WEDNESDAY, JUNE 2, 1993
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DIRECTOR
OF
"THE CHEMICAL WASTE TREATMENT CENTRE MARKS AN IMPORTANT STEP IN FIGHT TO CLEAN UP HONG KONG'S ENVIRONMENT, ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION, DR STUART REED, SAID.
THE
AND WILL
CONVENTION MARPOL
SOUND SERVE AS WHICH
"IT PROVIDES FACILITIES FOR THE SAFE AND ENVIRONMENTALLY DISPOSAL
WASTE IN THE OF
TERRITORY CHEMICAL DESIGNATED FACILITY UNDER THE HONG KONG S PREVENTS POLLUTION AT SEA, HE SAID.
"IT WILL ALSO MAKE IT POSSIBLE FOR CHEMICAL WASTE
中中 HE ADDED.
COMPLY WITH THE NEW CHEMICAL WASTE REGULATION,
PRODUCERS TO
ON THE CHEMICAL WASTE REGULATION, WHICH BECAME FULLY EFFECTIVE
REGISTER WITH THE 3.
REQUIRES PRODUCERS OF CHEMICAL WASTE TO
AND PROPERLY DISPOSE OF THEIR ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION DEPARTMENT
MAY
WASTE.
THE REGULATION WAS ENACTED TO STOP THE WIDESPREAD OF DUMPING UNTREATED CHEMICAL WASTE INTO THE TERRITORY'S SURFACE WATERS
QUALITY THEREBY IMPROVE THE WATER AND
HARBOUR.
MALPRACTICE
IN
SEWERS AND VICTORIA
AND
"WITH THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE CHEMICAL WASTE REGULATION
A MUCH BETTER THE OPENING OF THE TREATMENT CENTRE, WE ARE NOW IN POSITION IN TERMS OF REVITALISING OUR FRAGRANT HARBOUR,
THE PROJECT
A
H DR REED SAID.
DESIGN, BUILD
AND HAS BEEN DEVELOPED UNDER OPERATE CONTRACT ARRANGEMENT WHEREBY THE CONTRACTOR IS RESPONSIBLE FOR ALL
OPERATION COMMITMENT OF THE FACILITY AND HAS A 15-YEAR ASPECTS WHICH MUST BE PERFORMED TO THE DEPARTMENT'S STRINGENT REQUIREMENTS.
WASTE BASED
LIMITED IN NOVEMBER WAS AWARDED TO ENVIROPACE THE CONTRACT 1990. ENVIROPACE IS A JOINT VENTURE COMPANY COMPRISING PACIFIC MANAGEMENT LIMITED (PART OF WASTE MANAGEMENT INTERNATIONAL, PLC IN LONDON, UK), CITIC PACIFIC LIMITED AND KIN CHING BESSER LIMITED.
MR ED
CHIEF EXECUTIVE OF WASTE MANAGEMENT INTERNATIONAL PLC
IS AN BXCELLENT FALKMAN, SAID: "THE CHEMICAL WASTE TREATMENT CENTRE
GROUP IS USING ITS ADVANCED EXAMPLE
THE WASTE MANAGEMENT OF HOW TECHNOLOGIES TO SOLVE TOUGH ENVIRONMENTAL PROBLEMS.
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AND INDUSTRIES CHALLENGES · FACING
THE
4 WE ARE COMMITTED TO WORKING WITH GOVERNMENTS
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ENVIRONMENTAL MEET THE
THROUGHOUT REGION, HE ADDED.
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SCHEDULE
THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE CENTRE WAS COMPLETED ON DECEMBER 1992 AND WAS FORMALLY ACCEPTED BY THE DEPARTMENT ON APRIL AFTER A COMPREHENSIVE PERFORMANCE TEST.
WHEN THE FACILITY IS AT FULL CAPACITY, ENVIROPACE WILL OVER 300 PEOPLE, MANY OF THEM SPECIALLY TRAINED PROFESSIONALS.
IN
13
EMPLOY
THE TREATMENT
COMPUTER SYSTEMS WILL MONITOR EVERY ASPECT OF CENTRE'S OPERATION.
IN ADDITION, THE DEPARTMENT'S STAFF WILL BE STATIONED CENTRE TO MONITOR ITS OPERATION REGULARLY.
AT THE
IN ADDITION
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