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Press
Releases - 1998
Clearance
of major flytipping blackspots to begin
The Environmental
Protection Department (EPD) is inviting tenders for a contract
for clearance of illegally dumped wastes in 15 major flytipping
blackspots in northwest New Territories, including the one
in Sheung Pak Nai.
This
contract will involve clearance of about 60,000 cubic metres
of construction and demolition wastes and industrial wastes,
10,000 vehicle tyres, 40 vehicle parts/bodies and 100 tonnes
of chemical wastes in the 15 sites.
The clearance
works will commence in October 1998, and will take about six
months to complete.
As the
clearance work will involve special skill in handling the
wastes, including chemical wastes, restricted tenders are
being invited from existing waste management contractors who
have the required resources and experience in handling the
wastes properly and environmental control.
The Assistant
Director of Environmental Protection (Waste Facilities), Mr
Benny Wong, said, "This particular clearance exercise is part
of a programme mapped out by a short-term Inter-departmental
Task Force set up in April to coordinate efforts from various
government departments in tackling the flytipping problem
in northwest New Territories.
The Task
Force, convened by EPD, comprised members from the Planning,
Environment and Lands Bureau, the Lands Department, Regional
Services Department, Agriculture and Fisheries Department,
Planning Department, Works Bureau and Hong Kong Police Force.
"The
Task Force had identified 47 illegal dump sites in northwest
New Territories and had coordinated to have 32 of them cleaned
up with about 2,800 cubic metres of wastes removed. The remaining
15 sites, which are very large and have engineering and technical
difficulties, were assigned to EPD and are included in this
contract."
"The
central co-ordination role of the Task Force was in August
taken over by Lands Department's Task Force (Black Spots)
which has formed an inter-departmental forum to provide a
permanent framework for tackling the illegal dumping problem
in the whole of Hong Kong Special Administrative Region,"
he said.
End/Wednesday,
August 26, 1998
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