TSING Yi Island residents have accused the Government of dragging its feet over proposals to relocate two oil depots in three years.
The claim followed the gazetting yesterday of plans for dredging and reclamation work on the island, and the building of a pier at its southern tip, adjacent to the planned Container Terminal No 9.
The project will produce land for bulk storage and distribution of petroleum products and petrochemicals.
It facilitates the relocation of two oil depots situated next to Cheung On Estate in the northeastern part of the island.
Reclamation work will start this year and is expected to be completed in 1996.
But a spokesman for the Tsing Yi Concern Group, Mr Kwong Fu-sam, said residents had accepted the proposals reluctantly.
''We have made very clear our position in the numerouspetitions in recent years that we are objecting to bulk storage of dangerous goods on the island.