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WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 12, 1994

WORK IN THE REMAINING AREAS WILL BE IMPLEMENTED IN PHASES ACCORDING TO THE RECOMMENDATIONS OF THE SEWERAGE MASTERPLAN, HE SAID.

APART FROM ENFORCEMENT UNDER THE WATER POLLUTION CONTROL ORDINANCE, SOME DISTRICT BOARDS HAVE SET UP INDUSTRIAL BUILDING MANAGEMENT CO-ORDINATING COMMITTEES (IBMCCS) WHICH IDENTIFY INDUSTRIAL BUILDINGS CAUSING SEVERE POLLUTION PROBLEMS AND TAKE POSSIBLE ACTION.

"AS FAR AS UNAUTHORISED CONNECTIONS ARE CONCERNED, THE IBMCCS ADVISE FACTORY OWNERS ON THE EXTENT OF THE POLLUTION CAUSED BY THEIR DISCHARGES AND HOW THESE MAY BE CORRECTED.

"THE BUILDINGS DEPARTMENT CARRIES OUT RECONNECTION WORK AND RECOVERS THE COSTS FROM THE FACTORY OWNERS IF NECESSARY. SOME 700 CONNECTIONS HAVE BEEN DEALT WITH IN THIS WAY SINCE 1986," HE SAID.

NEW SPORTS GROUND FOR SCHOOL ATHLETIC MEETS

A NEW SPORTS GROUND FOR SCHOOL ATHLETIC MEETS IS BEING PLANNED AT SIU SAI WAN, THE SECRETARY FOR RECREATION AND CULTURE, MR JAMES 30, SAID.

IN A WRITTEN REPLY TO A QUESTION BY THE HON TIMOTHY HA WING-HO IN THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL TODAY (WEDNESDAY), MR SO SAID THE NEW VENUE WOULD INCLUDE A 400-METRE EIGHT-LANE ALL-WEATHER SYNTHETIC TRACK, A FULLY COVERED SPECTATOR STAND OF 12,000 SEATS AS WELL AS PARKING SPACES FOR BOTH COACHES AND PUBLIC USE.

CONSTRUCTION WILL START IN SEPTEMBER THIS YEAR AND IS SCHEDULED FOR COMPLETION IN JULY 1996, MR SO SAID.

MEANWHILE, TO CATER FOR THE INCREASED USAGE OF THE ABERDEEN SPORTS GROUND, A NUMBER OF IMPROVEMENTS WERE CARRIED OUT IN OCTOBER 1992. THESE INCLUDED:

INCREASE THE SEATING CAPACITY FROM 800 TO 9, 300 ERECTION OF TWO ADDITIONAL SPECTATOR STANDS; AND

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PROVIDE MORE TOILET AND CHANGING FACILITIES UNDERNEATH NEW SPECTATOR STANDS.

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MR SO SAID FURTHER IMPROVEMENTS WOULD ALSO BE MADE ΤΟ THE SPORTS GROUND DURING THE MAINTENANCE CLOSURE PERIOD FROM MARCH ΤΟ AUGUST THIS YEAR.

THE PROJECTS INCLUDE A PERMANENT COVER FOR THE SPECTATOR ON THE WESTERN SIDE FOR ABOUT 4,700 SEATS AS WELL AS RE-SURFACING RUNNING TRACK AND RE-ADJUSTING THE LEVEL OF THE GRASS IN-FIELD.

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