PAH 7 4000091
香港政府
GIS 新聞處
DAILY INFORMATION BULLETIN
Friday, October 13, 1972
ADMINISTRATION BUILDING FOR DESALINATION PLANT
Work will begin towards the end of this year on the construction of
the administration building for the sea-water desalting plant at Castle Peak.
The plant, situated at Lok On Pai near the 17 milestone Castle
Peak Road, will have a daily output of 40 million gallons of fresh water.
The administration building will contain the main control room
for the desalting plant as well as the offices, laboratory, storage of
records and canteen. In addition, the building will house the main
workshops and workshop stores for maintenance of the plant.
A start is expected to be made on the building in December and
it should be completed towards the end of 1973.
The sea-water desalting plant, when completed, will be the largest
of its kind in the world. It consists of six units each complete with its
steam boiler, evaporator and associated ancillaries.
The first of these units is expected to be operational by mid-1974
with each of the remaining units coming into operation thereafter at three-
monthly intervals.
The Government has been recruiting a number of engineers for the
supervision of the construction work and the operation and maintenance of the
plant when it is completed.
When the desalting plant becomes fully operational, it will require
about 200 engineers and technicians to carry out processing and maintenance work.
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Issued by Government Information Services, Beaconsfield House, Hong Kong. Tel: 5-233191