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carcinogenic substances are found by Departmental cleansing staff, the matter will be reported immediately to the Waste and Water Management Group of the Environmental Protection Department (EPD) for their follow-up action. Normally, EPD will call a licensed chemical waste collector to properly collect the toxic or carcinogenic waste for final disposal.
MR. DANIEL TO BOON-MAN (in Cantonese):-I have a follow-up question. I want to ask Mr. CHAN a question. Are you satisfied with the reply that the Department provided you? This is the first question. There are two parts in my question, but only the second part has been answered. Some information must have been left out by the Department. The paper can prove this.
The second question, is the Chairman aware of the fact that when domestic waste such as discarded computers, monitors, etc., is collected and compressed inside the refuse collection trucks, these items would break and give out radiation and heavy metal would come off? I want to know whether the Department is concerned about this and whether there are guidelines on the collection of such waste. I wish to raise this question, which in fact is the second part of my original question. It asks whether the Environmental Protection Department and the Department of Health have respectively provided the Department with suggested disposal methods of international standard and health instructions, so that the Department can properly dispose toxic domestic waste. The question is very clear, but I find that this part of the question has been neglected in the reply. May I ask Mr. CHAN whether he has any follow-up or additional points to make?
MR. JOSEPH CHAN YUEK-SUT (in Cantonese):-Mr. Chairman, about paragraph numbering, under the normal practice, the first paragraph is not numbered. Numbering begins only with the second paragraph. This is the practice adopted for normal papers. The paragraph without numbering is the first paragraph.
As to the question of whether I am satisfied with the reply, Mr. Chairman, it is a very short reply, shorter than the question raised by Mr. To. I am rather satisfied with the reply, because it has answered the question by pointing out that it is the EPD's duty to handle toxic items such computers, monitors, mercury batteries, etc. If the Departmental cleansing staff find the above items in the refuse collection points, they would put them aside and notify staff of the EPD for disposal. This is outside our scope of responsibilities.
(6) MR. Kam Nai-wai asked on behalf of MR. Stanley Ng WING-FA) (in Cantonese): "There is public concern about a restaurant in Chung Wui Street at Tai Kok Tsui which has continued to operate even after its licence was cancelled and subsequently its signboard was taken down at the end of September. I have the following questions:
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carcinogenic substances are found by Departmental cleansing staff, the matter will be reported immediately to the Waste and Water Management Group of the Environmental Protection Department (EPD) for their follow-up action. Normally, EPD will call a licensed chemical waste collector to properly collect the toxic or carcinogenic waste for final disposal.
MR. DANIEL TO BOON-MAN (in Cantonese):-I have a follow-up question. I want to ask Mr. CHAN a question. Are you satisfied with the reply that the Department provided you? This is the first question. There are two parts in my question, but only the second part has been answered. Some information must have been left out by the Department. The paper can prove this.
The second question, is the Chairman aware of the fact that when domestic waste such as discarded computers, monitors, etc, is collected and compressed inside the refuse collection trucks, these items would break and give out radiation and heavy metal would come off? I want to know whether the Department is concerned about this and whether there are guidelines on the collection of such waste. I wish to raise this question, which in fact is the second part of my original question. It asks whether the Environmental Protection Department and the Department of Health have respectively provided the Department with suggested disposal methods of international standard and health instructions, so that the Department can properly dispose toxic domestic waste. The question is very clear, but I find that this part of the question has been neglected in the reply. May I ask Mr. CHAN whether he has any follow-up or additional points to make?
MR. JOSEPH CHAN YUEK-SUT (in Cantonese):-Mr. Chairman, about paragraph numbering, under the normal practice, the first paragraph is not numbered. Numbering begins only with the second paragraph. This is the practice adopted for normal papers. The paragraph without numbering is the first paragraph.
As to the question of whether I am satisfied with the reply, Mr. Chairman. it is a very short reply, shorter than the question raised by Mr. To. I am rather satisfied with the reply, because it has answered the question by pointing out that it is the EPD's duty to handle toxic items such as computers, monitors. mercury batteries, etc. If the Departmental cleansing staff find the above items in the refuse collection points, they would put them aside and notify staff of the EPD for disposal. This is outside our scope of responsibilities.
(6) MR. Kam Nai-wai asked on behalf of MR. Stanley Ng WING-FA) (in Cantonese): "There is public concern about a restaurant in Chung Wui Street at Tai Kok Tsui which has continued to operate even after its licence was cancelled and subsequently its signboard was taken down at the end of September. I have the following questions:
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