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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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MR. ARCULLI: Sir, will the Secretary for Lands and Works inform this

Council when the Tsing Yi Hazard Reassessment Study will be completed and whether it will be made public both in English and in Chinese?

SECRETARY FOR LANDS AND WORKS: Yes, Sir. I answered that question last year. It will be made public. It will be ready in April.

MRS. CHOW: Sir, are there any plans to install an early warning system so as to be in a position to initiate contingency plans, should another gas leakage occur?

SECRETARY FOR LANDS AND WORKS: Sir, there are no plans to institute an early warning system and it is hard to visualize what such an early warning system would consist of, unless it is a mechanical early warning system to detect leaks, in which case I believe that there are mechanical systems available and I will endeavour to give an answer on this subject to Mrs. CHOW, if that is what she means. (Annex III)

MISS LEUNG: Sir, the Secretary in his main reply mentioned that oil depots will be relocated when the opportunity arises. Will the Secretary inform this Council what he means by "when the opportunity arises"?

SECRETARY FOR LANDS AND WORKS: Sir, I answered that question in reply to Mr. WONG.

倪少傑議員問:主席先生,刚才地政工務司在答覆中說,危險程度難以估計,但根據國際安全標 準,油庫至少要距離民居1000米,目前青衣油庫與隔鄰的民居只相距100米,所以危險程 度很容易估計,換句話說,請地政工務司告知本局,在當時規劃時,是否連這個數字也疏忽了?

SECRETARY FOR LANDS AND WORKS: Sir, when I said it was very difficult to gauge what type of emergency that would be, it was in answer to a completely different question. In this case, yes, indeed there certainly are standards now available by which the location and the proximity of such

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