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Project Data

Sheung Shui Slaughter House

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

Sheung Shui Slaughter House

• Environmental Benefits

• Land use Benefits

• Cost Benefits

Triple Benefits

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Sheung Shui Slaughter House

• Publicly operated abattoir was running

with a deficit

• Privatize operation for cost-effective

reasons

Cost Benefit

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Land use Benefits

Sheung Shui Slaughter House

• Re-provision the 3

existing abattoirs

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

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Environmental Benefit

Sheung Shui Slaughter House

Existing facilities built

in the 60s, creating

environmental nuisance

to the densely

populated area

New slaughter house located away from built-up areas but convenience to rail

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Environmental Benefit

Sheung Shui Slaughter House

Sheung Shui Slaughter House

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

Purposely built railway : direct off-loading of livestock from train to lairage

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Procurement Strategy

Sheung Shui Slaughter House

Design + Construct + Commissioning Contract

• One point control from design to operational stage

• Contractor to ensure compliance to performance criteria

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

Sheung Shui Slaughter House

Construction Stage • Contractor to implement mitigation measures as

recommended in the EIA report

Operation Stage • Operator to implement ISO 14001 to

ensure satisfactory environmental performance during operation

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Hygienic Slaughter Lines

Sheung Shui Slaughter House

• Designed to highest

international standards of

hygiene, e.g. EC

(European Community) &

USDA (U.S. Department

of Agriculture) standards

• Fully automatic

mechanized devices

throughout the

process

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Solar Hot Water System

Sheung Shui Slaughter House

• Consumption of hot

water 630m3 per day

• Provision of 450 solar

panels to pre-heat

water

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Heat Pump for Energy Efficiency

Sheung Shui Slaughter House

• Utilize rejected heat from

air-cooling operation to

further heat up water

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Waste Water Treatment

Sheung Shui Slaughter House

• 5000 m3 waste water / day

• Concentration 10 times

higher than domestic waste

water

• 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

Sheung Shui Slaughter House

• Effluent water

from Shek Wu

Hui Sewage

Treatment Plant

for cooling the

condenser of

the A/C plant

Sheung Wu Hui Sewage Treatment Plant

Sheung Wu Hui Sewage Treatment Plant

Sheung Shui Slaughter House

Sheung Shui Slaughter House

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Odour Control

Sheung Shui Slaughter House

• Odour generated = 1,000 OU

vs.

• Acceptance standard = 5 OU

• Chemical scrubbers

& odour neutralizing

agent system for

odour control

• 5 OU is achieved at

sensitive receivers

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Noise Mitigation

Sheung Shui Slaughter House

• Operation hours from

midnight to early morning

• Acoustic louvres

installed at lairage

block

• Perimeter noise barrier

walls along railway

off-loading areas