1998 — Page 465

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implementation, a date for submission of the findings as well as the feasibility of legislation and registration.

As regards the use of toilet flushing water for keeping live seafood, this is already history. According to what I remember, the incidents happened a long time ago. If you want to get the relevant information, we can obtain it from the Department. Now we should look forward. After implementing improvement measures, the situation has improved. If Mr. WONG wants to check the past information, the files kept by the Department are available for your checking.

Parts 5 and 6 of the reply mention that legislation is not a cost-effective measure. Is it contradictory to part 2 of the reply? They are two separate issues. Mr. Chairman. To introduce legislation means to prohibit seawater suppliers from drawing water from the coast of certain water zones. It is 'not cost-effective' because the coastline of Hong Kong is too long and it is impracticable to deploy manpower to have an overall monitoring of Hong Kong Island, Kowloon and the New Territories. This is what 'not cost-effective' means. With regard to the introduction of a registration system for the seawater suppliers which I have just mentioned, the Working Group will take follow-up action and study its feasibility. We will follow up the issue. These are two different tasks and they are not contradictory.

As regards the monitoring work, we will certainly take follow-up action because we are concerned about the environmental hygiene, especially when summer is approaching. The Council attaches great importance to food hygiene in an effort to protect public health.

MR. CHAN KWOK-LEUNG (in Cantonese): Mr. Chairman, I had a meeting with the representatives of the EPD last year to discuss the quality of water for keeping live seafood. They said that only 3 sites (i.e. the 3 locations in Sai Kung which were mentioned by the Chairman just now) were up to their standard. In fact, it takes half an hour to sail from the coast to these off-shore sites. Hence, unless you are a very honest seawater supplier, otherwise you will not have the persistence to go to the off-shore sites to draw water. I strongly support the introduction of a registration system for the seawater suppliers. However, even if we have them registered, it is still impractical to ask them to draw water from those off-shore sites. Hence, can we provide them with stronger incentives? Can we have some scheme like the Strategic Sewage Disposal Scheme under which sewage is discharged to the deep sea through the deep water sewers or goes through secondary sewage treatment before discharging into the nearby coast? Our idea is to reverse it by laying pipes in those off-shore sites in order to draw clean water from these sites to the coast. This would provide incentives to seawater suppliers to draw clean water from the sea since all they need are just pipes and a pump house. Mr. Chan, could you, as Chairman of the Select Committee, bring this up at the meeting of the relevant select committee for study?

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PROVISIONAL URBAN COUNCIL 609 implementation, a date for submission of the findings as well as the feasibility of legislation and registration. As regards the use of toilet flushing water for keeping live seafood, this is already history. According to what I remember, the incidents happened a long time ago. If you want to get the relevant information, we can obtain it from the Department. Now we should look forward. After implementing improvement measures, the situation has improved. If Mr. WONG wants to check the past information, the files kept by the Department are available for your checking. Parts 5 and 6 of the reply mention that legislation is not a cost-effective measure. Is it contradictory to part 2 of the reply? They are two separate issues. Mr. Chairman. To introduce legislation means to prohibit seawater suppliers from drawing water from the coast of certain water zones. It is 'not cost-effective' because the coastline of Hong Kong is too long and it is impracticable to deploy manpower to have an overall monitoring of Hong Kong Island, Kowloon and the New Territories. This is what 'not cost-effective' means. With regard to the introduction of a registration system for the seawater suppliers which I have just mentioned, the Working Group will take follow-up action and study its feasibility. We will follow up the issue. These are two different tasks and they are not contradictory. As regards the monitoring work, we will certainly take follow-up action because we are concerned about the environmental hygiene, especially when summer is approaching. The Council attaches great importance to food hygiene in an effort to protect public health. MR. CHAN KWOK-LEUNG (in Cantonese): Mr. Chairman, I had a meeting with the representatives of the EPD last year to discuss the quality of water for keeping live seafood. They said that only 3 sites (i.e. the 3 locations in Sai Kung which were mentioned by the Chairman just now) were up to their standard. In fact, it takes half an hour to sail from the coast to these off-shore sites. Hence, unless you are a very honest seawater supplier, otherwise you will not have the persistence to go to the off-shore sites to draw water. I strongly support the introduction of a registration system for the seawater suppliers. However, even if we have them registered, it is still impractical to ask them to draw water from those off-shore sites. Hence, can we provide them with stronger incentives? Can we have some scheme like the Strategic Sewage Disposal Scheme under which sewage is discharged to the deep sea through the deep water sewers or goes through secondary sewage treatment before discharging into the nearby coast? Our idea is to reverse it by laying pipes in those off-shore sites in order to draw clean water from these sites to the coast. This would provide incentives to seawater suppliers to draw clean water from the sea since all they need are just pipes and a pump house. Mr. Chan, could you, as Chairman of the Select Committee, bring this up at the meeting of the relevant select committee for study? Page 465 of 606 Page 465 of 606 Page 465Page 466

