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OPENING OF SHEK WU HUI PILOT SEWAGE TREATMENT PLANT
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HONG KONG'S RESOURCES IN THE FIGHT AGAINST ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION VILL CET À NOTABLE BOOST ON FRIDAY (JUNE 20). VITH THE OPENING OF THE PILOT SEWAGE TREATKENT PLANT AT SHEK JU HUI NEAR FAKLING.
THE PLANT, BUILT AT A COST OF ABOUT $13.5 MILLION AND THE FIRST OF ITS KIND TO BE COMMISSIONED BY THE GOVERNHENT, WILL BE FORMALLY OPENED BY MR. J.L. HARDEN, CHAIRUAN OF THE ADVISORY COMMITTEE ON ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION, AT 3.30 P.M.
A SPOKESMAN FOR THE PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT'S CIVIL ENGINEERING OFFICE, WHICH IS RESPONSIBLE FOR THE PROJECT, SAID TODAY THAT APART FROM PROVIDING COMPREHENSIVE SEVAGE TREATMENT FACILITIES FOR SHEK VU KUI, THE PLANT VILL ALSO SERVE AS AN EXPERIMENTAL AND TRAINING CENTRE FOR MODERN TECHNIQUES IN THE DIOLOGICAL TREATMENT OF SEVACE.
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FOUR HAIN TYPES OF DIOLOGICAL TREATMENT PROCESSES HAVE BEEN INCORPORATED IN THE PLANT AND THEY WILL BE EXTENSIVELY STUDIED TO ASSESS THEIR SUITABILITY UNDER CONDITIONS PREVAILING : IN HONG KONG.
+BY EACH OF THESE PROCESSES, REMOVAL OF ABOUT 90% OF THE POLLUTANTS CAN BE ACHIEVED. INFORMATION OBTAINED FROM EXPERIMENTS ON THE VARIOUS TREATMENT PROCESSES WILL BE USED IN THE DESIGN AND OPERATION OF FUTURE SELVAGE TREATMENT VONKS FOR ABATING POLLUTION AND THEREFORE RESULTING IN A BETTER ENVIRONMENT FOR HONG KONG.<
THE SHEK UU HUI PILOT SEVAGE TREATMENT PLANT VAS DESIGNED ; BY CONSULTING ENGINEERS, HESSRS. J.D. AND 0.H., VATSON, FOR THE PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT. THE CONTRACTORS VERE MESSRS, JOHN LOK AND PARTNERS LTD., KUNG YUE AND CO. AND JARDINE ENGINEERING CORPORATION LTD.
NOTE TO EDITORS :
YOU ARE CORDIALLY INVITED TO SEND A REPORTER AND/OR PHOTOGRAPHER TO COVER THIS OCCASION. PRESS BUSES VILL LEAVE FOR SHEK VU HUI FROM THE CAR PARK OUTSIDE THE CENTRAL GOVERNMENT OFFICES (MAIN WING) AT 2.00 P.H. SHARP.
A PHOTOGRAPH OF THE PLANT IS BOXED SEPARATELY TODAY.
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