The Environmental Protection Bureau (DSPA) has accepted a consultancy’s environmental impact assessment report for the Health Bureau’s (SSM) planned infectious disease centre, Secretary for Social Affairs and Culture Alexis Tam Chon Weng told lawmakers yesterday, insisting that the “high-standard” facility would be “absolutely safe”.
He made the announcement during a plenary debate on whether the centre should be built next to the public Conde de Sao Januario Hospital Centre (CHCSJ) as planned.
Tam said he was not able to tell lawmakers how long the construction would take and how much it would cost, adding that lawmakers should ask Secretary for Transport and Public Works Raimundo do Rosario for details. However, Tam later said he expected the government to inform the public within three or four months about the project’s budget and duration.
The combo photo shows Secretary for Social Affairs and Culture Alexis Tam Chon Weng (right) and legislator-cum-developer Fong Chi Keong speaking during yesterday’s plenary debate in the legislature’s hemicycle yesterday. –Photo: Davis Ip
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