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MR KENNETH PANG TSAN-WING

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THURSDAY, APRIL 29, 1993

MR PANG, AGED 46, A CHARTERED SURVEYOR,

JOINED THE VALUATION

ASSISTANT GRADE IN THE RATING AND VALUATION DEPARTMENT IN SEPTEMBER 1967.

HE WAS PROMOTED TO PRINCIPAL RATING AND VALUATION SURVEYOR 1979,

ASSISTANT COMMISSIONER OF RATING AND VALUATION IN 1984, AND HIS PRESENT RANK OF DEPUTY COMMISSIONER OF RATING AND VALUATION 1989.

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HAVING SERVED IN THE DEPARTMENT FOR OVER 20 YEARS, MR PANG HAS GAINED CONSIDERABLE EXPERIENCE IN LANDS MATTERS.

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DISPOSAL OF CONTAMINATED MUD ACCEPTABLE

THE METHOD OF DISPOSING OF CONTAMINATED MUD IN PURPOSE-DREDGED PITS ON THE SEABED WAS EXPLAINED TO THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL ENVIRONMENTAL AFFAIRS PANEL THIS (THURSDAY) MORNING. THE SAME SUBJECT WAS ON THE ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION ADVISORY COMMITTER'S AGENDA IN THE AFTERNOON.

THE REPRESENTATIVE OF THE CIVIL ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT EXPLAINED THAT THE EXISTING PIT IN EAST SHA CHAU HAS BEEN IN USE SINCE DECEMBER 1992 AND WILL SOON BE FULL.

A SECOND PIT WILL BE REQUIRED IN MID-JULY THIS YEAR TO PROVIDE FOR THE CONTINUING DISPOSAL OF CONTAMINATED MUD WHICH IS BEING REMOVED AS A RESULT OF THE SEVERAL ONGOING INFRASTRUCTURAL PROJECTS THROUGHOUT THE TERRITORY.

THE FINDINGS OF INTENSIVE STUDIES MADE BY THE CIVIL ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT AND THE ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION DEPARTMENT OF THE EAST SHA CHAU PIT SHOWED THAT THERE HAD BEEN MINOR LOSS OF SEDIMENT UNDER THE CURRENT OPERATING CONDITIONS.

TO MINIMISE FURTHER THE RISK OF CONTAMINATED MUD ESCAPING FROM THE EXISTING PIT, THE DIRECTOR OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION, IN HIS CAPACITY AS THE LICENSING AUTHORITY UNDER THE DUMPING AT SEA ACT, HAS IMPOSED THE FOLLOWING CONDITIONS:

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THERE SHOULD BE FULL-TIME STAFF TO SUPERVISE THE DUMPING OPERATIONS;

SILT CURTAINS SHOULD BE DEPLOYED AS SOON AS POSSIBLE ΤΟ ENSURE THAT THE DRIFTING OF FINE CONTAMINATED MATERIAL IS PREVENTED; AND

THE PIT SHOULD BE FILLED WITH A 3-METRE CAPPING LAYER IMMEDIATELY AFTER JULY 15 OR WHENEVER THE PIT HAS BEEN FILLED TO ITS PERMITTED LEVEL, WHICHEVER IS EARLIER.

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