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Open channel to be fenced off to stop illegal dumping
The Kowloon Development Office of the Territory Development Department (TDD) will fence off a temporary open channel adjacent to Wong Tai Street in Tai Kok Tsui to prevent further illegal dumping in the channel.
Illegal dumping by the public has turned the open channel into a refuse dump, with stormwater being polluted and blocked by refuse, despite frequent clearance by the contractors working on the West Kowloon Reclamation.
"We are very concerned about the environmental problems this has caused to nearby residents and will be stepping up efforts to rectify the situation," said TDD's Project Manager/Kowloon, Mr C H Yue, today (Friday).
"The fencing-off work will start shortly and is expected to be completed within three weeks," he added.
Apart from fencing off the channel, the development office will also ask the Urban Services Department (USD) and the police to step up action against illegal dumping.
At the same time, it will also ask USD to spray insecticide oil into the open channel regularly to prevent mosquito breeding.
Meanwhile, the development office has instructed its contractors to clear wastes at their sites more frequently - at least once a week. It will also step up site control to minimise further environmental nuisances to the residents. As a long-term solution, it will ask its contractor to look into the possibility of filling up the open channel at an earlier date.
These short and long term measures were discussed at a meeting among the development office, members of the Yau Tsim Mong District Board and representatives of the Tai Kok Tsui residents today.
The open channel receives stormwater from outfalls along an old seawall as an outlet to the sea. All these outfalls will have to be connected to a new drain at West Kowloon Reclamation before the channel can be filled up.
Construction of the new drain has been included in a roadwork contract which commenced in August this year for completion at the end of 1996.
End/Friday, October 6, 1995
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