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Tuesday, May 15, 1973
In Siu Lek Yuen, for example, 36 diversion dams, 18,000 feet of
irrigation channels and 10,000 feet of irrigation pipeline will be built
at a cost of about $760,000,
Diversion dams, built across rivers, will raise the water level
enabling the water to flow into the fields along channels or through pipelines.
The dams are equipped with check gates and floodways to regulate
the flow of water to meet the varying irrigation neods throughout the year.
Each irrigation system consists of a diversion dam, a channel
and a pipeline or simply a pipeline on its own. The dams and the channels
are built in concrete and the pipelines consist of galvanized iron piping.
Surveys are continuing for further irrigation improvements for other
areas in the two districts.
WATER INTERRUPTION IN CAUSEWAY BAY
A number of premises in the Causeway Bay area will be without a
water supply for five hours from 1 a.m. to 6 a.m. on Thursday (May 17).
The temporary stoppage is to allow staff of the Waterworks Office
to carry out a leakage test in the area.
The area affected will be bounded by Link Road, Hoi Ping Road, Hysan
Avenue, Yun Ping Road, Pennington Street, Irving Street, Keswick Street,
Leighton Road from Yee Wo Street to Caroline Hill Road, Haven Street, Caroline
Hill Road and part of Eastern Hospital Road including Tung Wah Eastern Hospital
and the Hong Kong Stadium.
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