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PROVISIONAL URBAN COUNCIL 609 implementation, a date for submission of the findings as well as the feasibility oof legislation and registration. As regards the use of toilet flushing water for keeping live seafood, this is already history. According to what I remember, the incidents happened a long time ago. If you want to get the relevant information, we can obtain it from the [Department. Now we should look forward. After implementing improvement measures, the situation has improved. If Mr. WONG wants to check the past Information, the files kept by the Department are available for your checking. Parts 5 and 6 of the reply mention that legislation is not a cost-effective measure. Is it contradictory to part 2 of the reply? They are two separate iissues. Mr. Chairman. To introduce legislation' means to prohibit seawater suppliers from drawing water from the coast of certain water zones. It is *not cost-effective' because the coastline of Hong Kong is too long and it is iimpracticable to deploy manpower to have an overall monitoring of Hong Kong Island. Kowloon and the New Territories. This is what 'not cost- eeffective' means. With regard to the introduction of a registration system for the seawater suppliers which I have just mentioned, the Working Group will tlake follow-up action and study its feasibility. We will follow up the issue. "These are two different tasks and they are not contradictory. As regards the monitoring work, we will certainly take follow-up action Tbecause we are concerned about the environmental hygiene, especially when summer is approaching. The Council attaches great importance to food Thygiene in an effort to protect public health. ¡MR. CHAN KWOK-LEUNG (in Cantonese):—Mr. Chairman, I had a meeting 'with the representatives of the EPD last year to discuss the quality of water for Ikeeping live seafood. They said that only 3 sites (i.e. the 3 locations in Sai Kung which were mentioned by the Chairman just now) were up to their :standard. In fact, it takes half an hour to sail from the coast to these off-shore :sites. Hence, unless you are a very honest seawater supplier, otherwise you will not have the persistence to go to the off-shore sites to draw water. I strongly support the introduction of a registration system for the seawater suppliers. However, even if we have them registered, it is still impractical to ask them to draw water from those off-shore sites. Hence, can we provide them with stronger incentives? Can we have some scheme like the Strategic Sewage Disposal Scheme under which sewage is discharged to the deep sea through the deep water sewers or goes through secondary sewage treatment before discharging into the nearby coast? Our idea is to reverse it by laying pipes in those off-shore sites in order to draw clean water from these sites to the coast. This would provide incentives to seawater suppliers to draw clean water from the sea since all they need are just pipes and a pump house. Mr. Chan, could you, as Chairman of the Select Committee, bring this up at the meeting of the relevant select committee for study? Page 465 of 606 Page 465 of 606 Page 465Page 466

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implementation, a date for submission of the findings as well as the feasibility oof legislation and registration.

As regards the use of toilet flushing water for keeping live seafood, this is already history. According to what I remember, the incidents happened a long time ago. If you want to get the relevant information, we can obtain it from the [Department. Now we should look forward. After implementing improvement measures, the situation has improved. If Mr. WONG wants to check the past Information, the files kept by the Department are available for your checking.

Parts 5 and 6 of the reply mention that legislation is not a cost-effective measure. Is it contradictory to part 2 of the reply? They are two separate iissues. Mr. Chairman. To introduce legislation' means to prohibit seawater suppliers from drawing water from the coast of certain water zones. It is *not cost-effective' because the coastline of Hong Kong is too long and it is iimpracticable to deploy manpower to have an overall monitoring of Hong Kong Island. Kowloon and the New Territories. This is what 'not cost- eeffective' means. With regard to the introduction of a registration system for the seawater suppliers which I have just mentioned, the Working Group will tlake follow-up action and study its feasibility. We will follow up the issue. "These are two different tasks and they are not contradictory.

As regards the monitoring work, we will certainly take follow-up action Tbecause we are concerned about the environmental hygiene, especially when summer is approaching. The Council attaches great importance to food Thygiene in an effort to protect public health.

¡MR. CHAN KWOK-LEUNG (in Cantonese):—Mr. Chairman, I had a meeting 'with the representatives of the EPD last year to discuss the quality of water for Ikeeping live seafood. They said that only 3 sites (i.e. the 3 locations in Sai Kung which were mentioned by the Chairman just now) were up to their :standard. In fact, it takes half an hour to sail from the coast to these off-shore :sites. Hence, unless you are a very honest seawater supplier, otherwise you will not have the persistence to go to the off-shore sites to draw water. I strongly support the introduction of a registration system for the seawater suppliers. However, even if we have them registered, it is still impractical to ask them to draw water from those off-shore sites. Hence, can we provide them with stronger incentives? Can we have some scheme like the Strategic Sewage Disposal Scheme under which sewage is discharged to the deep sea through the deep water sewers or goes through secondary sewage treatment before discharging into the nearby coast? Our idea is to reverse it by laying pipes in those off-shore sites in order to draw clean water from these sites to the coast. This would provide incentives to seawater suppliers to draw clean water from the sea since all they need are just pipes and a pump house. Mr. Chan, could you, as Chairman of the Select Committee, bring this up at the meeting of the relevant select committee for study?

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