| Reporting
areas |
Targets |
| Contribution
to Strategic Decision-making |
- To
issue study briefs on strategic environmental assessments
for a major planning proposal, Hong Kong 2030: Planning,
Vision and Strategy, before the first quarter of 2001.
-
To complete the management of the strategic environmental
assessment for the Second Railway Development Strategy
in 2000 to provide adequate environmental information
for public consultation and informed decision.
|
| Prevention
and Mitigation through Environmental Impact Assessment
|
- To
minimise impact on some 200,000 people from railway
lines, roads, reclamation sites, etc. through the
statutory EIA process, strategic environmental assessment
and environmental planning studies in 2000.
-
To allow public access to environmental monitoring
and audit information of major development projects
through the Internet by 2001.
|
| Better
Air Quality |
- To
start the LPG taxi incentive scheme in 2000.
-
To require all newly registered taxis to use LPG fuel
from 2001.
-
To implement in 2000 a programme to retrofit pre-Euro
light diesel vehicles with devices to reduce emission
of particulates.
-
To conduct a trial of LPG and electric light buses
in 2000.
-
To retrofit diesel catalysts to heavy duty diesel
vehicles in 2000.
-
To increase the fixed penalty fines to $1,000 for
vehicles emitting black smoke.
-
To expand the joint effort with the Police in 2000
to control smoky vehicles.
-
To include an emission test in the roadworthiness
inspection of petrol and LPG vehicles starting from
2000.
-
To extend the use of dynamometers in testing smoke
from heavy duty vehicles in 2000.
-
To introduce ultra-low sulphur diesel fuel for vehicles
in 2000.
-
To introduce the most stringent Euro III emission
standards for new vehicles in 2001.
-
To promote the Indoor Air Quality Certificate Scheme
to improve indoor air quality in 2000.
-
To introduce measures for controlling perchloroethylene
emissions from dry cleaning facilities in early 2001.
-
To strengthen liaison with Guangdong authorities in
tackling regional air pollution.
|
| Environmentally-Sound
Waste Management |
- To
facilitate local recycling activities through suitable
support measures in 2000, e.g. land allocation under
short-term tenancy agreements, the development of
waste minimisation or recycling technology under the
Demonstration Scheme funding.
-
To develop plans for incorporating materials recovery/recycling
facilities into the municipal solid waste management
system.
-
To commence development of a Waste Management Plan
(2002 - 2021) in 2000.
-
To continue preparations for implementing a charging
scheme for the disposal of non-household waste at
landfills.
-
To complete a review of alternative treatment technologies
for clinical waste by the end of 2000.
-
To review the framework for assessing contaminated
land in 2000.
|
| Better
Water Quality |
- To
set up an International Review Panel to review the
remaining stages of SSDS in 2000.
-
To complete the Environmental Impact Assessment for
Strategic Sewage Disposal Scheme (SSDS) Stage II in
2000.
-
To progress with the review of Sewerage Master Plans
and begin two new reviews in 2000.
-
To start consultation on the review of the Technical
Memorandum to the Water Pollution Control Ordinance
in 2000.
-
To complete our contribution for the State Oceanic
Administration's 2nd National Marine Pollution Baseline
Survey.
-
To prepare for the HKSAR's participation in China's
National Marine Environment Monitoring Network by
mid 2001.
|
| Quieter
Environment |
- To
review 130 planning schemes and strategic proposals
to minimise noise problems for around 55,000 people
in 2000.
-
To work with relevant departments to commence a trial
scheme in urban areas to minimise traffic noise through
traffic management in 2000.
-
To work with Territory Development Department and
Highways Department on the provision of noise insulation
to protect 500 dwellings near five new road projects
in 2000.
-
To commence a public consultation exercise on the
control of domestic renovation noise by the first
quarter of 2001.
