The Jockey Club Kau Sai Chau Public Golf Course (賽馬會滘西洲公眾高爾夫球場)

About this Report

Publication of this report indicates that The Jockey Club Kau Sai Chau Public Golf Course has been assessed against the GEO Certification Criteria and awarded GEO Certified™ status.

Each section of this document covers a key area of environmentally sound golf facility management. As defined by the Golf Environment Organization, these are: Nature, Landscape & Heritage, Water, Turf, Waste, Energy, Education & Awareness and Management Planning.

To maintain this award The Jockey Club Kau Sai Chau Public Golf Course will be re-certified by a GEOSA Accredited Verifier before November 1st 2013.

Facility Details

The Jockey Club Kau Sai Chau Public Golf Course is a golf facility comprising:

Courses

• The Jockey Club Kau Sai Chau Public Golf Course Limited (54 holes)

Clubhouses

• Administration Building

Maintenance Facilities

• Maintenance facility

Other

• Pro Shop
• Practice Facilities
• Halfway House
• On Course Toilet Facilities
• Restaurant
• Function Rooms
• Bar Longe

Nature

Located along the rugged coastline of Kau Sai Chau and set in the Sai Kung Peninsula, The Jockey Club Kau Sai Chau Public Golf Course has become an environmental sanctuary. Golfers share its 250 hectares with eagles, egrets, and pond herons, as well as the occasional barking deer, native boar, civet and porcupine.

滘西洲位處於西貢半島上，已成為一處自然生態天堂。高球員在打球時與眾多動物及雀鳥, 如麻鷹、白鷺、蒼鷺、果子狸、野豬以及赤麂等一同分享這二佰五十公頃的球場。

Designations

The Jockey Club Kau Sai Chau Public Golf Course features areas that are designated or protected at the following levels:

• Local Government
• Self Appointed

Surveys

The following ecological surveys have been undertaken:

Title	Author	Date
Botanical	Ecosystems Limited	2009-07-31
Birds	Ecosystems Limited	2009-07-31
Mammals	Ecosystems Limited	2009-07-31
Invertebrates	Ecosystems Limited	2009-07-31
Amphibians	Ecosystems Limited	2009-07-31
Insects - Dragon Flies and Butterflies	Ecosystems Limited	2009-07-31
Marine - Coral monitoring	Black & Veatch Hong Kong Limited

Habitats

Estimated area of habitats at The Jockey Club Kau Sai Chau Public Golf Course:

• Rough ‘ecological’ grassland: 80 ha; of Local Importance
• Scrub and shrub vegetation: 120 ha; of Local Importance
• Native woodland: 30 ha; of Local Importance
• Wetlands: 2 ha; of Local Importance
• Open water features: 10 ha; of Local Importance
• Heather and other dwarf shrub communities: 4 ha; of Local Importance

The Jockey Club Kau Sai Chau Public Golf Course has undertaken the following activities to improve the landscape ecology of the site:

• Increase the size of habitat patches
• Connect internal habitat patches
• Connect patches with external habitats
• Create new habitat corridors
• Introduce a policy to avoid habitat fragmentation
• Improve and diversify habitat edges

Species

Rare, protected and notable species occurring at The Jockey Club Kau Sai Chau Public Golf Course [Latin names]:

• Egretta sacra
• Buteo buteo
• Elanus caeruleus
• Haliaeetis leucogaster
• Milvus lineatus
• Pandion haliaetus
• Falco peregrinus
• F. tinnunculis
• Numenius phaeopus
• Centropus sinensus
• C. bengalensis
• Otus lempiji
• Bubo bubo
• Garrulax canorus
• Nannophya pygamea
• Trithemsis pallidivnervis
• Python molarus
• vivericula indica
• Paguma lavata
• Hystrix hodgsoni
• Cardina trifasciata
• Ophiophagus hanna
• Ardea purpurea
• Mesophoyx intermedia
• Vanellus cinereus
• Calidris acuminata
• C. alba
• Numenius arquata
• Scolopax rusticola
• Chalcophaps indica
• Strptopelia tranquebarica
• Caprimulgas affinis
• Acrocephalus bistrigiceps
• Bradypterus seebohmi
• Emberiza chrysophrys
• Dendocritta formosa
• Muntiacus muntjac
• Pipistrellus sp.
• hipposideros armigor
• Rana taipehensis
• hemidactylus garnotii
• Takydromus sexlieatus
• Naja atra
• Sus scrofa

Consultation

The Jockey Club Kau Sai Chau Public Golf Course consults with the following nature conservation organisations:

Activities

The Jockey Club Kau Sai Chau Public Golf Course has undertaken the following activities to enhance nature protection:

