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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION

IN HONG KONG

Map Note:

Data supplied by the Environmental Protection Department and figures quoted are indicative only.

MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTE DISPOSAL 1989

We

LEGEND

Air Control Zone (Whole Territory) Existing Air Quality Monitoring Station Proposed Air Quality Monitoring Station

Spoil Ground

Existing Livestock Waste Consolidation Site Proposed Livestock Waste Consolidation Site Incineration / Composting Plant

Plastics

Paper

less than 1%

1%

less than 1%

2%

Ferrous Metals

32%

17%

42%

Existing Transfer Station

Non-ferrous Metals

24%

35%

Proposed Transfer Station

Aluminium

50%

Local

Glass

(387 000 tonnes)

Existing Landfill

Proposed Landfill

Route of Land Transfer

Exported

(1177 000 tonnes)

Municipal Solid Waste (6 090 000 tonnes)

Major Recyclables

A Tolo: 1987

C Port Shelter 1989

Recycling

D Junk Bay : 1989

I Deep Bay : 1990

Disposal

F Mirs Bay: 1990

Route of Sea Transfer

Implemented Water Control Zone

B Southern Waters: 1988

45%

3%

14%

Incineration / Composting Plant

.12%

26%

Waste Disposed (4526 000 tonnes)

AAAA

Domestic

Industrial

Construction

Commercial

Landfill

Yet To Be Declared Water Control Zone

G North Western Waters

H Western Butter

J Victoria Harbour

K Eastern Buffer

Marine Quality Monitoring Station

Residential Area

Major Industrial Area

CONCENTRATION OF SO2 RECORDED BEFORE & AFTER IMPLEMENTATION OF AIR POLLUTION CONTROL (FUEL RESTRICTION) REGULATIONS ON 1. 7. 1990

Concentration in μg/m3

above 90

385

72

86

66

30

33

19

SO2

61-90

June 90

July 90

Po Sing Centre

Kwai Chung

Kwun Tong

Tsuen Wan__

S02

31-60

$02

0-30

1988

1989

1990

(Kwai Chung)

COMPARISON OF BEACH WATER QUALITY IN THE RECENT THREE YEARS

0

Good

10

20

81

30

40

Acceptable

Barely

Acceptable

Series AR/15/EP

· Edition 1 1991

M

No. of Beaches

57

Assessed

Unacceptable

dB 50

West NT

Chek Lap Kok

Guangdong Sheng

Deep Bay

E

North-East NT

Sha Ling

Sheung Shui

Fanling

Ngau Tam Mel

Yuen Long

New Territories

Tuen Mun

Reservoir

Pillar Point

G

Į

Tsuen Wan

Po Sing

Centre

Ma Wan

Kwai Chung

Tsing Yi

Sham

H

Tai Po Shyen Wang

Proposed Sludge Tanker Terminal

Sha Tin

Shui Kowloon

West Kowloon

Kowloon Bay

Tsim Sha

Tsui

Central

Mt. Davis

Kennedy Town

Lantau Island

Reservoir

Kwun Tong

Reservoir

Sai Kung

Reservoir

Tseung Kwan O

Causeway Bay

Chai Wan

Island East

Western

Hong Kong

Hong Kong Island

South

Cheung Chau

Lamma Island

SOUND PRESSURE LEVEL

100

80

110

70

120

Pretinato Chipper

Average Street se

Noisy Games

Business Office

Conversational Speech

Living Room

Take-Off

100m distand

south East NT

Po Toi Islands

Mirs Bay

Vessel Route

Ping Chau

Ninepin Group

Sludge Disposal Site

SCALE

km 0

2

4

6

8

10 km

GOVERNMENT RESOURCES DEVOTED TO

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION WORK IN 1987, 1988 & 1989

1989

( 2971 million)

4%

1%

11

1988

( 2056 million }

4%

31%

14%

2%

13%

·7%) 10%

1199

39%

18%

15%

Department

Environmental Protection

= 300 Million

Education

Civil Engineering Services

Drainage Services

1987

(1703 million)

3% 4%

Electrical and Mechanical Services

Threshold

Highways

of Pain

32%

Regional ServiceS

21%

Urban Services

Territory Development

Other departments

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Hong Kong Government