT THE POLLUTION

/THESE CONDITIONS