Activity	Description
Mangrove planting.	Mangrove monitoring from 1995 to 2009 demonstrated that differing varities of mangrove showed good survival rates. The exercise was succesful in the development of backshore vegetation in terms of natural recruitment and diversity of native species.
Establishment of Egret habitat	A nesting habitat (egretry) for herons and egrets planted in April 2001 matured over time in vegetation coverage and height, although no egret nest has been observed to date, land birds have been observed utilising the site for roosting.
Preservation and protection of designated no play zones, wetlands and wildlife corridors.	Notices are posted to identify wetland conservation areas. Wildlife corriders are managed throughout the golf courses. Buffer zones have been introduced between play areas and wetlands.
Bird Nesting Boxes	Eleven boxes were installed in early 2003. Nesting was recorded in some of these boxes during the first year.
Bat roosting boxes	Ten bat roost boxes were installed at the Golf Course in December 2000. The first recorded bat roosting was in 2001.
Fish stocking of lakes to control algae and weeds	Freshwater fishes were first introduced into the lakes in Sept 1996. Fish types were silver carp, Big Head and grass Carp which are common to the region..
Continuous ecological monitoring program.	The Golf Course has maintained a continious ecological monitoring program from June 1995 to present date, including monthly environmental monitoring audit during project and operational stage and yearly reporting from the environmental consultants.
Restoration of eroded land towards increasing natural vegetation and natural cleaning of previously silted waterways	As part of the East Course Project commencing in 2006,restoration of eroded areas was undertaken to repair damaged areas. This exercise included regeneration of native vegetation.

Aims & Objectives

The Jockey Club Kau Sai Chau Public Golf Course has the following key objectives for maximizing its ecological value:

• The ecoligical objective is to continue to improve the greater biodiversity of the Golf Course and it's surrounds beyond the levels of the previous land use and current levels.

Landscape & Heritage

Historically, Kau Sai Chau was used as a military firing range, and within the Island, until recently there still was visible evidence of this former activity on the hillside where the thin scrubland cover had been exposed and there had been extensive washout of soil from the hillside during rainfall. The Jockey Club Kau Sai Chau Public Golf Course undertook a revegetation program of the damaged areas in measures to to return it to the natural landscape. There are also a number of graves scattered around the north end of the island, some of which are in the golf course.

歷史上， 滘西洲以往是作為英軍軍事演習地區，島上彈痕纍纍的痕跡及在大雨期間所做成山泥崩塌的情境, 現在仍依稀可見; 疏疏落落散佈在球場上和島上東北面的墓地, 亦對島上的自然生態環境做成極大的破壞。 賽馬會滘西洲高爾夫球場的興建, 實施了一連串再種植的項目, 不但將損壞的地方修復, 更回復其自然生態環境。

Designations

The Jockey Club Kau Sai Chau Public Golf Course features the following landscape designations:

• Areas of Scenic Beauty
• Geological

The Jockey Club Kau Sai Chau Public Golf Course features the following cultural heritage designations and protected features:

• Buildings (Listed Buildings / Ancient Monuments etc)
• Archaeology (Settlements / Agricultural Systems etc)

Surveys

The following landscape assessments and appraisals been carried out at the site:

Date	Title
2001-04-26	Environmental Assessment

The following archaeological and heritage surveys have been carried out at the site:

Date	Title
2001-09-01	Archaeological Survey and Assessment

Consultation

The Jockey Club Kau Sai Chau Public Golf Course consults with the following organisations on landscape and cultural heritage issues:

• The Hong Kong Government Home Affairs Bureau
• The Hong Kong Government Environmantal Protection Department

Activities

The Jockey Club Kau Sai Chau Public Golf Course undertakes the following activities to enhance landscape and cultural heritage:

Activity	Description
Demarcation of graves locations as no play zones	Ancestorial graves on the property are plotted on drawings and demarcated on site. Provisions in the local rules prohibiting play within demarcated area.

Aims & Objectives

The Jockey Club Kau Sai Chau Public Golf Course has the following key objectives for conserving or enhancing its landscape and cultural heritage value:

• The objective in conserving and enhancing the landscape and cultural heritage values at the Golf Course is to encourage an awareness and educate the public of those values.

Water

The golf courses are constructed to effectively collect rainfall which is stored in reservoirs for recycling as irrigation for the turfgrass. About 70% of the North and South Courses turf area return rainfall to the reservoir. The new East Course has been designed with a closed drainage system providing 100% return through a system of 5 underground tanks and 2 lakes with supporting pumping systems, rising mains, and gravity flows back to an irrigation lake for recycling as irrigation water on the East Course.

In the dry season, the stored water for East Course irrigation is supplemented with desalinated water through our reverse osmosis plant to irrigate turfgrass.

