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WEDNESDAY, MAY 6, 1992

THESE CONDITIONS ALSO

APPLIED

ΤΟ

NON-CONTAMINATED MUD то MINIMISE THE RELEASE OF FINE SILT INTO THE SURROUNDING WATER, THE SECRETARY ADDED.

OF THE 10 AIRPORT CORE PROGRAMME (ACP) PROJECTS, EIGHT INVOLVE THE DREDGING AND DISPOSAL OF MARINE MUD.

THE FOLLOWING ARE THE PROJECTS AND THE REMAINING TO BE DREDGED:

ESTIMATED QUANTITIES

PROJECT

WEST KOWLOON RECLAMATION

CENTRAL AND WANCHAI RECLAMATION

NORTH LANTAU EXPRESSWAY

NORTH LANTAU DEVELOPMENT

CHEK LAP KOK AIRPORT

WESTERN HARBOUR CROSSING

AIRPORT RAILWAY

LANTAU FIXED CROSSING

QUANTITY

(MILLION CUBIC METRES)

5

1

10

80

1

1

0.2

OF THE EIGHT PROJECTS REQUIRING DREDGING, ONLY TWO, KOWLOON RECLAMATION AND THE CENTRAL AND WANCHAI RECLAMATION, KNOWN AT THIS STAGE TO INVOLVE CONTAMINATED MATERIALS.

WEST

WERE

"THE CONTAMINANTS ARE PRIMARILY HEAVY METALS, LEAD AND COPPER IN WEST KOWLOON; MERCURY AND COPPER IN THE CENTRAL AND WANCHAI AREAS.

"THE TOTAL QUANTITY OF CONTAMINATED

1.75 MILLION CUBIC METRES," HE SAID.

MUD IS ESTIMATED ΤΟ BE

MR BLAKE NOTED THAT CONTAMINATED MUD WOULD BE DISPOSED OF BY METHODS AGREED WITH THE ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION DEPARTMENT.

THE AREA DESIGNATED ORIGINALLY FOR DISPOSAL IS DEEP BAY, BUT OTHER POSSIBLE LOCATIONS ARE BEING CONSIDERED.

AFTER THE MUD HAD BEEN PLACED, IT WOULD BE CAPPED WITH CLEAN MATERIAL, HE ADDED.

RECOGNISING THAT THE DREDGING AND DISPOSAL OF ANY MARINE MUD CAUSED ENVIRONMENTAL DISRUPTION, MR BLAKE EXPLAINED THAT ALL RECLAMATIONS WERE DESIGNED IN SUCH A WAY AS TO REDUCE TO A MINIMUM THE TOTAL VOLUME OF MARINE MUD ΤΟ BE REMOVED, CONSISTENT WITH PROGRAMMING REQUIREMENTS.

/THE PRIMARY

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