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LAND, PUBLIC WORKS AND UTILITIES
The Daya Bay Nuclear Power Station, when complete, will comprise two 900 MW pressurised water reactors.
Main electricity statistics and sales figures are at Appendix 30.
Gas
Gas for domestic, commercial and industrial use in Hong Kong is supplied either as manufactured Towngas and substitute natural gas (SNG) by the Hong Kong and China Gas Company Limited (HKCG) or in the form of liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) by most of the major oil companies in Hong Kong. Manufactured Towngas and SNG accounted for approximately 52 per cent of the total gas sold and LPG for 48 per cent in 1986.
About 70 per cent of the total LPG local sales is distributed through a dealer network in portable cylinders and about 30 per cent in the form of a piped gas supply from bulk LPG storage and vaporiser installations located on or adjacent to the developments being served. Towngas is produced in Ma Tau Kok, Kowloon and, recently, also in the Tai Po Industrial Estate. The two gas works have capacities of 3.68 and 1.42 million cubic metres per day respectively. With more gas plant due to be commissioned early in 1987, the manufacturing capacity of Towngas will be raised to 6.52 million cubic metres per day.
Towngas is currently supplied through high pressure transmission pipelines and inter- mediate, medium and low pressure distribution systems to the urban areas of Hong Kong Island, including Aberdeen, Repulse Bay, Stanley and Ap Lei Chau, as well as the urban areas of Kowloon and many towns in the New Territories including Sha Tin, Tai Po, Junk Bay and the industrial towns of Kwun Tong, Yau Tong, Tsuen Wan and neighbouring Tsing Yi Island.
SNG, on the other hand, is produced by HKCG at temporary gas works located in the new-towns of Yuen Long and Tuen Mun, and is supplied through separate distribution systems within each township. When natural gas becomes available, the temporary gas works will be decommissioned and the gas will be supplied to the new towns through a high pressure pipeline.
In 1986, sales of LPG increased by eight per cent over the previous year, while Towngas and SNG sales increased by 12 per cent, mainly as a result of increased sales to housing estates.