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THURSDAY, AUGUST 19, 1993

AND

ACCOMPANIED BY THE DIRECTOR OF DRAINAGE SERVICES, MR SIU CHUEN TWO ASSISTANT DIRECTORS, MR LEUNG CHAM-TIF (ELECTRICAL AND MECHANICAL) AND MR TSE HON-SUM (PROJECTS AND DEVELOPMENT), SIR DAVID TOURED THE SEWAGE TREATMENT PLANT OF THE SCHEME TO SEE HOW SEWAGE WERK TREATED BEFORE DISPOSAL.

SIR DAVID LEARNED THAT THE OBJECTIVE OF THE $1.3 BILLION SCHEME WAS TO IMPROVE THE WATER QUALITY OFF THE COAST OF NORTH WEST KOWLOON BY COLLECTING SEWAGE FROM TAI KOK TSUI, SHAM SHUI PO AND LAI CHI KOK AREAS, INCLUDING THE WEST KOWLOON RECLAMATION, AND PUMPING THE SEWAGE TO STONECUTTERS ISLAND FOR TREATMENT BEFORE DISPOSAL ΤΟ DEEP WATER TO THE SOUTHWEST OF THE ISLAND VIA A SUBMARINE OUTFALL.

BEEN HAD

THE ACTING GOVERNOR WAS TOLD THAT THIS OBJECTIVE HAD ACHIEVED AS THE WATER QUALITY OFF THE COAST OF NORTH WEST KOWLOON BEEN GREATLY IMPROVED SINCE THE SCHEME CAME INTO FULL OPERATION LATE LAST YEAR.

APART FROM THE TREATMENT PLANT ON STONECUTTERS ISLAND, THE NORTH WEST KOWLOON SEWAGE TREATMENT AND DISPOSAL SCHEME ALSO COMPRISES NINE KILOMETRES OF INTERCEPTOR SEWERS, TWO COARSE SCREENING PLANTS (ONE AT SHAM SHUI PO AND ONE AT CHEUNG SHA WAN), ONE CENTRALISED PUMPING STATION AT CHEUNG SHA WAN, TWIN PUMPING MAINS OF TWO METRES IN DIAMETER ACROSS THE HARBOUR, AND A COASTAL SEWER AND SUBMARINE OUTFALL TO DISCHARGE THE TREATED EFFLUENT.

IT IS PLANNED THAT THE FLOWS FROM THE SCHEME WILL EVENTUALLY BE CONNECTED TO THE PROPOSED DEEP TUNNEL SYSTEM OF THE STRATEGIC

SEWAGE DISPOSAL SCHEME FOR THE TERRITORY.

STATEMENT ON POTENTIALLY HAZARDOUS INSTALLATIONS

ACTING CANICE MAK, YESTERDAY, A

COMMENTING ON PRESS REPORTS ON THE MEETING OF THE SECRETARY FOR PLANNING, ENVIRONMENT AND LANDS, MR WITH REPRESENTATIVES OF THE TSING YI CONCERN GROUP GOVERNMENT SPOKESMAN SAID TODAY (THURSDAY) THERE WERE FIRM

NOR ANY TIMETABLE AT THE MOMENT FOR

THE

PLANS

POTENTIALLY

HAZARDOUS INSTALLATIONS то

NEITHER

ANY MOVING ISLANDS

SOKO

ALTHOUGH THEY MIGHT BE AN APPROPRIATE SITE FOR THESE FACILITIES.

AND THE

THE SPOKESMAN SAID APART FROM THE MOBIL, CONCORD OIL CHINA RESOURCES COMPANY'S NGA YING CHAU DEPOTS, THE GOVERNMENT HAD PLAN TO RELOCATE THE OTHER LPG OR OIL DEPOTS ON TSING YI.

NO

THAT

MR MAK ASSURED THE REPRESENTATIVES AT YESTERDAY'S MEETING ALL THESE INSTALLATIONS COMPLIED WITH THE GOVERNMENT'S RISK GUIDELINES AND STRINGENT LICENSING REQUIREMENTS.

**THERE IS THEREFORE NO NEED TO RELOCATE THEM,

THE

SPOKESMAN

SAID.

STRINGENT CONTROL OVER SPOKESMAN ADDED.

"NEVERTHELESS, THE GOVERNMENT WILL CONTINUE ΤΟ

THE OPERATIONS OF THESE OIL

EXERCISE DEPOTS," THE

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