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 ¡V Vehicle Clearance Plazas and Ancillary Buildings and Facilities¡¨ (includes the construction works of Contract No. HY/2013/06 ¡§Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macao Bridge Hong Kong Boundary Crossing Facilities ¡V Automatic Vehicle Clearance Support System¡¨ within Contract No. HY/2013/03 works area) (¡§the Contract¡¨) for the Highways Department of Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR).

1.1.2 Contract No. HY/2013/03 (includes the construction works of Contract No. HY/2013/06 within Contract No. HY/2013/03 works area) is part of Hong Kong¡VZhuhai¡VMacao 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/K, was issued on 11 April 2016. 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 twenty-ninth EM&A report to document the findings of site inspection activities and EM&A programme carried out by the Contractor of Contract No. HY/2013/03 (includes the construction works of Contract No. HY/2013/06 within Contract No. HY/2013/03 works area) from 1 January 2018 to 31 January 2018 (reporting period) under Contract No. HY/2013/03 (from 1 January 2018 to 31 January 2018 for the construction works of Contract No. HY/2013/06 within Contract No. HY/2013/03 works area) and is submitted to fulfil Condition 5.4 of the EP.

1.2 Project Description

1.2.1 The works to be executed under Contract No. HY/2013/03 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 ¡V 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.

1.2.2 The works to be executed under Contract No. HY/2013/06 within Contract No. HY/2013/03 works area include the following major items:

a. The Automatic Vehicle Clearance Support System amid to increasing traffic flow for Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macao Bridge Hong Kong Boundary Crossing Facilities;

b. Responsible for designs and develops a set of tailor-made computer monitoring and control systems to for daily security operation; and

c. The Clearance Workstations at 72 vehicle clearance kiosks, Customs and Excise¡¦s inbound and outbound traffic control centers as well as a Vehicle Tracking System.

1.3 Project Organisation

1.3.1 The Project Organisation for Environmental Works of Contract No. HY/2013/03 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 (for Contract No. HY/2013/03)

Party	Position	Contact Person	Telephone No.	Fax No.
Engineer or Engineer¡¦s Representative (AECOM Asia Co. Ltd.)	Chief Resident Engineer	Mr. W. S. Ng	3958 7400	3902 8800
Environmental Project Office / Independent Environmental Checker (Ramboll Hong Kong Limited)	Environmental Project Office Leader	Mr. Y. H. Hui	3547 2133	3465 2899
	Independent Environmental Checker (IEC)	Mr. Raymond Dai	3465 2888	3465 2899
	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 Project Organisation for Environmental Works of Contract No. HY/2013/06 within Contract No. HY/2013/03 works area is shown in Appendix B. The contact person and telephone numbers of key personnel for the captioned project are shown in Table 1.2:

Table 1.2 Contact Persons and Telephone Numbers of Key Personnel (for Contract No. HY/2013/06 within Contract No. HY/2013/03 works area)

Party	Position	Contact Person	Telephone No.	Fax No.
Engineer or Engineer¡¦s Representative (AECOM Asia Co. Ltd.)	Chief Resident Engineer	Mr. W. S. Ng	3958 7400	3902 8800
Environmental Project Office / Independent Environmental Checker (Ramboll Hong Kong Limited)	Environmental Project Office Leader	Mr. Y. H. Hui	3547 2133	3465 2899
	Independent Environmental Checker (IEC)	Mr. Raymond Dai	3465 2888	3465 2899
	Environmental Site Supervisor	Mr. Ray Yan	5181 8165	3465 2899
Contractor (ATAL Technologies Limited)	Site Agent	Mr. Eric Yim	2565 3355	3162 5217
	Environmental Officer	Mr. W. Li	2565 3137	3162 5217
Environmental Team (MateriaLab Consultants Limited)	Environmental Team Leader (ETL)	Mr. Arthur Cheng	3565 4115	2450 8032
24-hr Complaint Hotline	--	--	6509 0375	--

1.3.3 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.

1.3.4 The Contract HY/2013/06 has commenced on 14 August 2015. The commencement of construction works and the EM&A programme have commenced on 13 September 2016 within Contract No. HY/2013/03 works area.

1.4 Construction Programme

1.4.1 The construction programme for Contract No. HY/2013/03 (includes the construction works of HY/2013/06 within Contract No. HY/2013/03 works area) are provided in Appendix C.

1.5 Construction Works Undertaken during the Reporting Period

1.5.1 The construction works of Contract No. HY/2013/03 commenced on 29 August 2015 (includes the construction works of Contract No. HY/2013/06 commenced on 13 September 2016 within Contract No. HY/2013/03 works area). During this reporting period, the following major site activities were commenced:

For Contract No. HY/2013/03

1. Building at Portion A1, B, G, N, J, STP & Pumping Stations;

2. CUE Construction at Portion B, C & J;

3. Drainage & Sewerage Work, Water Main & Cable Duct at Portion A1, B, H1, H2, J, P & G;

4. Fencing work at All site Area;

5. Sewerage Pumping Station at Portion A1 & G;

6. Slope Works at Portion K;

7. Cover Walkway at Portion B, C, J & K;

8. Box Culvert B at Portion N;

9. Shuttle kiosk & Subway at Portion E;

10. Road Work at All site area;

11. Landscape work at All site area.

For Contract No. HY/2013/06 within Contract No. HY/2013/03 works area

1. CUE, Kiosk & Building 037