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TUESDAY, APRIL 27, 1993

THE NORTH LANTAU REFUSE TRANSFER STATION

ITS

ACCEPT WILL

RELATED

WASTE

COMMERCIAL AND

GENERATED FROM THE PLANNED NEW TOWNS IN TUNG CHUNG AND TAI HO, AS WELL

THE INDUSTRIAL ACTIVITIES.

AS

AIRPORT

AT

CHEK LAP KOK

AND

REFUSE WILL BE

COMPACTED

INTO

ENCLOSED

TRANSFERRED IN AN ENVIRONMENTALLY ACCEPTABLE MANNER TERRITORIES LANDFILL BY BARGES OR BULK VEHICLES.

CONTAINERS

AND

TO THE WEST NEW

THE STUDY ON NORTH LANTAU TRANSFER STATION, AT A COST OF $7.2 MILLION, WILL TAKE 20 MONTHS TO COMPLETE.

ABOUT

CONSTRUCTION WORK FOR THE TRANSFER STATION IS EXPECTED TO START IN STAGES UPON COMPLETION OF THE STUDY BY EARLY 1995.

STAGE I OF THE STATION WOULD BE CAPABLE OF HANDLING 450 OF WASTE A DAY UPON OPERATIONAL IN EARLY 1997 AND IT'S CAPACITY

A DAY IN BE

EXPANDED TO ACHIEVE 1,000 TONNES FURTHER STAGES.

TONNES WOULD

SUBSEQUENT

AIDS COUNSELLING HOTLINE COMPUTERISED

* *

COUNSELLING

THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH'S AIDS HAS BEEN COMPUTERISED TO IMPROVE SERVICE.

HOTLINE 780 2211

AS UNDER THE COMPUTERISED NETWORK KNOWN

THE PROACTIVE VOICE PUBLIC MAY DIAL THE AND FAX RESPONSE (PVFR) SYSTEM, MEMBERS OF THE

INFORMATION INTERACTIVELY THROUGH THE SAME NUMBER FOR AUDIO LINES, ASK FOR IT TO BE FAXED OR FOR DIRECT CONVERSATION WITH COUNSELLORS.

PHONE NURSING

"THE PURPOSE

OF

INSTALLING

+

IS THE

ΤΟ COMPUTERISED SYSTEM

IN THE ENHANCE THE EFFICIENCY

DELIVERY OF THIS IMPORTANT PUBLIC

Н LEE THE DIRECTOR OF HEALTH, DR S

SAID SERVICE ON AIDS EDUCATION, IN A PRESS CONFERENCE TODAY (TUESDAY) TO LAUNCH THE NEW SYSTEM.

THE DEPARTMENT'S

"

OF

AIDS HOTLINE RECEIVED A MONTHLY AVERAGE

COMPARED WITH THE 1,344 CALLS LAST YEAR, AN INCREASE OF 20 PER CENT PREVIOUS YEAR.

THE HOTLINE RECORDED 1,644 CALLS IN FEBRUARY THIS YEAR.

"THE NEW SYSTEM IS DESIGNED TO PROVIDE CALLERS AS WELL AS TO MINIMISE THE NUMBER LEE SAID.

BETTER FLEXIBILITY TO UNANSWERED OF

CALLS, DR

THERE ARE SEVEN PIECES OF RECORDED MESSAGES AND ENGLISH. THEY INCLUDE TOPICS SUCH AS "WHAT IS ALDS" AND "WHAT IF I CONTRACTED AIDS".

IN

BOTH CANTONESE AIDS", **WOMEN AND

/THE VARIOUS