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Examination of Estimates of Expenditure 2003-04 CONTROLLING OFFICER'S REPLY TO INITIAL WRITTEN QUESTION Head: 43 - Civil Engineering Department Subhead (No. & title): Programme: (7) Management of Construction and Demolition Materials Controlling Officer: Director of Civil Engineering Director of Bureau: Secretary for the Environment, Transport and Works Question: Please reply to the following questions related to Programme (7) “Management of Construction and Demolition Materials”: (a) What is the unit cost of handling public fill by the Administration? In the coming 3 years, does the Administration have any plan and measure to handle and reduce the ever increasing amount of public fill? If affirmative, what are the details of the plan and the estimated expenditure? (b) What is the expenditure in the recycling of inert construction and demolition materials by the government? Why is the actual quantity of recycled construction and demolition materials produced less than that of the original forecast (0.15 m tonnes)? In 2003-04, why does the forecast production increase? (c) Please give an account of the long-term strategy being formulated by the Administration for handling inert construction and demolition materials and when will it be completed? Asked by : Hon. LEE Chu-ming, Martin Reply: (a) The unit cost of handling public fill is about $26 per tonne. In 2003-04, the Administration will mainly rely on reclamation projects and temporary fill banks to handle public fill. We will continue our best efforts to reduce the amount of public fill and to recycle hard inert materials generated. The Public Fill Committee and Works Departments’ Vetting Committee will scrutinize Construction and Demolition Materials Management Plan of public works projects. In 2003-04, the Administration has reserved $123.9 m for the management of construction and demolition materials. We are still exploring possible measures to tackle the public fill problem after 2003-04, including the possibility for exporting public fill for reuse in projects outside Hong Kong. (b) In 2002, the government has spent $26 m for the setting up and $6 m for the operation of the inert construction and demolition material recycling facility in Tuen Mun. The 2002 actual production of 50,000 tonnes of recycled aggregates was less than the original forecast of 150,000 tonnes because most of the projects that generated inert material during the year produced soft material that is not suitable for recycling. In 2003-04, the production of recycled aggregates is forecasted to increase as several demolition projects (eg. Yuen Long Estate and North Point Estate) would generate more hard inert materials suitable Reply Serial No. ETWB(E)029 Question Serial No. 0534
Gototop for recycling. (c) Civil Engineering Department is conducting a consultancy study on the “Long-term Arrangements to Accommodate Inert Construction and Demolition Materials and Dredged Mud”. The study will be completed within 2003. Signature Name in block letters T K TSAO Post Title Director of Civil Engineering Date 19 March 2003
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