Guns will contaminate disasters | "Target Broken Ridge" lead target broken uncleared guns will be nailed to the deed and be charged by the police

The shooting activities of the Hong Kong Gun Club were revealed the year before that caused environmental disasters. Lead pellets, flying targets, and projectiles were spread all over the hills, and even spread to the nearby waterways leading to the Shing Mun Reservoir. The problem has not been resolved.

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gun meeting, the mountain became a "target broken ridge". The Lands Department issued a warning letter to the gun club because the Hong Kong Gun Association had not properly cleaned up the residue, and "fixed the deed" in September.

The police also stated that because the Hong Kong Gun Club had not complied with the license conditions, it had voted against it and defended it in the West Kowloon Magistrates' Courts on December 29.

However, the environmental protection group Green Earth visited the site after the gun was nailed in the middle of this month, and found that there were still a lot of lead particles and broken targets in the back mountain.

The Central Mission and Lands Department has set a clear deadline. If the gun club's cleanup progress continues to be unsatisfactory, further rigorous measures should be taken, including consideration of land resumption, or consideration of whether to allow the gun club to renew the lease of land operation after six years.

A member of the Gun Club stated that the Gun Club has spent more than 1 million yuan on cleaning up in the past two years and has removed at least 190 tons of residues.

Green Earth Initiative and Communications Manager Yang Rihui pointed out that at the beginning of this month, he received a reply from the Lands Department, stating that because the Hong Kong Gun Club's cleanup work did not meet the requirements of the department, shooting residues were still found in the lot and nearby hillsides. A warning letter will be issued.

Due to the large-scale cleanup of the gun club, the Lands Department sent a warning letter to the Land Registry on September 7 to "fix the deed".

The Lands Department also pointed out that it has requested the gun club to clean up as soon as possible and arrange soil testing.

According to information from the gun club, the authorities have hired a contractor to clean up and consider the feasibility of phased soil testing.

Yang Rihui continued that according to the reply from the Lands Department, although the gun club had conducted a cleanup, it did not meet the requirements of the relevant departments.

After the Lands Department issued a warning letter in June this year, the breach of the contract has not been corrected after the deadline, so it needs to be "fixed."

The department continued that the gun club recently stated that it has arranged for a contractor to continue cleaning up the shooting residue and will take corresponding enforcement actions.

When the lease expires in mid-2027, the Hong Kong government will consider being nailed to the lease

According to the information provided by the authorities in response to the ring group, the lease of the gun club’s current location will expire on June 30, 2027, and that it will be considered for renewal in accordance with the established procedures.

But generally speaking, when processing the renewal application, the District Lands Office will consult the relevant policy bureaus and departments, and will also consider the violation of the original lease.

After the land for the gun club was nailed, Green Peace and Peace went to observe the gun club in mid-October and mid-November. A large number of lead particles were still found on the hillside, and orange targets were also seen in the waterway near the Shing Mun Tunnel.

Yang Rihui said that after the typhoon "Lion Rock" struck Hong Kong, the number of remnants became more serious, and "lead particles were everywhere."

Yang pointed out that the shooting range stopped shooting activities last year. I believe that the remnants seen at the scene were originally under the soil and appeared on the topsoil after being washed by rain. I believe that garbage will not only accumulate for a year or two, but also a problem for many years. "Don’t clean it up carefully. It will appear day by day." He scolded the gun and "again, again and again" for failing to properly clean up the lead particles and target pieces and other garbage.

The ring group inspected the shooting activities such as lead pellets and target fragments in recent months but has not yet been cleared

The site of the Hong Kong Gun Club is the Lands Department’s "Private Playground Deed" on July 1, 2012. It was approved at 1,000 yuan for 15 years and will expire in 2027.

Yang Rihui said that the "fixed deed" will affect the renewal of land leases, and the Lands Department may even re-acquire the land under the "Government Land Rights (Re-entry and Vesting and Remedy) Ordinance" or transfer the relevant rights and interests of the lot to the finance department. Secretary-General Incorporated.

He believes that the relevant actions are deterrent and can send an important message to the gun club that the cleanup can no longer be postponed.

He continued that the progress of the gun cleaning up after the contract was still not as good as expected, and he hoped that the department would set a dead line. If the gun would no longer have obvious results in cleaning up, further action should be taken.

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Police ticket control gun club licensee Water Supplies Department further search for evidence to study whether prosecution

The police replied that it was found that the Hong Kong Gun Association had not complied with the police license conditions and voted against the licensee of the Hong Kong Gun Association for allegedly violating the Firearms and Ammunition Ordinance. On December 29 this year, he defended the case in the West Kowloon Magistracy.

Regarding whether the gun club renews its gun license smoothly, the police said that it will strictly approve and process firearms and ammunition-related license applications in accordance with the Firearms and Ammunition Ordinance, and will impose appropriate terms and conditions depending on the situation.

The Water Supplies Department prosecuted the Hong Kong Gun Club for violating the Waterworks Ordinance last year, but due to problems with the evidence search, the Gun Club was "technically exonerated."

The Water Supplies Department replied that there are frequent inspections of relevant locations and some shooting remnants have been seized in nearby catchwaters earlier. It is now conducting further evidence searches and will seek legal advice after completion to determine whether it is appropriate to take a second time. Prosecution action.

The Environmental Mission urges the Water Department to recover the cleaning costs from the Gun Club

Yang Rihui pointed out that the Water Supplies Department still regularly sends staff to clean the water channel, and believes that using public money as a gun would "pay the bill" for pollution.

The Water Supplies Department stated that it is following up on this case, including recovering the cost of cleaning up the shooting residue, and maintaining communication with relevant government departments.

Gun Club Venue Director: Over 1 million has been spent in two years to remove 190 tons of remnants and promised to clean up regularly every month

Li Zhiqiang, a member of the Hong Kong Gun Association and director of the venue, pointed out that the target shooting was suspended since July last year, and there is no estimate of when it will resume.

In terms of clean-up work, he said that the Gun Club has started clean-up work in 2019 and spent more than 1 million yuan in two years. From August last year to April this year, a total of 190 tons of residues, including flying target fragments, rubber plugs, etc., were cleaned up.

The Gun Club has planned to clean up twice a month in the future, and will arrange clean up after heavy rains and typhoons.

In addition, the Gun Club has installed a baffle in the back mountain in 2019. It is also planning to re-plan the shooting and target positions, hoping to improve the shooting angle so that the remnants will not fly out of the gun club. A certain angle of shooting." As for the "deed" by the Lands Department, Li responded that he still understands it, but it is inconvenient to respond to matters such as being charged by the police.

When asked when the cleanup is expected to be completed, another member of the Gun Club, Mr. Tang, pointed out that there are about 300 to 400 lead shots for each shot of the target activity, weighing 16 grams, and about 100 shots are fired per person per day during training. , Which produces at least 30,000 lead pellets.

He bluntly said, "There is nothing I can do to clean up lead shots. How about ten thousand shots every time for decades?" But he believes that the Gun Club has tried its best to clean up most of the lead shots.

The two said in unison that they are worried that the incident will affect the contract renewal in 2027, so they will try their best to clean up, "it is the responsibility to continue the shooting activities in Hong Kong."

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