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The completion of the Tai Lam Valley reservoir, with a storage capacity of over 4,500 million gallons, has greatly eased Hong Kong's perpetual water supply problem. In March water from the new reservoir was set flowing in the Colony's mains at an opening ceremony performed by Lady Patricia Lennox-Boyd, wife of the Secretary of State for the Colonies, seen (above) inspecting the water filtration plant at Tsuen Wan. An engineering survey is now in progress to assess the feasibility of building yet another great reservoir at Shek Pik on Lantao Island.
Meanwhile, there is a regular programme for the construction of irrigation dams and reservoirs to aid the New Territories farmers. Typical is the 25 million gallon reservoir (shown below) at Hung Shui Hang. completed in the spring of 1957 largely through Colonial Development and Welfare grants.
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