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THURSDAY, APRIL 29, 1993

FOR THE LICENSING OF FUTURE PITS, THE FOLLOWING ADDITIONAL SAFEGUARDS WOULD BE REQUIRED:

(1)

(2)

AFTER

AS HAS BEEN CARRIED OUT FOR PIT I THERE SHOULD CONTINUE TO ·

ARE BE INTENSIVE ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING BEFORE THE PITS USED, DURING THEIR OPERATIONAL LIFE AND IMMEDIATELY THEY HAVE BEEN CAPPED. FURTHER MONITORING AROUND CAPPED PITS WILL ALSO BE REQUIRED;

ORDER TO THE PITS SHOULD BE AS SMALL AS PRACTICABLE IN

A REDUCE THE RISK OF LOSS OF CONTAMINATED MATERIAL DURING STORM;

CLOSED PITS SHOULD BE PREVENTED FROM DAMAGE BY DESIGNATING THE DISPOSAL SITES AS FOUL ANCHORAGES;

SHIPS BY

(3)

(4)

DUMPING OF HYDRAULICALLY

CONTAMINATED MUD IN THE SIGNIFICANT QUANTITY WILL NOT BE PERMITTED IN PITS OF PRESENT BASIC DESIGN; AND

DREDGED

(5)

PITS ARE NOT ALLOWED TO APPROACH MAXIMUM DURING THE TYPHOON SEASON.

FILLING

LEVELS

OF

THE DIRECTOR OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION WOULD STOP THE DUMPING OPERATION IF MONITORING RESULTS SHOWED THAT A SIGNIFICANT QUANTITY CONTAMINATED MATERIAL MIGHT ESCAPE FROM A PIT.

"ALL THESE MEASURES WOULD PROVIDE ADEQUATE SAFEGUARDS

HE ADDED. ANY RISK OF CONTAMINATED MUD ESCAPING FROM A PIT,

AGAINST

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PROVISIONAL FIGURES OF EXTERNAL TRADE FOR MARCH

* * * *

IN

MARCH 1993, RE-EXPORTS CONTINUED TO SURGE, EXPORTS REGISTERED A SMALL INCREASE.

WHILE DOMESTIC

AT THE SAME TIME, IMPORTS GREW MARKEDLY.

THESE ARE SHOWN IN THE PROVISIONAL FIGURES OF EXTERNAL RELEASED TODAY (THURSDAY) BY THE CENSUS AND STATISTICS DEPARTMENT.

TRADE

THE VALUE OF RE-EXPORTS IN MARCH 1993 ROSE BY $12,246 MILLION OR 24% OVER A YEAR EARLIER TO $63,469 MILLION.

то

THE VALUE OF DOMESTIC EXPORTS INCREASED BY $292 MILLION OR 1.7% $17,343 MILLION.

OF

TAKING RE-EXPORTS AND DOMESTIC EXPORTS TOGETHER, THE VALUE TOTAL EXPORTS IN MARCH 1993 GREW BY $12,538 MILLION OR 18% OVER A YEAR EARLIER то $80,812 MILLION.

OVER THE SAME PERIOD, THE VALUE OF IMPORTS INCREASED BY $12,983 MILLION OR 18% TO $86,855 MILLION.

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