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HONG KONG LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL 22 February 1989

香港立法局—————————一九八九年二月二十二日

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SECRETARY FOR LANDS AND WORKS: I commented in answer to an earlier supplementary on the planning issues. In my main reply I also said that the intention was that oil depots should be on the far side of Tsing Yi and separated by a mountain from residential areas. I do not know if there is anything beyond that which Miss LEUNG intended to ask.

MR. PETER WONG: Sir, I am trying to reflect some of the anguish and frustration of the Mayfair Garden residents who are protesting. Sir, what sort of opportunity does the Secretary for Lands and Works refer to in the last part of his reply? Does he mean the opportunity such as a full-blown explosion?

SECRETARY FOR LANDS AND WORKS: No, Sir. The initiative will be taken when we are a little bit clearer about the hazard of the situation. We are completing the hazard assessment study and we are going to have to, in the light of that hazard assessment, develop our strategy further. We could not at this moment put together a very coherent study for the removal.

潘志輝議員問:主席先生,我的問題已給梁煒彤議員和林貝聿嘉議員問了一部份,但我想補-

的 是,政府可否告知本局,在規劃和批准接近青衣油庫的公屋和美景花園前,城市設計處有否諮詢 有關專業部門或專家例如氣體顧問。如有,城市設計處是否根據這些專家所提的建議而作出現時

的安排,當局會否進一步追究有關責任?長遠來說,如何防止日後再有類似事件和安排發生?

SECRETARY FOR LANDS AND WORKS: Sir, the point in the first

part of the question is not something on which I have checked, but from recollection of the times the early '70s and the late '60s in which the basic decisions and planning on Tsing Yi were made, I think it is extremely unlikely that in siting the housing estates in Tsing Yi, experts on gas safety were consulted. We certainly did not have one in Government at that time. But we have now, and certainly if there was any question of there being a potential hazard, a new estate would not be sited within the area which is assessed to be hazardous by our

experts.

MRS. LAU: Sir, can the Secretary inform this Council why the Administration does not consider it necessary or important to educate the residents of Tsing Yi