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We conducted a five-month public consultation exercise
on the way forward for HATS stage 2 between 21 June and 20 November 2004.
To enable our key stakeholders to understand the project, we organized
a series of in-depth technical briefings, discussion forums and public
hearings with a broad spectrum of the community including the Environmental
Affairs Panel of the Legislative Council and political parties, advisory
committees, District Councils in the Harbour area, professional bodies,
academia, special interest groups, and various business/trade organizations.
Through these outreach activities, we collected comments from 46 keys
stakeholders and 81 written submissions made by individual persons or
companies from the community at large. It is clear from the comments received
that :
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the community attaches high importance
to cleaning up Victoria Harbour as a matter of priority; |
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most people support the centralization
of treatment of all the Harbour area sewage at Stonecutters Island; |
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while some would like to see both stage
2A and 2B implemented in one go, the majority opinion is willing to
accept a phased programme given the scale of HATS stage 2, the financial
implications, and uncertainty surrounding the future sewage flow build-up; |
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there are divergent views on the need
for disinfection, and in particular the use of the chlorination-dechlorination
process; and |
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the community believes that
it is worth paying higher sewage charges if the outcome is a cleaner
harbour, though many considered it important to take into account
affordability in adjusting sewage charges and to consult the public
extensively beforehand. |
More details are set out in :
Consultation
document
Consultation
report
Consultation
Submissions
Public Hearing on 6
Nov 2004
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