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Project Data
Project Cost 1.8 Billion Total
GFA 58,000m2 Project Inception mid
1995 Commencement on Site Feb 1997 Completion
Date Jun 1999 Completion of Commissioning Mar
2000
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Project Goal
Triple Benefits

• Cost Benefits

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• Land use Benefits

• Environmental Benefits

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Cost Benefit

• Publicly operated abattoir was running with a
  deficit

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• Privatize operation for cost-effective reasons

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Land use Benefits

• Re-provision the 3 existing abattoirs

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• Releasing 4.19 hectares of land for new
  developments which are more compatible with the
  surrounding areas

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Environmental Benefit
Existing facilities built in the 60s, creating
environmental nuisance to the densely populated
area
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New slaughter house located away from built-up
areas but convenience to rail
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Environmental Benefit
Trains no longer have to go into town and people
living along the railway line need not suffer the
noise and odour nuisance caused by the pigs
cattle
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Purposely built railway direct off-loading of
livestock from train to lairage
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Procurement Strategy
Design Construct Commissioning Contract

• One point control from design to operational
  stage
• Contractor to ensure compliance to performance
  criteria

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Novation Contract

• Appoint consultant to produce design for tender
• Awarded contractor to employ the consultant
• Adv retain control of design to ensure needs
  being met

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Environmental Management
Construction Stage

• Contractor to implement mitigation measures as
  recommended in the EIA report

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Operation Stage

• Operator to implement ISO 14001 to ensure
  satisfactory environmental performance during
  operation

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Hygienic Slaughter Lines

• Designed to highest international standards of
  hygiene, e.g. EC (European Community) USDA
  (U.S. Department of Agriculture) standards

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• Fully automatic mechanized devices throughout the
  process

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Solar Hot Water System

• Consumption of hot water 630m3 per day

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• Provision of 450 solar panels to pre-heat water

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Heat Pump for Energy Efficiency

• Utilize rejected heat from air-cooling operation
  to further heat up water

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Waste Water Treatment

• 5000 m3 waste water / day

• Concentration 10 times higher than domestic waste
  water

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• Pre-treat waste water using bacteria and other
• micro-organisms to achieve domestic effluent
  standard before passing to Shek Wu Hui Sewage
  Treatment Plant

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Use of Grey Water

• Effluent water from Shek Wu Hui Sewage Treatment
  Plant for cooling the condenser of the A/C plant

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Odour Control

• Odour generated 1,000 OU vs.
• Acceptance standard 5 OU

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• Chemical scrubbers odour neutralizing agent
  system for odour control
• 5 OU is achieved at sensitive receivers

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Noise Mitigation

• Operation hours from midnight to early morning

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• Acoustic louvres installed at lairage block

• Perimeter noise barrier walls along railway
• off-loading areas

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