The Golf Course has its own Sewage Treatment Plant which treats raw sewage well within HK Government statutory controls. This is then recycled as irrigation through the main reservoir. Golf Course irrigation at Kau Sai Chau is self sustained without any draw on government mains.

高爾夫球場被修建成有效地收集降雨量並存放於水塘, 回收以用作灌溉球場的草地。 北場和南場大概收集70%降雨量儲回於水塘。 對於新建的東場, 是設計成一個完全封閉式的排水系统, 所有雨量收集是通過5個地下缸和設有支撐泵系統、上升喉和引力導向裝置的2個湖, 回收以作東場灌溉之用。

在旱季，東場是通過Osmosis海水化淡設備, 以淡化的海水用作灌溉草地。

高爾夫球場內污水處理設備是依向香港政府的法定內處理污水。 這些污水亦循環作灌溉用途。沒有借助任何外在水源或政府運輸管道下, 滘西洲高爾夫球場的灌溉水源是自給自足。

Consumption

Water sources

	Primary Source	Secondary Source (if used)
Clubhouse	Public / Potable	Recycled Drainage & Irrigation
Golf Courses	Recycled Drainage & Irrigation	Desalinated
Accommodation	N/A	N/A
Maintenance facility	Public / Potable	Recycled Drainage & Irrigation
Other	N/A	N/A

Water consumption (m3)

	2009	2008
Clubhouse	36198	38611
Golf Courses	655477	854072
Accommodation	N/A	N/A
Maintenance facility	4022	4290
Other	N/A	N/A

Irrigation

The following areas are irrigated:

Area name	Approx. Hectarage
Greens	3.7 ha
Tees	3.5 ha
Fairways	30 ha
Rough	42.8 ha
Driving Range	3 ha

The Jockey Club Kau Sai Chau Public Golf Course irrigation system is Fully computer controlled.

This irrigation system is serviced every 3 months.

This irrigation system is calibrated every 1 years.

Our greenkeeping staff incorporate evapotranspiration rates and weather data into their irrigation programme:

We irrigate the golf course based on the local weather station that installed by Hong Kong Observatory since 2008, It is a real time update for 15 mintutes of air temperature, humidity and solar radiation. A monthly report with soil temperature, solar radiation and rainfall record for our information and management use.

The Jockey Club Kau Sai Chau Public Golf Course monitors soil water content to minimise irrigation and improve turf quality.

Analysis

The Jockey Club Kau Sai Chau Public Golf Course undertakes environmental monitoring of water quality.

	Chemical	Biological	Last Test Date	Tester
Inflow	Yes	No	2009-11-11	Environmeental consultant
On-site	Yes	No	2009-11-11	Environmental consultant
Outflow	Yes	No	2009-11-11	Environmental consultant

The key findings of these tests were:

The Environmental Monitoring and Audit report has required that the Golf Course continuously monitor marine and fresh water quality with regard to dissolved oxygen, temperature, turbidity, pH, salinity, SS, NO3-N, NO2-N, NH3-N, TP, Chl-a and selected pesticides. These water quality monitoring results show that the Gof Course operations has not exceeded it's water quality control parameters.

Activities

The Jockey Club Kau Sai Chau Public Golf Course has undertaken the following activities to conserve / reduce / minimise water consumption:

• Minimise irrigated area
• Irrigate in the evenings
• De-compact the soil
• Grass species selection
• Regular inspections for irrigation system leaks
• Soil moisture analysis
• Use of wetting agents
• Gathering of evapotranspiration data
• part circle irrigation heads, nozzle selection, irrigation, drainage and sewerage water recycling
• Seasonal irrigation suspension of rough areas
• Closed Drainage System
• Desalination Plant
• On site sewerage treatment plant
• Storm Water Drainage regular maintenance program
• Preventative maintenance program for the irrigation system including cup tests, nozzle replacement, etc
• Use of wetting agents and aqua cal injection to reduce localized dry spot and minimize irrigation cycles and hand watering

The Jockey Club Kau Sai Chau Public Golf Course undertakes the following activities to protect and enhance water quality:

• Maintain vegetative buffers
• Creation of swales and attenuation areas
• No spray zones
• Erosion control
• Pest and disease tolerant grass selection
• Informed selection of fertiliser type
• Informed selection of pesticides (least toxic, least persistent)
• Naturalisation of pond margins to improve oxygenation
• Preservation of wetlands system
• Fish stocking
• Terrapins stocking
• Annual storm water drainage inspection and repair program
• Monitoring of bio indicators through monitoring of amphibians, dragonflies, and other wetland dependent species
• Effluent water treatment testing and reporting

Aims & Objectives

The Jockey Club Kau Sai Chau Public Golf Course has the following key objectives for conserving water quality and minimizing water consumption:

• The aim for the Golf Course with regard to water conservation is to maintain the golf courses without a need to import water from outside the property, thus provide a self sustained source of water for agronomic and other non potable water needs.

