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TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 16, 1993

IN VIEW OF THE RISKS ASSOCIATED WITH STORAGE AND CHLORINE, VERY STRINGENT MEASURES AGAINST POSSIBLE LEAKAGE IMPLEMENTED TO ENSURE OPERATIONAL SAFETY AT ALL TIMES,

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HANDLING OF

HAVE BEEN

HE SAID.

THE

THE NEW CHLORINATION HOUSE WAS DESIGNED IN ACCORDANCE WITH

HAZARD ASSESSMENT RECOMMENDATIONS OF A

STUDY COMMISSIONED BY THE GOVERNMENT EARLIER ON TREATMENT WORKS.

ITS MAIN FEATURE INCLUDES A CONTAIN-AND-ABSORB SYSTEM WHICH

THROUGH ITS WILL NEUTRALISE

CHLORINE SCRUBBING PLANT THE LEAKED

THE CHLORINATION HOUSE CHLORINE WITH SODIUM HYDROXIDE WITHIN THE CHLORINE CONTENT DROPS TO A SAFE LEVEL.

UNTIL

LEAK DETECTORS AT

CHLORINE THE PLANT IS ALSO INSTALLED WITH STRATEGIC LOCATIONS, WITH ALL ACCESS DOORS SELF-CLOSING AND GAS-SEALED,

THE

THE PREVIOUS BULK TANKS FOR CHLORINE STORAGE, REPLACED BY ONE-TONNE STEEL DRUMS, HAVE BEEN

COMMISSIONING

OF THE NEW INSTALLATION.

ABANDONED

SINCE

THE SHA TIN TREATMENT WORKS, WITH A TREATMENT CAPACITY OF 1,227,000 CUBIC METRES A DAY, IS THE LARGEST ONE IN HONG KONG.

CENT OF POTABLE CONTRIBUTES TO ABOUT 50 PER TERRITORY, THERE IS A NEED TO HAVE SUFFICIENT ALL TIMES FOR TREATMENT PURPOSE.

AS IT WATER SUPPLY IN THE

OF STOCK

CHLORINE AT

LIMIT

OF

"THE CURRENT PRACTICE IN HONG KONG REGARDING THE

STORAGE CHLORINE

IS FAR MORE STRINGENT WHEN COMPARED WITH THE REQUIREMENTS SET BY THE COMMISSION OF EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES.

"ANY INSTALLATION HAVING A CHLORINE STOCK OF 10 TONNES OR MORE

WILL IS CLASSIFIED AS A POTENTIAL HAZARDOUS INSTALLATION AND

UNDERGO

A THOROUGH HAZARD STUDY,

BY

THE

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HU

'RECOMMENDED SAFETY MEASURES WILL BE ADOPTED TO ENSURE FULL COMPLIANCE WITH THE RISK GUIDELINES SET

MR GOVERNMENT,

SAID.

ON OTHER SAFETY MEASURES, MR HU SAID

WELL TRAINED AND TREATMENT WORKS WERE ALL HANDLING OF CHLORINE AND EMERGENCY SITUATION.

STAFF MEMBERS OF THE

IN EQUIPPED

THE DAILY

HE

FURTHERMORE, A DIRECT ALARM LINK HLAS BEEN CONNECTED ΤΟ THE FIRE SERVICES DEPARTMENT'S CONTROL CENTRE FOR THEIR PROMPT ACTION, ADDED.

BRIEFED MEMBERS OF THE SHA TIN DISTRICT BOARD WERE

EARLIER TODAY, FOLLOWED NEW INSTALLATION

BY A

ΤΟ TOUR THEMSELVES THE OPERATION OF THE TREATMENT WORKS.

ABOUT

THE

SEE

FOR

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