Wilkinson said he believed he had permission to dump materials at the site and had stopped doing so when the Mackenzie District Council, which owns the land, asked him to do so. However, council says no such permission was given for what they labelled “illegal dumping” and it is now investigating.
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The Mackenzie District Council, which owns the Pukaki Airport, claims Tricorp did not have permission to dump in the pit on the property. “Council would not agree to dumping of waste on council owned or managed land without understanding the nature of the waste, the regulatory implications, or having a written agreement in place,’’ a council spokesperson said.
By WANG MINGJIE in London | China Daily | Updated: 2021-02-11 08:14 Share CLOSE President Xi Jinping chairs the China-Central and Eastern European Countries (CEEC) Summit and delivers a keynote speech via video link in Beijing, capital of China, Feb 9, 2021. [Photo/Xinhua]
Fighting COVID-19, working on green society seen as positive signal to world
China s commitment to strengthen win-win cooperation with Central and Eastern European countries, known as the CEEC, in areas of tackling the COVID-19 pandemic, improving infrastructure and interconnectivity, as well as purchasing green development, has been highly commended by global experts.
President Xi Jinping delivered a keynote speech via video link at the Summit of China and Central and Eastern European Countries in Beijing on Tuesday, calling for the countries to draw a new blueprint for China-CEEC cooperation under the new circumstances.
Jan 27, 2021
LENOIR, N.C. (AP) Chris Rutledge peels an N-95 mask off her tired face, revealing the silhouette it leaves behind. Her name and a tiny heart are drawn on the face covering in black marker so her patients know who she is.
“I look terrible when it comes off,” she jokes as she takes a break during her ninth straight day of 12-hour shifts inside a temporary field hospital in Lenoir, North Carolina.
Rutledge, a 60-year-old retired nurse from Lisbon, Iowa, is one of dozens of health care workers who have been treating coronavirus patients inside 11 massive white medical tents set up in the parking lot of Caldwell Memorial Hospital.
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