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TUESDAY, APRIL 27, 1993

"MEANWHILE, AN EMPLOYEE WHO CONTRAVENES THE PROVISIONS MAY ALSO BE FINED UP TO $30,000 AND IMPRISONMENT FOR SIX MONTHS," HE ADDED.

MR CHAN, IMPROVEMENT

HAD BEEN

WAS THERE

POINTED OUT THAT ALTHOUGH THERE HOWEVER, THE NUMBER OF ACCIDENTS IN INDUSTRIES, IN ROOM FOR COMPLACENCY.

14

"NOT EVEN ONE ACCIDENT SHOULD BE TOLERATED, HE SAID.

HE

ALSO APPEALED

ACCIDENT AT BAY.

FURTHER FOR RENEWED EFFORTS TO

NO

KEEP WORK

STUDY ON NORTH LANTAU REFUSE TRANSFER STATION

THE ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION DEPARTMENT (EPD) HAS COMMISSIONED STUDY FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF A REFUSE TRANSFER STATION ON NORTH LANTAU.

A

THE AGREEMENT FOR THE CONSULTANCY STUDY WAS SIGNED BY ASSISTANT DIRECTOR OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION, MR MIKE STOKOE AND THE REPRESENTATIVE OF BALFOURS INTERNATIONAL (ASIA) CONSULTING ENGINEERS LTD THIS (TUESDAY) AFTERNOON.

A SPOKESMAN FOR EPD SAID THE NORTH LANTAU REFUSE TRANSFER STATION WOULD BE LOCATED AT A SITE SEAWARD OF THE FUTURE NORTH LANTAU EXPRESSWAY AT SHAM SHUI KOK.

THE NEIGHBOURHOOD AREAS ARE LAND PLANNED TO BE USED MAINLY FOR INDUSTRIAL ACTIVITIES RELATED TO THE NEW AIRPORT AND OTHER MAJOR UTILITIES SUCH AS WATER TREATMENT WORKS AND SEWAGE TREATMENT WORKS.

THE STUDY IS DIVIDED INTO FOUR PHASES.

PHASE I IS A REVIEW OF THE WASTE DISPOSAL STRATEGY FOR THE NORTH LANTAU AREA; PHASE II COVERS THE VARIOUS ASPECTS OF THE CONSTRUCT LON AND OPERATION OF THE REFUSE TRANSFER STATION ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT.

DESIGN,

AND

AN

THE FINAL TWO PHASES ARE MAINLY ON PREPARATION OF TENDER DOCUMENTS, TENDER INVITATION AND ASSESSMENT.

STRICT ENVIRONMENTAL CONTROLS TO AVOID ODOUR, DUST, WATER AND NOISE NUISANCE WILL BE INCORPORATED INTO THE DESIGN OF THE STATION AND THE ASSOCIATED FACILITIES SO AS ΤΟ CREATE AN ENVIRONMENTALLY ACCEPTABLE WASTE DISPOSAL FACILITY.

THE SPOKESMAN SAID THE PROVISION OF THE REFUSE TRANSFER STATION WAS IN LINE WITH THE GOVERNMENT'S WASTE DISPOSAL PLAN WHICH STATED THAT THE LONG-TERM MUNICIPAL WASTE DISPOSAL STRATEGY

OF HONG KONG REQUIRED THE PROVISION OF THREE STRATEGIC LANDFILLS AND A NETWORK TRANSFER STATIONS FOR TRANSPORTING WASTE IN BULK TO THESE LANDFILLS.

OF

/THE NORTH