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THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 10, 1994

THE

HE HOPED THAT MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITY WOULD RENDER

то THEIR VIEWS AND GAVE SCHEME IMPROVEMENTS COULD BE MADE.

THE

AFD

SO

SUPPORT TO THAT FURTHER

THE PRESS

OF THE

OCCURRENCE UNABLE

ΤΟ TYPES

ALSO SPEAKING AT

CHAIRMAN CONFERENCE, FEDERATION OF VEGETABLE MARKETING CO-OPERATIVE SOCIETY, MR YUNG TIN- TAK, SAID LAW-ABIDING FARMERS WERE USUALLY HARD HIT BY THE

CONTAMINATED

CASES WHEN THE PUBLIC, DISTINGUISH THE SAFE PRODUCE, WOULD REFRAIN FROM BUYING CERTAIN OF VEGETABLES.

OF

VEGETABLE

"AS A RESULT, A LARGE QUANTITY OF VEGETABLES WERE WASTED, HE SAID.

ACCREDITED

MR YUNG WAS

THAT THE PLEASED INTRODUCED TO HELP CONSUMERS IDENTIFY PREMIUM SAFE MINIMISING THE LOSS TO THE LAW-ABIDING FARMERS.

FARM

DUMPED AND

SCHEME

WAS VEGETABLES, THUS

ALSO

ASSISTANT EDWARD LAI.

PRESENT DIRECTOR MISS VERA SO AND

AT TODAY'S

CONFERENCE

WERE

THE DEPARTMENT'S VMO'S GENERAL MANAGER

MR

MANAGEMENT OF URBAN WASTE

*

INCLUDES THREE VERY HONG KONG'S WASTE DISPOSAL PLAN, WHICH

TRANSFER STATIONS, LARGE STRATEGIC LANDFILLS AND A SERIES OF REFUSE

NEXT SECURES A ROUTE FOR THE TERRITORY'S WASTE DISPOSAL WELL INTO THE CENTURY.

THE TASK NOW IS TO EXTEND THE LIFE OF THESE DISPOSAL FACILITIES BY REDUCING THE AMOUNT OF WASTE GENERATED AND REQUIRING DISPOSAL.

(THURSDAY)

OF

BY THE TODAY

DIRECTOR THIS WAS STATED

ON ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION, DR STUART REED, WHEN PRESENTING A PAPER

MANAGEMENT OF URBAN "THE ROLE OF LANDFILL AND INCINERATION IN THE WASTE" AT THE WORLD CONGRESS ON URBAN GROWTH AND THE ENVIRONMENT.

MONITORING THE DISPOSAL PLAN IS BASED ON MANY YEARS OF CAREFUL

GENERATED IN HONG KONG, A OF THE QUANTITIES AND TYPES OF WASTE TERRITORY-WIDE SEARCH FOR SUITABLE LOCATIONS FOR BOTH LANDFILL SITES AND INCINERATOR SITES AND THE DEVELOPMENT OF A WASTE MANAGEMENT MODEL, DR. REED SAID.

THESE BASIS OF

DETAILED "THE CONCLUSION ARRIVED AT, ON THE

STRATEGY WITH THE STUDIES, WAS THAT AN ENVIRONMENTALLY ACCEPTABLE

STRATEGIC LANDFILLS THREE VERY LARGE COST WOULD COMPRISE LEAST

LOCATED SUPPLIED WITH WASTE FROM A SERIES OF REFUSE TRANSFER STATIONS

HE SAID. IN THE MAJOR AREAS OF WASTE ARISINGS IN THE TERRITORY,

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ROLE OF NOTING THAT THERE HAD BEEN MUCH HEATED DEBATE ON THE

DR REED SAID IT WAS GENERALLY ACKNOWLEDGED LANDFILL AND INCINERATION, WITHIN THE WASTE MANAGEMENT PROFESSION THAT LANDFILL WAS, IN PRACTICAL IRREDUCIBLE TERMS, THE ONLY MEANS AVAILABLE FOR FINAL DISPOSAL OF THE RESIDUES OF URBAN COMMUNITIES WHILE INCINERATION WAS ONE OF A NUMBER OF TREATMENT PROCESSES FOR WASTE PRIOR TO FINAL DISPOSAL.

/AND IT