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FRIDAY, AUGUST 26, 1994

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LANDSLIP PREVENTIVE WORKS TO START ON 19 SITES

THE

CIVIL ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT IS INVITING TENDERS UPGRADING OF 19 RETAINING WALLS, CUT SLOPES, FILL SLOPES SLOPES ACROSS THE TERRITORY.

OF

FOR THE

AND ROCK

THE LANDSLIP PREVENTIVE MEASURES ALM AT IMPROVING THE STABILITY EXISTING FEATURES ΤΟ MEET CURRENT STANDARDS..

EXISTING

OF

FILL

THEY WILL INCLUDE INSTALLATION OF SOIL NAILS, CUTTING BACK

SLOPES, ROCK SLOPE SUPPORT WORKS,

OF RECOMPACTION SLOPES, CONSTRUCTION OF SKIN AND CAISSON WALLS, REPAIR OF EXISTING SURFACE DRAINAGE AS WELL AS PROVISION OF SURFACE DRAINAGE AND SURFACE PROTECTION TO FINISHED SLOPE SURFACES.

THE WORKS ARE EXPECTED TO START IN NOVEMBER FOR COMPLETION AROUND THE END OF 1996.

TENDER FORMS AND FURTHER PARTICULARS CAN BE OBTAINED FROM THE CHIEF GEOTECHNICAL ENGINEER/DESIGN, GEOTECHNICAL ENGINEERING OFFICE, 10TH FLOOR, CIVIL ENGINEERING BUILDING, 101 PRINCESS MARGARET ROAD, HO MAN TIN, KOWLOON.

TENDER OFFER WILL CLOSE AT NOON ON SEPTEMBER 23.

MORE FACTORIES COME UNDER AIR POLLUTION CONTROLS

A COMMENCEMENT NOTICE TO EFFECT LICENCE CONTROL ON FIVE AIR POLLUTING INDUSTRIAL PROCESSES IS PUBLISHED IN THE GOVERNMENT GAZETTE TODAY (FRIDAY).

THE AFFECTED PROCESSES INCLUDE ORGANIC CHEMICAL

WORKS, ZINC GALVANISING WORKS, RENDERING WORKS, NON-FERROUS METALLURGICAL WORKS AND GLASS WORKS.

EXPLAINING DETAILS OF THE NOTICE, A PRINCIPAL ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION OFFICER OF THE ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION DEPARTMENT (EPD), MR FRANKLIN CHUNG, SAID: "THESE INDUSTRIAL PROCESSES ARE NOW FORMALLY CLASSIFIED AS SPECIFIED PROCESSES UNDER THE AIR POLLUTION CONTROL ORDINANCE AND ARE SUBJECT TO EPD LICENCE CONTROL FROM TODAY.

USE

"ANY NEW PREMISES CONDUCTING THESE PROCESSES WILL HAVE TO THE BEST PRACTICABLE MEANS TO PREVENT THE EMISSJON OF AIR POLLUTANTS FROM THEIR PREMISES AND BE LICENSED TO THAT EFFECT.

THEY

"THE EXISTING 32 FACTORIES INVOLVED IN THE FIVE INDUSTRIAL ACTIVITIES MUST REGISTER WITH EPD WITHIN THE NEXT SIX MONTHS. WILL THEN BE GRANTED TEMPORARY EXEMPTIONS TO ALLOW THEM TIME то UPGRADE THEIR PLANTS TO MEET THE LICENSING REQUIREMENTS,

HE SAID.

MR CHUNG