HONG KONG LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL
19 July 1989
香港立法局
·九八九年七月十九日
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Finally, as for the relocation of depots, the Government intends to move the Mobil, Hong Kong Oil and Nga Ying Chau oil depots away from their present locations to better ones. Negotiations with Mobil to move to the southwest of Tsing Yi are going well, and I expect the conclusion will be announced very soon. Discussions with Hong Kong Oil on their future plans have also started, but I cannot now forecast the outcome. Discussions with CRC on their Nga Ying Chau depot will be resumed when the outcome of the study on Route 3 is available.
MRS. LAU: Sir, the 1989 report criticizes the Hong Kong Oil of having poor safety management and recommends in unequivocal terms that the Hong Kong Oil site should be closed since it is incompatible with nearby residential land use. Can the Secretary inform this Council why, despite such recommendation which carries with it a sense of urgency, the Administration still sees fit merely to discuss the matter with Hong Kong Oil instead of taking any concrete action?
SECRETARY FOR LANDS AND WORKS: Sir, it is because the consultants' recommendation, although strong, has no legal standing and the legal position is such that as preliminary to any removal exercise of Hong Kong Oil, adequate discussions must be held.
MR. TIEN: Sir, would Government inform this Council whether consideration has been given to actually purchasing back all blocks of Mayfair Gardens at market price from the residents, rather than paying the three oil companies an astronomical sum to have them relocated, the former being a less expensive option?
SECRETARY FOR LANDS AND WORKS: Sir, the overall economics of removing the oil depots to another site and regaining the very valuable land which they occupy may well be considerably better than the economics of trying to remove residents from Mayfair Gardens. Besides, it would involve an element of compulsion in the removal of residents, for which there are no obvious statutory powers.
MR. PETER WONG: Sir, can the Secretary inform this Council why Government has not accepted the 1982 recommendation to form the Statutory
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