The government should make use of more advanced technology to detect and monitor oil spills in the seas around Hong Kong, a scientist at Chinese University has advised.
The slicks were picked up by new remote-sensing satellite technology that can receive microwave images from satellites passing over Hong Kong.
the rapid development of ports in the southern areas of the mainland attracted
thousands more ships to the region on a daily basis and this posed an ever
greater danger of oil spills.
heavy traffic will greatly increase the chance of collisions, resulting in oil leakage and even deliberate release of oil from fuel tanks into the seas
A Marine Department spokeswoman said it would consider exploring the
institute's new method, but said the present system for monitoring oil spills - through reports from ships and aircraft - was effective.
The amount of oil spilled annually worldwide is estimated at 4.5 millions tonnes, equivalent to one full-tanker disaster every week.
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