1.1.1.1
The New Acute
Hospital (NAH), which has commenced foundation works at Sites 3C1(A) and 3C1(B)
in the Former South Apron area of KTDA, will be a major acute hospital in
central Kowloon providing a comprehensive range of acute hospital services,
with modern service models, technology and facilities. The NAH is proposed to serve the general
public for meeting the demand for medical services arising from the growing and
ageing population in Kowloon. The new
hospital will comprise an Accident & Emergency Department (AED), an
oncology centre and provide enhanced neuroscience services, with a total
planned capacity of around 2,400 in-patient and day beds and 37 operating
theatres for the KTDA.
1.1.1.2
In order to
provide the essential rapid and seamless transfer of patients/ survivors for
prompt and appropriate treatment, it is essential for the hospital to have a
helipad directly located above the AED at the rooftop of the Acute Block
building. In addition, the helipad will
serve as an effective alternative to convey “quick response” medical teams from
the NAH campus to the scenes of incidents, if a situation requires rescue
efforts.
1.1.1.3
Based on the
above, it is proposed to construct and operate a helipad (“the Project”) on the
roof of the Acute Block of the NAH to enhance the overall efficiency and
effectiveness of the emergency response of the NAH. The location of the proposed helipad and its
environs are shown in Figure 1.1.
1.1.1.4
The Project
Proponent is the Hospital Authority (HA) and they have commissioned Wong Tung
& Partners Ltd. (WTPL) as the Architectural Consultant for the design of
the NAH and the proposed helipad.
Meinhardt Infrastructure and Environment Limited (MIEL) has been
simultaneously appointed by WTPL to provide consultancy services in respect of
this Project including preparation of an Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA)
Study.
1.1.1.5
The EIA Study Brief
for A Rooftop Helipad at New Acute Hospital at Kai Tak Development Area
includes the requirement to prepare an Environmental Monitoring and Audit
(EM&A) programme and to document this in an EM&A Manual. This EM&A
Manual is prepared in accordance with Annex 21 of the Technical Memorandum on
EIA Process and the EIA Study Brief for the Project and follows the approach
recommended in the EM&A Guidelines for Development Projects in Hong Kong.
1.1.1.6
The purpose of
this EM&A Manual is to set out the EM&A programme for the Project to
check the predictions and to ensure compliance with relevant environmental
protection legislations, and effectiveness of the mitigation measures
recommended in the EIA report. It aims to provide systematic procedures for the
monitoring, auditing and minimising of environmental impacts associated with
the activities of the Project.
1.3.1.1
This EM&A
Manual contains the following information:
·
The
responsibilities of the Project Proponent, Contractor, Engineer or Engineer’s
Representative, Environmental Team (ET), Environmental Team Leader (ETL) and
the Independent Environmental Checker (IEC) with respect to the EM&A
requirements during the course of the Project;
·
The
requirements with respect to the construction schedule and the EM&A
programme to track the varying environmental impacts;
·
The
requirements for reviewing the pollution sources and working procedures
required in the event of the non-compliance with environmental criteria and
complaints;
·
The
requirements for appropriate reporting procedures; and
·
The
requirements for reviewing the effectiveness of mitigation
measures/environmental management systems and the EM&A programme.
1.3.1.2
The EM&A
Manual is divided into the following sections:
·
Section 1
presents the introduction to the EM&A Manual;
·
Section 2
presents a description of the proposed Project;
·
Section 3 presents
the Project Organisation;
·
Section 4 sets
out auditing requirements for air quality impact;
·
Section 5 sets
out auditing requirements for hazard to life impact;
·
Section 6 sets
out auditing requirements for noise impact;
·
Section 7
details auditing requirements for waste management implications;
·
Section 8 presents
the findings of visual impact assessment;
·
Section 9
presents the findings of water quality impact assessment;
·
Section 10
describes the scope and frequency of the environmental site audits and sets out
the general requirements of the EM&A programme; and
·
Section 11
details the EM&A reporting requirements.