The Country Parks (Designation) (Consolidation) (Amendment) Order 2010 will be gazetted tomorrow to excise the area in Clear Water Bay Country Park which will be affected by the proposed landfill extension from the park's original approved map.

The Environmental Protection Department said while positive results have been achieved in waste avoidance and reduction at source, recovery and recycling, as well as bulk reduction, there is still unavoidable waste that needs to be disposed of properly.

However, the three strategic landfills in southeast, northeast and western New Territories are approaching their capacity and will be full in the next decade. They need to be extended to provide the final repository for local waste.

The Government so proposes to extend the lifespan of the southeast NT landfill by another six years to tackle the problem brought by its exhaustion in 2013 to 2014. The order will be tabled at the Legislative Council June 9 for negative vetting.

For the remaining two landfills, the feasibility and environmental impact assessment studies on their extensions have been completed and the Government will commission these two landfill extensions within the decade before their exhaustion.