Turf

The turf species used at Kau Sai Chau were selected for their beneficial aspects towards the enivronment. The Bermudagrass that was planted in the North and South Courses since 1994 is able to provide good playing surfaces and tolerate high traffic with minimal chemical usage for low maintenace. The new East Course was planted with Seashore Paspalum in 2007. This grass is able to tolerate multiple stress tolerances, tolerate a wide range of alternative water resources and has a lower nutrient requirment.
To maintain good playing surfaces all year round, The Jockey Club Kau Sai Chau Public Golf Course implement regular and varied mini-aeration activities at 4- 6 week intervals to relieve compaction, improve infiltration and enhance air movement in the root zone. We also undertake three major deep aeration programs during spring and summer on greens. Topdressing of the greens occurs every two weeks to provide firm and smooth putting surface.

草坪種類之選擇認用在滘西洲是最有利於自然生態環境。 自1994年以來種植於北場及南場的百慕達草, 因使用極小的化學除害劑和適合頻密踐踏, 從而能降低保養成本並提供良好草坪。 並在2007年新的東場種植了海濱雀稗草。 這種草只需配合小量的營養及任何的水源, 便能適合各種生長環境。

要全年維護好球場的草坪， 滘西洲約每4至6星期, 便會進行日常保養和各種的透氣保養工程，使草根改進濾滲並且提高空氣流動。 球場每年在春天和夏天期間, 便會進行3次果嶺打孔透氣保養工程及每2週披沙1次, 以提高草坪平整度及光滑面。

The Jockey Club Kau Sai Chau Public Golf Course maintains the following turfgrass species:

Greens

• Bermudagrass (Cynodon transvaalensis)
• Seashore paspalum (Paspalum vaginatum)

Surrounds & Approaches

• Bermudagrass (Cynodon transvaalensis)
• Seashore paspalum (Paspalum vaginatum)

Tees

• Bermudagrass (Cynodon transvaalensis)
• Seashore paspalum (Paspalum vaginatum)

Fairways

• Bermudagrass (Cynodon transvaalensis)
• Seashore paspalum (Paspalum vaginatum)

Semi-rough

• Bermudagrass (Cynodon transvaalensis)
• Seashore paspalum (Paspalum vaginatum)

The Jockey Club Kau Sai Chau Public Golf Course regularly undertakes the following practices to improve turf health:

• Hollow Coring - 3 times per year
• Top Dressing - 20 times per year
• Micro Tining - 6 times per year
• Scarification - 1 times per year
• Verticutting - 20 times per year
• Deep Anti Compaction - 2 times per year
• Rolling - 10 times per year

Nutrition

The turfgrass nutrition program follows the Turfgrass Management Plan that was set during construction of the golf courses as part of the Environmental Monitoring and Audit for the projects. We have a planned soil testing program to determine the nurtient status and overall health of the soil in different growing seasons. Every 6 months (March and November) we carry out soil and tissue test at designated greens, tees, and fairways. Every 3 months, we are monitioring designated greens. This helps to determine the optimum nutrient provisions for the turfgrass and not affecting the environmental conditions, slow release fertilizers will be used together with spoon feeding through foliar applications.

興建球場是根據環境監測和審計的要求已設定的草坪管理計劃(TMP)。 我們已有一個測試土壤的計劃, 以確定在不同的生長季節, 土壤的營養狀態和整體健康。 每6個月 (3月和11月) 我們在選定的果嶺、發球台和球道上, 提取土壤和組織樣本。 每3個月，我們會監察選定果嶺的情況。有助草坪提供最適宜的營養，配合使用緩釋肥料及小量葉面施肥。

The greenkeeping staff feed the following areas of the golf course:

• Greens
• Tees
• Fairways
• Rough

The nutrition programme at The Jockey Club Kau Sai Chau Public Golf Course is informed by:

• Leaf Tissue Analysis
• Soil Analysis
• Visual Appearance
• Sward Density
• Rooting Depth

Fertiliser use in 2009

	Nitrogen (kg/year)	Phosphate (kg/year)	Potassium (kg/year)
Greens & surround	1761	393	2291
Tees	1415	526	2117
Fairways	6729	2932	7581
Semi Rough	0	0	0
Rough	9214	3700	10353

