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4.

Supplementary to question

Leggo zeeting on Fexruary WAR.

Mr. CHUNG (in Cantonese): Sir, I would like to thank the

Secretary for Health and Welfare for giving a very clear and

However, I would like to have

concise answer.

clarified.

one more

point According to the Secretary for Health and Welfare's

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answer, does it mean that no matter whether the landfill site

in Nim Wan, New Territories, is commissioned on schedule or

not, residents in Lai Chi Kok and Lai Wan districts can

expect that when the refuse transfer station in Kowloon Bay

is commissioned in late 1990, Plant

of Lai Chi Kok

incinerator will be closed down because we can still rely on

the landfills in the Shuen Wan and Pillar Point, as well as

Junk Bay?

SECRETARY FOR HEALTH AND WELFARE: Sir, I have good hopes

that this will be the case. There has been a certain amount

of delay in the commissioning of the landfill site in the

New Territories but this should not result in a delay in the

closing down of Lai Chi Kok.

Prof. POON: Sir, since the Kennedy Town and Lai Chi Kok

plants will still be in use for a few more years, the

electrostatic precipitators can only reduce the amount of

dust emitted, would the Secretary inform this Council)the

present level of gaseous pollution caused by these incinerators

and has the Government considered any interim measure to reduce

this level ?