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WEDNESDAY, JUNE 23, 1993

NOTING THAT AN AVERAGE OF 20,000 TONNES OF SOLID WASTE ARE PRODUCED EVERYDAY, MR STOKOE SAID:

"THE WENT LANDFILL WILL ENABLE US TO CATER FOR OUR WASTE DISPOSAL NEEDS WELL INTO THE NEXT CENTURY, WHILST THE FACILITIES INCLUDE THE LATEST REQUIREMENTS FOR MODERN LANDFILL DESIGN AND

THE COST OPERATION,

ASSOCIATED WITH THEM IS BY FAR THE MOST ECONOMICAL WASTE DISPOSAL METHOD.

II

DISPOSAL

MAKING A COMPARISON, MR STOKOE SAID THE TONNE OF WASTE AT THE WENT LANDFILL WOULD BE $51 WHEREAS COST OF DISPOSAL AT THE EXISTING LANDFILLS IS $70.

COST FOR A

THE AVERAGE

HAVING

"THE AIM OF THE NEW LANDFILLS IS TO BRING CONSIDERABLY HIGHER ENVIRONMENTAL STANDARDS TO WASTE MANAGEMENT

IN HONG WITHOUT NECESSARILY

TO PAY CORRESPONDINGLY MORE FOR IMPROVEMENT," HE SAID,

PRACTICES

KONG SUCH

THE EPD WILL REVIEW THE LONG-TERM WASTE MANAGEMENT

STRATEGY

SHORTLY.

MR STOKOE SAID THE REVIEW WOULD BE AIDED BY THE USE OF COMPUTER MODELLING TECHNIQUES AND PARTICULAR ATTENTION WOULD BE PAID TO WASTE MINIMISATION AND WASTE REDUCTION.

THESE MEASURES WILL HELP LENGTHEN THE OPERATING LIFE

OF THE

LANDFILLS.

APPOINTMENTS TO BOARD OF EDUCATION

LEUNG,

THE SECRETARY FOR EDUCATION AND MANPOWER, MR MICHAEL ANNOUNCED TODAY (WEDNESDAY) THAT MR ANDREW SO KWOK-WING HAD BEEN APPOINTED CHAIRMAN OF THE BOARD OF EDUCATION WITH EFFECT FROM NEXT MONTH.

CHI-YUEN,

APPOINTED TO THE BOARD FOR THE FIRST TIME ARE MR TIK CHAIRMAN OF THE HOME SCHOOL COOPERATION COMMITTEE, AND MR PUN TIN-CHI, AN EDUCATIONALIST.

MR SO HAS BEEN A MEMBER OF THE BOARD FOR SEVEN YEARS AND IS THE CURRENT CHAIRMAN OF THE CURRICULUM DEVELOPMENT COUNCIL.

HE WILL SUCCEED MR TIMOTHY HA WING-HO WHO WILL RETIRE FROM THE BOARD AFTER 15 YEARS OF DISTINGUISHED SERVICE.

MR LEUNG ALSO ANNOUNCED THE RE-APPOINTMENT OF THE FOLLOWING SERVING MEMBERS:

* MISS BOW SIU-MAY, SUPERVISOR/PRINCIPAL OF THE HONG KONG

SCHOOL FOR THE DEAF

*

*

MISS SANSAN CHING TEI-CHI, DIRECTOR OF HONG KONG COUNCIL OF EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATION & SERVICE LTD

MRS MINNIE LAI WEI KIT-LIN, PRINCIPAL OF HEEP YUNN SCHOOL

/* MISS AUDREY