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WEDNESDAY, MARCH 24, 1993

"THE VIEWS OF LOCAL RESIDENTS ARE NORMALLY REFLECTED ΤΟ THE BOARD BY THE DISTRICT OFFICER WHO CAN ARRANGE SOUNDING OUT OR SCALE OF THE PROPOSED

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CONSULTATION DEPENDING DEVELOPMENT, HE SAID.

ON THE NATURE AND

APPROVED MASTER LAYOUT PLANS WERE DEPOSITED IN THE LAND REGISTRY AND WERE AVAILABLE FOR INSPECTION, HE ADDED.

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SITE SEARCH FOR MID-STREAM OPERATIONS CONTINUES

THE GOVERNMENT IS CONSTANTLY SEEKING SUITABLE NEW SITES, PERMANENT AND TEMPORARY, THROUGHOUT THE TERRITORY TO SUPPORT STREAM OPERATIONS.

BOTH MID-

THIS WAS STATED BY THE SECRETARY FOR PLANNING, ENVIRONMENT AND LANDS, MR TONY EASON, IN A WRITTEN REPLY TO A QUESTION BY THE HON ZACHARY WONG IN THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL TODAY (WEDNESDAY).

MR EASON SAID MORE PERMANENT SITES SHOULD BE ALLOCATED

IF BUT WATERFRONT SITES OF THE RIGHT KIND WERE NOT EASY ΤΟ

POSSIBLE, FIND.

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SUCH SITE OF 7.8 HECTARES HAS BEEN IDENTIFIED OFF SOUTH- WESTERN STONECUTTERS ISLAND, WHICH WILL REQUIRE RECLAMATION AND SHOULD BE AVAILABLE TOWARDS THE END OF 1995, HE SAID.

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"BUT TEMPORARY SITES WILL BE NEEDED TO MEET IMMEDIATE PRESSURES AND THE TUEN MUN SITE, WITH ITS GOOD MARINE ACCESS, IS POTENTIALLY ONE OF THESE. WHILE IT IS BY NO MEANS IDEAL, GIVEN THE SHORTAGE, IT 18 SUITABLE," HE SAID.

MR EASON SAID PRESENT INDICATIONS WERE THAT USE OF THE TUEN MUN SITE WAS UNLIKELY TO HAVE A SIGNIFICANT EFFECT ON ROAD CONDITIONS IN AND AROUND TUEN MUN FOR TWO REASONS.

"FIRST, THE SITE HAS A MARINE FRONTAGE OF ONLY 100 METRES OR SO AND A BACK-UP AREA OF 6.93 HECTARES, SO THE AMOUNT OF CARGO HANDLED IS UNLIKELY TO EXCEED ABOUT 400 TEUS PER DAY.

"SECOND, IT MAY WELL BE THAT MOST OF THE CONTAINERS WILL BE SHIPPED SOUTH FROM TUEN MUN RATHER THAN TRANSPORTED ALONG THE TUEN MUN HIGHWAY."

HOWEVER, MR EASON SAID THE TRAFFIC IMPLICATIONS OF THE PROPOSAL WOULD BE ASCERTAINED BY ASKING PARTIES WHO MIGHT TENDER FOR THE SITE TO SUBMIT EXPRESSIONS OF INTEREST TO THE GOVERNMENT DETAILING THEIR PROPOSED METHODS OF OPERATION, INCLUDING MODES OF TRANSPORT, PRIOR TENDERS BEING CALLED.

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WILL

IMPLICATIONS

ALSO BE ASKED TO ASSESS THE TRAFFIC ENVIRONMENTAL IMPLICATIONS OF THEIR OPERATION. THE GOVERNMENT NEED TO BE SATISFIED THAT THE TRAFFIC AND ENVIRONMENTAL WILL BE ACCEPTABLE,

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