Fertiliser use in 2008

	Nitrogen (kg/year)	Phosphate (kg/year)	Potassium (kg/year)
Greens & surround	2124	896	2542
Tees	1620	1653	2292
Fairways	2783	2278	3132
Semi Rough	0	0	0
Rough	3940	3232	4568

Fertiliser use in 2007

	Nitrogen (kg/year)	Phosphate (kg/year)	Potassium (kg/year)
Greens & surround	2530	747	2837
Tees	1960	893	2292
Fairways	4219	2493	5568
Semi Rough	0	0	0
Rough	6265	3129	8038

Pest & Disease Control

We are using an 'Integrated Pest Mangement Program' at the golf courses for pest and disease control. We use both chemical control and physical methods to remove and control pests. Beetle traps are set up at high infested areas, soil temperatures are monitored, mapping of the golf courses for pests and scouting with soapy flush to identy pest life cycles.

The timing of irrigation is also managed and scheduled to suppress diseases in Seashore paspalum. For disease control, greens are the only areas receiving fungicides on a preventative basis.

Biological agents are also used for pest control and the golf course has developed its own bacteria and fungi on armyworms control.

我們在高爾夫球場使用綜合病蟲害管理方法 (IMP)。 使用化學和物理方法控制害蟲。 甲蟲引誘器被設定在高頻活躍區域，定期監測土壤溫度，以標出球場上害蟲的活動區域, 及利用沾滿肥皂的流向以偵察辨認害蟲生命周期。

制定灌溉的時間表, 是防止及控制Seahore paspalum疾病擴散。 對於疾病控制，果嶺是唯一的區域可接受化學藥劑治療。

也會採用生物劑 (Biological agents) 以控制害蟲，高爾夫球場已制定適合的細菌和真菌, 可自然控制蟲害。

Pesticide use:

• Fungicides - If Necessary
• Herbicides - If Necessary
• Insecticides - If Necessary
• Lumbricides - Never
• Growth Regulator - If Necessary

The Jockey Club Kau Sai Chau Public Golf Course keeps detailed records of pesticide application.

Pesticide use in 2009

	Fungicide		Herbicide		Insecticide
	Active ingredient	kg	Active ingredient	kg	Active ingredient	kg
Greens & Surrounds	Chlorothalonil	313	nil		Imidacloprid 20%	9
	Mancozeb	328	nil		Fipronil 0.1%	90
	Thiophanate-mthyl	312	nil		Chlorpyrifos 20%	28
Tees	nil		nil		Imidacloprid 20%	30
	nil		nil		Fipronil 0.1%
	nil		nil		nil
Fairways	nil		oxadizon 2%	553	Chlorpyrifos 20%	279
	nil		Trifloxysulfuron-sodium	1	Fipronil 0.1%
	nil		Bentazon	21	Imidacloprid 20%	3.75
Rough	nil		oxadizon 2%	922	Chlorpyrifos 20%	392
	nil		Trifloxysulfuron-sodium	2	Fipronil 0.1%
	nil		Bentazon	33	Imidacloprid 20%	6

Pesticide use in 2008

	Fungicide		Herbicide		Insecticide
	Active ingredient	kg	Active ingredient	kg	Active ingredient	kg
Greens & Surrounds	Chlorothalonil	274	nil		Imidacloprid 20%	16
	mancozeb	280	nil		Fipronil 0.1%	195
	Thiophanate-mthyl	36	nil		Chlorpyrifos 20%	22
Tees			nil		Imidacloprid 20%
			nil		Fipronil 0.1%	30
			nil		nil
Fairways			oxadizon 2%	287	Chlorpyrifos 20%	208
			Trifloxysulfuron-sodium	1	Fipronil 0.1%	113
			Bentazon		Imidacloprid 20%	11
Rough			oxadizon 2%	271	Chlorpyrifos 20%	209
			Trifloxysulfuron-sodium	3	Fipronil 0.1%	112
			Bentazon		Imidacloprid 20%	12

The Jockey Club Kau Sai Chau Public Golf Course has no further pesticide data.

Thresholds for using pesticides at The Jockey Club Kau Sai Chau Public Golf Course:

To pre-determined thresholds / degrees of damage

The Jockey Club Kau Sai Chau Public Golf Course selects pesticides with the following attributes:

• Toxicity - Low
• Persistence - Medium
• Solubility - Medium
• Specificty - High

Scouting at The Jockey Club Kau Sai Chau Public Golf Course:

	Frequency / month	Scout
Greens	30	Deputy Superintendent
Tees	30	Deputy Superintendent
Fairways	20	Deputy Superintendent
Semi Rough	20	Deputy Superintendent

Activites

The Jockey Club Kau Sai Chau Public Golf Course undertakes the following activities to minimise / reduce pesticide use:

Activity	Description
Biological controls	Under our IPM program, we use B.t to control armyworms, sesame oil to control/relief nematodes, bio-stimulants and humic substances to increase root mass and reduce disease. Organic fertilizers are used to stimulate micro-organism activities.
Integrated Pest Management program complimented with biological controls	Integrated pest management is used in the golf courses to minimise or reduce pests. We determined different threshold levels for different pests on the course for chemical applications. Scouting is conducted by Golf Course Superintendent and AGCS.
Cultural practices	In high utilization golf (180,000 rounds for 3 golf courses) we use various cultural practices such as spiking, coring and venting to relieve compaction, stimulate growth and reduce chemical application needs.

