1.         INTRODUCTION

1.1 Background

1.1.1    MateriaLab Consultants Limited was commissioned by China Harbour Engineering Co. Limited (also referred to as “the Contractor”) to undertake the Environmental Team (ET) services (including environmental monitoring and audit (EM&A)) for Contract No. HY/2013/03 “Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macao Bridge Hong Kong Boundary Crossing Facilities – Vehicle Clearance Plazas and Ancillary Buildings and Facilities” (“the Contract”) for the Highways Department of Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR).

1.1.2   The Contract is part of Hong Kong–Zhuhai–Macao Bridge Hong Kong Boundary Crossing Facilities (HKBCF) which is “Designated Projects”, under Schedule 2 of the Environmental Impact Assessment Ordinance (EIAO) (Cap 499) and for which an EIA Report  (Register No. AEIAR-145-2009) was prepared and approved. The current Environmental Permit (EP) for HKBCF, namely No. EP- 353/2009/I, was issued on 17 July 2015. These documents are available through the EIA Ordinance. The general layout of the Project area is shown in Appendix A.

1.1.3    This is the forth EM&A report to document the findings of site inspection activities and EM&A programme carried out by the Contractor from 1 December 2015 to 31 December 2015 (reporting period) under Contract No. HY/2013/03 and is submitted to fulfil Condition 5.4 of the EP.

1.2 Project Description

1.2.1    The works to be executed under this Contract include the following major items:

a. Cargo clearance facilities including kiosks for clearance of good vehicles, customs inspection platforms, X-ray building, etc.;

b. Passenger related facilities including processing kiosks and examination facilities for private cars and coaches, annexure for examination of accompanying passengers of private cars, etc.;

c. Accommodation/offices for the facilities (like fire station, police station, buildings for Immigration Department [ImmD], Hong Kong Customs and Excise Department [C&ED], Agriculture, Fisheries and Conservation Department [AFCD], Food and Environmental Hygiene Department [FEHD], Department of Health [DofH] etc.) of the Government departments providing services in connection with the HKBCF;

d. Provision of transport and miscellaneous facilities inside the HKBCF including public transport interchange (PTI), transport drop-off and pick-up areas, vehicle holding areas, passenger queuing areas, road networks, footbridges, fencing, sewerage and drainage systems, sewage treatment plant and treated effluent disposal facilities, water supply system, building services works, electronic system, and traffic control and information system including traffic control and surveillance system (TCSS), etc.;

e. Provision of roads connecting the BCF to the Hong Kong Link Road (HKLR), the Tuen Mun – Chek Lap Kok Link (TM-CLKL) and the Hong Kong International Airport (HKIA), expect the part of road works in HKIA entrusted to the HKLR project; and

f. Reprovisioning of the affected HKIA’s facilities, expect those affected by the Automated People Mover (APM) system such as the existing east rescue berth.

1.3 Project Organisation

1.3.1 The Project Organisation for Environmental Works is shown in Appendix B. The contact person and telephone numbers of key personnel for the captioned project are shown in Table 1.1:

Table 1.1 Contact Persons and Telephone Numbers of Key Personnel

Party	Position	Contact Person	Telephone No.	Fax No.
Engineer or Engineer’s Representative (AECOM Asia Co. Ltd.)	Chief Resident Engineer	Mr. Michael Tovey	3985 7470	3902 8800
Environmental Project Office / Independent Environmental Checker (Ramboll Environ Hong Kong Limited)	Environmental Project Office Leader	Mr. Y. H. Hui	3547 2133	3465 2899
	Independent Environmental Checker (IEC)	Mr. Raymond Dai	3465 2888	34652899
	Environmental Site Supervisor	Mr. Ray Yan	5181 8165	3465 2899
Contractor (China Harbour Engineering Co. Ltd)	Site Agent	Mr. Paul Pui	9125 0700	2512 0427
	Environmental Officer	Mr. Marko Chan	9427 2879	2512 0427
Environmental Team (MateriaLab Consultants Limited)	Environmental Team Leader (ETL)	Mr. Arthur Cheng	3565 4115	2450 8032
24-hr Complaint Hotline	--	--	5236 7111	--

1.3.2 The Contract HY/2013/03 has commenced on 10 April 2015. The commencement of construction works and the EM&A programme have commenced on 29 August 2015.

1.4 Construction Programme

1.4.1 The construction programme is provided in Appendix C.

1.5 Construction Works Undertaken during the Reporting Period

1.5.1     The construction works of this Contract commenced on 29 August 2015. During this reporting period, the following major site activities were commenced:

n Site Investigation at Portion A1, A2 & G;

n Piling at Portion A1, A6, A7a;

n Building & Drainage at Portion A1; and

n CUE Construction at Portion B.