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SATURDAY, MARCH 27, 1993

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IN RESPONSE TO EPD'S CONCERN, THE DEVELOPER OF THE ESTATE HAD REQUIRED TO SPEND CONSIDERABLE SUMS OF MONEY TO UPGRADE ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION CONTROL FACILITIES AT THE CEMENT WORKS.

BEEN

THESE MEASURES HAD MADE A NOTICEABLE IMPROVEMENT IN TERMS OF AIR AND NOISE EMISSIONS, BUT MR TROMP POINTED OUT THAT THE ONLY REAL SOLUTION WAS TO RELOCATE THE PLANT TO A MORE SUITABLE PLACE.

"THIS CASE IS A CLASSIC EXAMPLE OF HOW ENGINEERING CONTROLS HAVE THEIR LIMITS AND A PHYSICAL SEPARATION DISTANCE BETWEEN POLLUTING SOURCES AND RESIDENTIAL AREAS MUST BE ESTABLISHED AND MAINTAINED.

"THE GOVERNMENT IS NOW HOPEFUL TO FINALISE A DEAL TO RELOCATE THE CEMENT PLANT TO A SITE RESERVED ON THE NORTH COAST OF TSING YI ISLAND.

"IF AGREEMENT IS

DECOMMISSIONED BY 1996,

REACHED, THE EXISTING PLANT COULD BE

MR TROMP SAID.

HE REASSURED THE REPRESENTATIVES THAT EPD WOULD CONTINUE ΤΟ KEEP THE CEMENT PLANT UNDER CLOSE SURVEILLANCE AND TAKE STRICT ENFORCEMENT ACTION UNDER THE AIR POLLUTION AND NOISE CONTROL ORDINANCES TO MINIMISE AS FAR AS PRACTICABLE NUISANCES.

THE DUST AND NOISE

LUCKY VEHICLE MARKS SOLD BY AUCTION

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FIFTY VEHICLE REGISTRATION MARKS WERE SOLD IN AN AUCTION THIS (SATURDAY) MORNING FOR A TOTAL OF $1,491,000 WHICH WILL GO ΤΟ THE GOVERNMENT LOTTERIES FUND FOR CHARITY AFTER DEDUCTION OF EXPENSES INCURRED.

THE AUCTION, HELD AT THE RECITAL HALL OF THE CITY HALL, THE REGISTRATION MARK DD2 FETCH THE HIGHEST PRICE OF $330,000.

SAW

ANOTHER REGISTRATION MARK AT22 WAS SOLD AT THE SECOND HIGHEST PRICE OF $95,000 WHILE THE LOWEST PRICE WAS $1,000 FOR DY7477.

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