Aims & Objectives

The Jockey Club Kau Sai Chau Public Golf Course has the following key objectives for achieving high quality playing surfaces in an environmentally responsible manner:

• The objective of the Golf Course is to constantly monitor turf conditions for indicators which are relied on to enable the Golf Course Maintence team to be proactive in the management of the turf when it nears the thresholds which may require treatment. The priority for treatmetnn is twofold. being quality conditions in an environmentally sensative manner.

Waste

As Kau Sai Chau is an island minimizing our waste production is a priority and recycling of waste materials is the preferred disposal practice. When recyling is not possible removal of waste from the island via licensed waste management providers is the only other option available.

由於滘西洲坐落於島上, 減小生產廢物是首要的工作, 在可行的情況下實施廢物循環。當廢物不可能被核准的廢物處置管理商從島上撤走時, 循環處置是唯一可利用的選擇。

Management

Waste streams for The Jockey Club Kau Sai Chau Public Golf Course

	Avoid	Re-use	Recycle	Landfill	Incineration	Registered Uplift	2009 Totals (kg)
Glass	No	No	No	No	No	Yes	0
Plastic	No	No	No	No	No	Yes	0
Aluminium	No	No	No	No	No	Yes	0
Metal	No	No	No	No	No	Yes	0
Paper	No	No	No	No	No	Yes	0
Cardboard	No	No	No	No	No	Yes	0
Electrical	No	No	No	No	No	Yes	0
Grass Clippings	No	No	Yes	No	No	No	0
Cores	No	No	Yes	No	No	No	0
Turf	No	No	Yes	No	No	No	0
Sand	No	No	Yes	No	No	No	0
Wood / Timber	No	No	Yes	No	No	No	0
Leaves	No	No	Yes	No	No	No	0
Detergents	No	No	Yes	No	No	No	0
Cooking Oils	No	No	No	No	No	Yes	0
Lubricants	No	No	No	No	No	Yes	0
Pesticide Containers	No	No	No	No	No	Yes	0
Fertiliser Bags	No	No	No	No	No	Yes	0
Oil Filters	No	No	No	No	No	Yes	0
Batteries	No	No	No	No	No	Yes	0

The Jockey Club Kau Sai Chau Public Golf Course has secure storage for hazardous material.

Pesticides are stored in Pesticide room and to comply with Hong Kong Agricultural and Fisheries Department license standard.
Chemical Waste store are used to store waste engine oil and to be collected by licensed chemcial waste collector from Environmental Protection Department.

Surveys

The Jockey Club Kau Sai Chau Public Golf Course has not undertaken a waste audit.

Waste Water

The Jockey Club Kau Sai Chau Public Golf Course manages its water as follows:

	Discharges to:	Legally Compliant?	Formal Discharge Agreement
Clubhouse	On-Site Treatment Plant	Yes	N/A
Accommodation	N/A	No	N/A
Maintenance Facility	On-Site Treatment Plant	Yes	N/A
Wash Pad	Closed Loop Recycling	Yes	N/A

Activities

The Jockey Club Kau Sai Chau Public Golf Course undertakes the following activities to reduce resource consumption or minimise waste:

Solar Power assisted ferry service - reduction in diesal fuels - commissioning end 2009

Solar panels on golf carts- reduction of battery usage

• The Golf Cart battery life is virtually doubled with the use of this technology, thus saving in waste disposal of the batteries and further reducing carbon emmissions by 30 tonnes per year as a result of the reduced reliance on grid electricity.

Aims & Objectives

The Jockey Club Kau Sai Chau Public Golf Course has the following key objectives for reducing, re-using and recycling waste, and minimizing resource consumption at source:

• The Key objectives with regard to waste management at the Golf Course is to maximize usage of recylable product, handle what waste generated in a responsible manner and to maximise efficiency for each usage.

Energy

The Jockey Club Kau Sai Chau Public Golf Course, over the past few years, has vigorously persued new and innovative ways in which it can better manage and reduce energy consumption at the Golf Course.

