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THURSDAY, AUGUST 19, 1993

PROPOSAL TO SET UP LEGCO SELECT COMMITTEE ON CLP CASE

IN RESPONSE TO MEDIA ENQUIRIES, THE ATTORNEY GENERAL, MR JEREMY MATHEWS, SAID SINCE THERE WERE SEVERAL COURT CASES PENDING AT THE MOMENT, ALL CONCERNING THE CASTLE PEAK POWER STATION'S EXPLOSION IN AUGUST 1992, IT WOULD SEEM MORE APPROPRIATE FOR ANY PROPOSAL FOR THE SETTING UP OF A LEGCO SELECT COMMITTEE TO BE CONSIDERED ONCE THESE JUDICIAL PROCEEDINGS ARE CONCLUDED.

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ACTING GOVERNOR VISITS WASTE TREATMENT FACILITIES

THE ACTING GOVERNOR, SIR DAVID FORD, THIS (THURSDAY) AFTERNOON VISITED SOME WASTE AND SEWAGE TREATMENT FACILITIES IN THE TERRITORY.

ACCOMPANIED BY THE ACTING DIRECTOR OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION, MR ROB LAW, AND THE DEPUTY SECRETARY FOR PLANNING, ENVIRONMENT AND LANDS, MR TONY COOPER, SIR DAVID FIRST VISITED THE TSING YI CHEMICAL WASTE TREATMENT CENTRE (CWTC) WHICH WAS OFFICIALLY OPENED IN JUNE THIS YEAR.

MANAGER

SIR DAVID WAS BRIEFED BY MR WILLIAM GRUBE, THE GENERAL OF ENVIROPACE, THE SPECIALIST CWTC CONTRACTOR, ON VARIOUS WASTE TREATMENT PROCESSES OF THE CENTRE.

HE TOURED THE CENTRE'S INCINERATION

SYSTEM, PHYSICAL-CHEMICAL TREATMENT AREA, STABILISATION AREA, COMPUTERISED CONTROL ROOM AND

LABORATORY.

EXPLAINING HONG KONG'S WASTE MANAGEMENT STRATEGY ON CHEMICAL WASTE, MR ROB LAW TOLD SIR DAVID THAT THE CWTC PROVIDED AN ESSENTIAL DISPOSAL FACILITY FOR THE ESTIMATED 100,000 TONNES OF CHEMICAL WASTES GENERATED IN THE TERRITORY EACH YEAR.

THE FACILITY ENABLED CHEMICAL WASTE PRODUCERS ΤΟ COMPLY WITH THE CHEMICAL WASTE REGULATIONS WHICH HAS BEEN FULLY IMPLEMENTED SINCE MAY THIS YEAR.

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MR LAW SAID THE CWTC HAD BEEN STEADILY INCREASING THROUGHPUT THAT ITS WASTE COLLECTION AND TREATMENT WOULD BE AT FULL CAPACITY IN 1994, WELL AHEAD OF SCHEDULE.

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MR LAW POINTED OUT THAT WHEN COMPARED WITH THE USUAL FOUR FIVE YEARS PERIODS TO ACHIEVE FULL PRODUCTION OF SIMILAR FACILITIES IN OTHER COUNTRIES, CWTC'S PERFORMANCE WAS VERY ENCOURAGING.

LATER, SIR DAVID INSPECTED THE OPERATIONS ON STONECUTTERS ISLAND OF THE NORTH WEST KOWLOON SEWAGE TREATMENT AND DISPOSAL SCHEME.

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