XN000022-1992-11-20 — Page 9

FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 20, 1992

"WE HAVE CONSULTED THE STAFF SIDES OF THE CIVIL SERVICE ON THE PROPOSALS, A GOVERNMENT SPOKESMAN SAID.

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"THEY WELCOME THE PROPOSED CHANGES AND ARE ANXIOUS ΤΟ HAVE THEM IMPLEMENTED AS SOON AS POSSIBLE.

THE BILLS WILL BE INTRODUCED INTO THE

LEGISLATIVE

DECEMBER 2.

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COUNCIL ON

PROPOSED DREDGING AND RECLAMATION FOR CONTAINER TERMINAL NO. 9

RECLAMATION WORK TO PROVIDE ABOUT 126 HECTARES OF LAND FOR THE ITS BACK-UP AREAS WILL MEET THE RAPID GROWTH

DEVELOPMENT OF CONTAINER TERMINAL NO. 9 AND SOON BE CARRIED OUT AT SOUTHEAST TSING YI TO OF CONTAINERISED TRADE.

AS PART OF THE DEVELOPMENT, DREDGING TO A LEVEL OF 15 METRES BELOW CHART DATUM WILL BE CARRIED OUT AT PART OF THE RAMBLER CHANNEL AS WELL AS THE NORTHERN EDGE OF THE KELLETT BANK ΤΟ PROVIDE THE PASSAGE OF LARGE CONTAINER VESSELS,

THE PROJECT WAS AUTHORISED BY THE EXECUTIVE COUNCIL ON NOVEMBER 10, AFTER CONSIDERATION OF OBJECTIONS RECEIVED.

TO ADDRESS LOCAL CONCERNS ON THE POSSIBLE ADVERSE IMPACT BROUGHT ABOUT BY THE DEVELOPMENT, A GOVERNMENT SPOKESMAN SAID APPROPRIATE ENVIRONMENTAL MITIGATION MEASURES HAD BEEN INCORPORATED IN THE PROPOSED DEVELOPMENT.

HE SAID THE IMPACT ON NEARBY RESIDENTIAL PREMISES KEPT WITHIN ACCEPTABLE LIMITS.

"DURING CONSTRUCTION, AIR QUALITY AND WATER QUALITY WILL BE MONITORED CLOSELY TO ENSURE THAT THEY ARE WITHIN LIMITS.

WOULD ВЕ

PARAMETERS REASONABLE

"PILING WORK AND NIGHT-TIME CONSTRUCTION ACTIVITIES WILL BE CONTROLLED BY PERMITS TO BE ISSUED BY THE ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION DEPARTMENT UNDER THE NOISE CONTROL ORDINANCE.

IMPOSED.

"DURING DAYTIME, CEILING CONSTRUCTION NOISE LEVELS WILL BE

"BESIDES, A LANDSCAPED BUFFER ZONE HAS BEEN PROPOSED BETWEEN THE RESIDENTIAL BLOCKS OF CHEUNG CHING ESTATE AND THE CONTAINER TERMINAL AND INDUSTRIAL AREA TO COMPENSATE FOR THE LOSS OF VIEW то THE LOWER FLOOR RESIDENTS,

"NOISE BARRIERS HAVE ALSO BEEN PROPOSED то BE ERECTED AT APPROPRIATE LOCATIONS ALONG TSING YI ROAD AND TSING YI HEUNG SZE WUI ROAD TO MITIGATE PROJECTED TRAFFIC NOISE LEVELS BROUGHT ABOUT THESE DEVELOPMENTS,' HE SAID.

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