It is anticipated that current practices will be further improved and that a clearly defined path of continuous improvement and awareness will be realised by means of a full energy audit of the facilities which is to be undertaken in the second half of 2010 .

Regarding the electrical consumption, the Golf Course initiated in 2009 the introduction of Solar panels on golf carts, as world first fleet wide program, to supplement grid sourced electrical charging of the batteries. The Golf Course anticipates that a 30 tonne reduction in carbon output will result annually as against past perfomances. Other electrical practices include practicle endeavors such as the use energy efficient light bulbs through out the facility and an improved awareness on the usage of electrical equipment.

The Golf Course annual diesel consumption is in the process of significant reduction through the introduction of Hybrid Ferries which will replace the traditional powered service which has been in place since opening the facilities for transportation of customers to the Golf Course. As a result a reduction of 40 - 50% in diesel consumption is anticipated each year which is supported by commissioning tests over the second quarter of 2010. The Hybrid Ferry service will replace the current service during the second half of 2010.

The Jockey Club Kau Sai Chau Public Golf Course has chosen not to publish data on energy consumption.

The Jockey Club Kau Sai Chau Public Golf Course has taken the following measures to diversify energy and fuel supply:

• Installation of photovoltaic and / or solar panels
• Use of Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG)
• Use of electric hybrid vehicles

Surveys

The Jockey Club Kau Sai Chau Public Golf Course has not undertaken an Energy Audit.

Carbon

The Jockey Club Kau Sai Chau Public Golf Course has begun to footprint its operations:

The Golf Course anticipates a reduction of 30 tonnes per annum in it's carbon footprinting as a result of the use of solar panels in supplementing grid power for the recharging of golf cart batteries.

Purchasing Policy and Sustainable Supply Chains

The Jockey Club Kau Sai Chau Public Golf Course informs suppliers of its environmental preferences:

With regard to purchases suppliers are informed of preferences which relate our environmental focus. This is common practice when the Golf Course Superintendent is looking at chemical and equipment purchases as biological control is preferred chemical use where practical and, for equipment hybrid or electric is also preferred as against diesel and gasoline, where practical.

Purchasing policy for The Jockey Club Kau Sai Chau Public Golf Course

(1 = not important; 5 = very important)

• Performance Quality - 5
• Price - 5
• Supplier Service - 5
• Durability - 5
• Energy Efficiency - 5
• Recycleability - 4
• Pollution Risk - 5
• Packaging - 4
• Disposability - 4
• Local Produce - 2

Activities

Activities undertaken to record energy consumption:

• Recording of all fuels in and out
• Monitoring and recording of electrical usage according to different points of consumption

Activities undertaken to reduce energy consumption:

• Solar charge for golf carts
• Solar power assisted ferry transport
• Solar powered perimeter fencing
• Energy Recovery System(ERS) in the desalination plant
• Reduced irrigation for Roughs on the Golf Course

Green purchasing activities undertaken:

• Biological control agents for pest managment

Departments involved in energy saving activities:

• Golf Maintenance
• Golf Services
• Ferry services
• Property Services

Aims & Objectives

The Jockey Club Kau Sai Chau Public Golf Course has the following key objectives for reducing energy use and moving towards cleaner and renewable energy supplies:

• The objective of the Golf Course with regard to energy consumption is to keep abreast with trends and to incorporate improved technology into the operations as it evolves in our best efforts to continuously reduce energy consumption levels. This coupled with an aim to increase reliance the use of use of renewable energy, such as our solar initiatives already in practice, will further reduce the need for the use of traditional non-renewable energy sources.

Education & Awareness

Knowledge

Employees of The Jockey Club Kau Sai Chau Public Golf Course receive the following formal and informal environmental education:

• Pesticide storage, application and disposal
• Efficient water management
• Emergencies / accident management
• Habitat and vegetation management
• Waste minimisation, separation and recycling
• Health and safety
• Energy
• Environmental management planning

The Jockey Club Kau Sai Chau Public Golf Course keeps formal staff training records for these departments:

• Greenkeeping
• Administrative
• Catering

The Jockey Club Kau Sai Chau Public Golf Course keeps the following record of accidents in the workplace:

• Number
• Type
• Severity

Response plans for accidents and emergency situations at The Jockey Club Kau Sai Chau Public Golf Course

The Golf course has identified response plans for the varying emergency situations which may arise on the property. For example there is a fire evacuation plan, a hill fire emergency plan, inclement weather course closure plan and accident emergency plans in place for evacuation buy air or water to the nearest hospital or ambulance service. All of these emergency plans have been well documented and are standard operational practices.

