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million cubic metres compared with 703 million cubic metres. In addition, 108 million cubic metres of salt water for flushing was supplied, compared with 107 million cubic metres.
Planning studies completed in 1987 included the increase in water treatment capacity of the territory by providing a new treatment works at Au Tau and extending the ones at Yau Kom Tau and Pak Kong, the provision of water supply system to developments at the high level areas of Shau Kei Wan and the extension of water supply to remote villages in the New Territories. Major studies in hand included the improvement of fresh water supplies to areas in southern Junk Bay hinterland, Sham Tseng and Tsing Lung Tau in New Territories, Repulse Bay and Stanley on Hong Kong Island.
During the year, construction of the reception and distribution systems for future increases in the supply from China continued. The second pumping station at Tai Mei Tuk was commissioned at the end of 1987. The Harbour Island pumping station and the Tolo Channel aqueduct supplying water from Plover Cove Reservoir to the future Pak Kong Treatment Works was near completion. Construction work continued at Pak Kong Treatment Works and for the transfer facilities for supplying water to the Junk Bay New Town development and for augmenting supplies to Kowloon East and Hong Kong Island East while design work continued on laying the associated eastern cross harbour main. Construction of a centralised workshop at Lung Cheung Road was in progress.
To improve the water supply systems on Hong Kong Island, design and construction of waterworks installations continued at Shau Kei Wan, Wan Chai and Pok Fu Lam and commenced at Chai Wan, Sai Wan Ho, Central and Western, Stanley, Chung Hom Kok and Shek O. Construction work for uprating the Red Hill Treatment Works also continued.
In-the New Territories, design of Au Tau Treatment Works was completed and construction work is due to start in early 1988. Tuen Mun Treatment Works Stage 5 was commissioned.
Submarine mains from the mainland to Tsing Yi and from Lantau Island to Cheung Chau were completed while construction work continued for the submarine main from the mainland to Ma Wan. Construction of a treatment works and the associated service reservoir at Cheung Sha on Lantau Island and a service reservoir and associated submarine pipeline supplying Peng Chau Island commenced in 1987.
Distribution systems in general were extended and enlarged to meet urban and rural demands in the territory. Some 550 villages in the New Territories have been provided with metered water supplies under the New Territories village water supply scheme. Salt water for flushing was supplied to most areas on Hong Kong Island and the Kowloon peninsula as well as to Tsuen Wan, Kwai Chung, Tsing Yi and Tuen Mun in the New Territories.
Several mechanical and electrical installations for pumping stations and service reser- voirs were commissioned during the year. These included additional pumpsets at Bowen Road, Shum Wan Shan, and Brick Hill as well as new pumping plant at Sheung Tsuen, Tai Mei Tuk, Ma Chai Hang, Ha Wong Yi Au and Pokfulam Road. The second stage of the work to provide water supplies to high level villages and squatter areas in the New Territories was in progress with 14 pumphouses commissioned.
Consumer enquiry centres were opened in Kwun Tong, Stanley, Causeway Bay, Mong Kok, Tsuen Wan, Sha Tin, Tai Po and Sai Kung. The network continued to prove successful and plans are in hand to extend it throughout the territory.
Regionalisation of the operational functions of the Water Supplies Department contin- ued to move ahead. Following the setting up of the first region on Hong Kong Island, four other regions were established on the mainland covering the activities of Kowloon, New