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Question No. 10

REPLY BY THE SECRETARY FOR HEALTH AND WELFARE

TO A QUESTION BY HON. CHUNG PUI-LAM

IN THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL ON WEDNESDAY,6 NOVEMBER 1985

Question:

sir,

In view of the serious stage of pollution caused by the Lai Chi Kok Incineration Plant, can Government inform this Council:

(a) what plan it has at present to control

this kind of pollution;

(b) how long will it take to implement such a

plan; and

(c) what temporary measures are in hand to

alleviate the present situation?

The air pollution problems caused by the Lai Chi

In

Kok incinerators are recognized by the Government.

the longer term the most effective solution will almost

certainly by the phasing out of the incinerators and the

centralisation of domestic refuse in one or more strategically

located 'transfer stations' from which it will be transported

in large vehicles to the controlled tips in the New Territories.

At present it is difficult to say when the development of

these new methods will have reached a stage at which the

incinerators can be closed down permanently.

2.

Interim measures therefore have to be considered;

there is already an item in Category AB of the Public Works

Programme for the installation of electrostic precipitators

which would remove most of the dust and grit which form the

major part of the pollution caused by the Lai Chi Kok

incinerators.

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