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THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 23, 1993

MR STOKOE SAID:

"LIKE OTHER

STRATEGIC

THE LANDFILLS, LANDFILL WILL ONLY ACCEPT WASTE WHICH CANNOT OTHERWISE BE RECYCLED USED AS FILL."

SENT OR

HE POINTED OUT THAT THE

WASTE MINIMISATION

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PROPOSALS, WHICH INCREASE THE OF YEARS

WOULD BE INTRODUCED IN THE NEXT TWO YEARS, WOULD LIKELY

ITS BEYOND

PROJECTED LIFE SPAN OF THE SENT OPERATION.

LANDFILL

ON THE LANDFILL GAS WHICH WILL BE PRODUCED FROM OF WASTE, MR STOKOE SAID IT WOULD INITIALLY BE USED TO TO POWER ALL ON-SITE EQUIPMENT AND AT A LATER STAGE SITE TO THE ADJACENT TSEUNG KWAN O INDUSTRIAL ESTATE.

THE DEGRADING ENERGY PRODUCE

BE EXPORTED OFF

UP TO

IT IS ESTIMATED THAT ENOUGH ELECTRICITY TO LIGHT HOMES COULD BE GENERATED DURING THE FIRST FIVE YEARS OF OPERATION.

"AND THIS COULD INCREASE TO 15,000 HOMES WHEN GENERATING PLANT IS AT FULL CAPACITY, MR STOKOB ADDED.

5,000

THE ELECTRICITY

STRINGENT THE CONTRACT REQUIRES THE CONTRACTOR TO SATISFY VERY

OPERATION OF THE ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS FOR BOTH CONSTRUCTION AND

IMPERMEABLE MEMBRANE AS LANDFILL, INCLUDING LINING THE SITE WITH AN WELL AS COLLECTING AND TREATING THE POLLUTED LIQUIDS AND LANDFILL PRIOR TO ANY DISCHARGE FROM THE SITE.

IN

AIR, ADDITION,

NOISE AND

BOTH

CONTINUOUSLY MONITORED NEIGHBOURHOOD.

WATER

WILL

QUALITY WITHIN THE LANDFILL AND IN

GAS

BE

THE

0

COMMISSION ON YOUTH TO TACKLE UNDERAGE DRINKING

A WORKING GROUP WILL BE SET UP TO EXAMINE POSSIBLE MEASURES TACKLE UNDERAGE DRINKING, THE CHAIRMAN OF THE COMMISSION ON YOUTH, ERIC LI KA-CHRUNG, SAID TODAY (THURSDAY).

REQUIRED

CONTROL

TO MR

WAS

ALCOHOL

SPEAKING AT A PRESS CONFERENCE, MR LI SAID THE COMMISSION

ΤΟ OF THE VIEW THAT POSITIVE ACTION ABUSE AMONG YOUNG PEOPLE.

WAS

DIVISION OF

AND

WINE,

OF

TO A SURVEY CONDUCTED BY THE NARCOTICS ACCORDING THE SECURITY BRANCH, AS HIGH AS 73.1 PER CENT OF THE CHINESE-SPEAKING

SCHOOLS, TECHNICAL SCHOOLS SECONDARY SCHOOL (INCLUDING GRAMMAR PREVOCATIONAL SCHOOLS) STUDENTS SURVEYED HAVE CONSUMED BEER AND

то ADMITTING

DRINKING THESE TYPES WITH 13.6 PER CENT OF WHICH ALCOHOL JUST FOUR WEEKS BEFORE THE SURVEY.

HAD 15 PER CENT OF THOSE WHO HAVE DRUNK ALCOHOL NEARLY FIRST TASTE OF BEER AND WINE AT THE AGE OF SIX OR BELOW.

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"THE FIGURES CAUSE CONCERN, MR LI SAID,

THEIR

/"MANY OF