-
To complete a review on the control on daytime construction
noise in 2001.
|
| Waste
Facilities and Landfill Restoration |
- To
complete a feasibility study on extending existing
landfills and identifying landfill restoration suitable
sites for developing new waste disposal facilities
in 2001.
-
To invite private sector participation in 2000 to
develop facilities for composting of organic waste.
-
To commission the Refuse Transfer Station in the Northwest
New Territories in 2001.
-
To complete upgrading of the Interim Grease Trap Waste
Treatment Facility at the Western New Territories
Landfill to handle the increasing intake of grease
trap waste in 2000.
-
To complete restoration work at five landfills located
at Northwest New Territories, Gin Drinkers Bay and
Ngau Chi Wan in 2000.
|
| Building
Partnerships |
- To
carry out programmes on the Work Plan for 2000 with
the Canadian Government
|
| Environmental
Awareness and Education |
- To
organise 120 environmental awareness and education
programmes with 1,600 green groups, schools and community
groups; to deliver 400 environmental talks; and arrange
330 guided visits to the Visitors Centre and Environmental
Resource Centres in 2000.
-
To conduct three environmental education training
workshops for 150 primary teachers in 2000-2001.
-
To extend Phase IV of the Waste Recycling Campaign
in Housing Estates for 2000-2001 to 300 additional
housing estates.
-
To invite 500 schools and 8,000 students to join the
Student Environmental Protection Ambassador Scheme.
-
To train 1,000 members from the community groups to
be environmental ambassadors by the end of 2000-2001.
|
| Contribution
to Sustainable Development |
- To
complete the management of a territory-wide Environmental
Baseline Study for public dissemination in early 2001.
-
To improve the help desk service to provide specific
advice and assistance to government departments on
preparation of environmental reports in 2000.
|
| Emergency
Response |
- To
run at least one territory-wide emergency drill with
other government departments in 2000-2001.
-
To set up an Emergency Response Information Database
centrally in Local Control Division in 2001.
- To
conduct a seminar by early 2001 to share our experience
with local and overseas experts.
|
| Reporting
areas |
Targets |
| Corporate
Environmental Management |
- To
obtain ISO 14001 certification for the Waste Facilities
Business Unit in 2000.
-
Each Green Action Team at the 13 EPD offices to carry
out at least one self-audit on their green management
practices in 2000.
-
To complete departmental green management audits on
at least ten EPD offices.
|
| Reduction
of Pollution and Hazards |
- To
continue the close supervision of our waste facilities
contractors aiming for 100% compliance with both the
legal and contractual environmental requirements.
-
To achieve 100% compliance with the legal and departmental
environmental requirements in our laboratories and
field operations.
|
| Greener
office |
- To
keep the consumption of paper and electricity at 1999
levels.
-
To conduct a survey on the major sources of paper
and electricity consumption in 2000 and set reduction
targets for 2001.
-
To introduce the Phase I of the electronic workflow
project in 2000 to reduce paper-based transactions
in our offices.
-
To minimise the number of hard copies of reports submitted
to EPD by also requiring the submission of electronic
versions in 2000.
|
| Greener
Transport |
- To
device internal Green Transport Plans for our operations
to promote greater use of efficient and environmentally-friendly
means of transport by 2001.
|
| Greener
Contractors and Suppliers |
- To
require contractors of the 2 new waste management
facilities to obtain ISO 14001 Environmental Management
System certification within two years of contract
award.
-
To develop jointly with the Government Supplies Department
environmentally responsible product specifications
for 31 common items in use government-wide in 2000.
-
To introduce a requirement to supply environmental
information on products and services out-sourced from
contractors and suppliers in 2000.
|
| Staff
Awareness, Training and Participation |
- To
provide awareness training on Environmental Management
System to WFBU staff in 2000 for preparation of ISO
14001 certification.
-
To convert the Green Management Corner to the new
departmental computer platform to facilitate greater
access by all staff in 2000.
-
To mobilise each division to organise at least one
activity in 2000 to enhance staff awareness about
environmental and green management issues.
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