In the case of accident emergency the golf course has 45 St John's Ambulance trained first aiders on standby, twenty eight of those are qualified in the use of Automated External Defibrillators (AED). As part of the accident emergency plan there is a dedicated central communications point which coordinates with staff at the scene, the Government Flying Services and the Emergency Hotline.

Communications

The Jockey Club Kau Sai Chau Public Golf Course undertakes the following internal environmental communications:

• Newsletters
• Displaying awards
• Notice boards
• Poster displays
• Course guides / brochures
• Course signage
• Nature trail

The most successful internal communications project at The Jockey Club Kau Sai Chau Public Golf Course has been:

The Golf course has a dedicated Nature Gallery display at a visible location in the administration building. This display is refreshed periodically and informs the public about some of the fauna and flora which can be found on the property.
For special projects a separate display area is set aside to keep the public better informed. This display is replicated on the Golf course website.

The Jockey Club Kau Sai Chau Public Golf Course undertakes the following external environmental communications:

• Website
• Press releases
• Attending community meetings
• Joint practical projects with community

The most successful external communications project at The Jockey Club Kau Sai Chau Public Golf Course has been:

The Jockey Club Kau Sai Chau Public Golf Course revealed its latest ground-breaking initiative in environmental management through the unveiling of an entire fleet of solar-cell powered golf carts. This world first initiative was announced through local and international electronic and print media in cooperation with SolarDrive, a Denmark-based firm specialising in off-grid, solar technology for mobile use, and the local distributer in Hong Kong, Vedbaek Concepts Ltd.

Partnerships

The Jockey Club Kau Sai Chau Public Golf Course works with the following external groups:

• Neighbours
• Media
• Local government
• Local community groups
• Schools
• Local businesses
• Authorities
• Colleges

The most successful partnership project at The Jockey Club Kau Sai Chau Public Golf Course has been:

The current leading partnership project is with the Hong Kong Jockey Club in the introduction of Hybrid Ferries which will be a first for the region in the use of the new ground breaking marine technology which is anticipated to reduce diesel consumption of our ferry survice by forty percent or better.

Aims & Objectives

The Jockey Club Kau Sai Chau Public Golf Course has the following key objectives for educating and raising environmental awareness amongst staff and golfers:

• The objective regarding educating and raising environmental awareness amongst staff, golfers and the general public is for them to have an understanding that the Golf Course is moving beyond awareness and purposely taking steps in persuing it's intiatives towards environmental improvements

Management Planning

Environmental Policy (PDF)

KSC Environmental Policy (SD).doc.pdf

Environmental Management Plan

The Jockey Club Kau Sai Chau Public Golf Course has an Environmental Management Plan covering:

• Nature
• Landscape & Culture
• Water
• Turf
• Waste
• Energy
• Education & Awareness

The Management plan was first introduced: 2010-05-13

The Jockey Club Kau Sai Chau Public Golf Course review the management plan every:

• 1 Years

The Jockey Club Kau Sai Chau Public Golf Course monitor the progress of the scheme as follows:

Continuous review of intiatives and results by the individuals Working Group.

Working Group

The Jockey Club Kau Sai Chau Public Golf Course has an environmental working group, comprising the following individuals/organisations:

• General Manager
• Course Manager
• Technical Specialist
• Local Community

Accreditation

The Jockey Club Kau Sai Chau Public Golf Course belongs to the following accreditation or award schemes:

• Audubon Co-operative Sanctuary Programme

Key national environmental legislation with which The Jockey Club Kau Sai Chau Public Golf Course complies:

• For East Course construction in 2006, the requirement has been to comply with Environmental Monitoring and Audit (EM & A) for trees compensation. As per as-built drawings, 980 trees have been replanting and are under monitoring at this stage. For all disturbed areas, we have hydroseeded with Lovegrass and interplant with shrub seeding for habitat re-habitation.

• For water quality, the Golf course to complies with Hong Kong Environmental Protection Department(EPD) - Water Pollution Control Ordinance. This includes desalination plant water quality testing on a monthly basis on parameters as stipulateded by the EPD. Also monitoring of all of the three golf courses water is on quaterly basis to test for the major N,P and Chlorophll and chemicals.

• For waste handling, old tyres and batteries have to collect by licensed waste collector as approved by EPD- Waste Disposal Ordinance.

• For wasted engine oil, it is also collected by licensed waste collector as approved by EPD - Waste Disposal Ordinance.

• Pollution control falls under the Envirnmental Protection Department.

Aims & Objectives

The Jockey Club Kau Sai Chau Public Golf Course has the following key objectives for effectively planning its proactive and long-term environmental management:

• The objective of the Golf Course long-term environmental planning is to through continuous review and with the guidance of Managements environmental auditing, to implement strategies for the near and long term improvements.

Verifier

• Ross Perrett