SATURDAY, AUGUST 10, 1974.
BETTER WATER SUPPLY SYSTEM PLANNED FOR LICENSED AREAS
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WORK IS EXPECTED TO START WITHIN TWO OR THREE WEEKS ON A NEW FRESH WATER SUPPLY SYSTEM FOR LICENSED AREAS WHICH WILL ENABLE OCCUPANTS TO DRAW TAP WATER RIGHT AT THEIR DOORSTEP.
THE FINAL DETAILS ARE NOW BEING WORKED OUT AND THE HOUSING DEPARTMENT IS GOING AHEAD WITH PREPARATION AND DESIGN WORK IN CONSULTATION WITH THE WATERWORKS OFFICE.
+A START ON THE PROJECT WILL BE MADE AS SOON AS POSSIBLE AT THE KOWLOON BAY WEST, CHEUNG SHA WAN AND SHEK YAM LICENSED AREAS,+ A HOUSING DEPARTMENT SPOKESMAN SAID TODAY.
REFERRING TO COMPLAINTS FROM KOWLOON BAY LICENSEES ABOUT INADEQUATE WATER SUPPLY, THE SPOKESMAN POINTED OUT THAT THE DEPARTMENT HAD RECENTLY ADDED TWO MORE STANDPIPES IN THE AREA, BRINGING THE TOTAL TO FOUR.
+AS THE AREA IS CONSIDERED TO BE ADEQUATELY SERVED BY THE EXISTING STANDPIPES AND AS IT WILL BE AMONG THE FIRST TO HAVE THE NEW PIPED WATER SUPPLY SYSTEM, THE DEPARTMENT DOES NOT THINK THAT IT IS JUSTIFIED TO HAVE MORE STANDPIPES INSTALLED IN THE AREA AT PRESENT,+ HE SAID.
THE SPOKESMAN EMPHASISED THAT THE DEPARTMENT HAD NOT OVERLOOKED THE IR NEEDS, NOR THAT OF OTHER LICENSEES.
DRAINAGE WORKS FOR NEW SHA TIN ESTATES
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ENGINEERING WORK WILL SOON BE CARRIED OUT IN SHA TIN NEW TOWN IN CONNECTION WITH A TEMPORARY SEWAGE TREATMENT WORKS WHICH IS DESIGNED TO SERVE HOUSING ESTATES IN THE VICINITY.
THE TREATMENT WORKS IS NOW UNDER CONSTRUCTION TO THE NORTH OF LEK YUEN ESTATE. IT WILL SERVE THE ESTATE AND OTHER PROJECTS TO BE BUILT ON THE RECLAMATION UNTIL A PERMANENT SEWAGE TREATMENT PLANT, LOCATED FURTHER TO THE NORTH, COMES INTO OPERATION.
THE ENGINEERING WORKS INVOLVE THE LAYING OF ABOUT 700 METRES OF REINFORCED CONCRETE PIPELINE AND 140 METRES OF MILD STEEL PIPELINE, TOGETHER WITH THE ASSOCIATED MANHOLES AND ANCILLARY WORKS. CONSTRUCTION WILL TAKE PLACE BETWEEN THE LEK YUEN ESTATE AND THE SITE OF TEMPORARY TREATMENT WORKS. THE ENGINEERING WORKS IS EXPECTED TO START NEXT MONTH AND SHOULD BE COMPLETED IN FEBRUARY NEXT YEAR.
WHEN COMPLETED, THE LEK YUEN ESTATE WILL COMPRISE SEVEN BLOCKS AND HOUSE 23,000 PEOPLE. ANOTHER HOUSING ESTATE TO BE BUILT IN THE AREA -- THE WO CHE ESTATE - WILL ACCOMMODATE 34,000 PEOPLE, CONSTRUCTION OF THIS ESTATE IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN IN LATE 1975 OR EARLY 1976.
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