TUESDAY, MAY 14, 1974.
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GOOD PROGRESS ON LOK ON PAI DESALTER
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CONSTRUCTION OF THE DESALTER AT LOK ON PAI HAS JUST MOVED ANOTHER STAGE FORWARD WITH THE COMPLETION OF THE FIRST OF THE TWO 400-FOOT CHIMNEYS WHICH WILL SERVE THE PLANT.
A SPOKESMAN FOR P.W.D.'S WATERWORKS OFFICE SAID TODAY THAT THE CHIMNEY WAS NOW STRUCTURALLY COMPLETE, THOUGH WORK ON ITS INTERIOR FITTINGS WAS STILL CONTINUING.
HE EXPLAINED THAT THE CHIMNEY WOULD COME INTO USE ALONG WITH THE FIRST OF THE SIX EVAPORATOR UNITS, WHICH WILL UNDERGO COMMISSIONING TESTS BEFORE THE END OF THE YEAR.
ON PROGRESS OF THE WORK IN GENERAL, THE SPOKESMAN ADDED: +WE ARE MOVING AHEAD STEADILY, AND WE HAVE RECOVERED NEARLY ALL THE TIME LOST THROUGH LAST SUMMER'S EXCEPTIONALLY HEAVY RAINFALL. GIVEN A NOT TOO RAINY SUMMER THIS YEAR, WE SHOULD HAVE THE FIRST UNIT COMING INTO PRODUCTION, AS PLANNED, DURING THE WINTER. +
WORK ON THE $460 MILLION SINGLE-PURPOSE DESALTER, WHICH WILL BE THE LARGEST OF ITS KIND IN THE WORLD, BEGAN EARLY LAST YEAR. THE SIX UNITS ARE PLANNED TO COME INTO OPERATION AT ROUGHLY THREE-MONTHLY INTERVALS, WITH THE WHOLE PLANT COMPLETED IN EARLY 1976.
NOTE TO EDITORS:
A PRESS VISIT TO THE SITE HAS BEEN ARRANGED FOR THURSDAY MORNING CMAY 16). BUSES WILL LEAVE MURRAY BUILDING IN GARDEN ROAD (FROM THE CAR PARK OUTSIDE THE GROUND FLOOR RECEPTION AREAD AT 9.30 A.M. SHARP. FOR THE BENEFIT OF RADIO AND TELEVISION REPORTERS AND CAMERAMEN, ONE 9-SEATER BUS WILL MAKE A STOP AT THE RAD10 HONG KONG BUILDING, BROADCASTING HOUSE IN BROADCAST DRIVE, AT 9.45 A.M. P.W.D.'S INFORMATION OFFICER, DAVID LEWIS, WISHES TO THANK THE PRESS FOR THEIR PATIENCE IN WAITING FOR THIS FACILITY VISIT, WHICH HAS BEEN REQUESTED BY VARIOUS NEWSPAPERS AT INTERVALS OVER SEVERAL MONTHS.
APLICHAU BUILDING CONDEMNED ******
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THE BUILDING AUTHORITY TODAY DECLARED NOS. 147-149 MAIN STREET, APLICHAJ, TO BE IN A DANGEROUS CONDITION.
IN A STATEMENT ISSUED THIS MORNING, THE PRINCIPAL GOVERNMENT BUILDING SURVEYOR SAID THAT THESE TWO-STOREY PRE-WAR BUILDINGS WERE INSPECTED FOLLOWING A PARTIAL COLLAPSE OF THE ROOF OF NO.147.
IT WAS FOUND THAT IN ADDITION TO DECAYED ROOF AND FLOOR TIMBERS, THE PARTY WALL-BETUEEN THE TWO BUILDINGS WAS FRACTURED AND SERIOUSLY BULGED, CONSTITUTING A RISK OF COLLAPSE, HE ADDED.
NOTICES OF INTENTION TO APPLY FOR CLOSURE ORDERS IN VICTORIA DISTRICT COURT AT 9.30 A.M. ON MAY 28 WERE POSTED TODAY.
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