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FRIDAY, AUGUST 16, 1974
TREATMENT CAPACITY OF SHATIN TREATMENT WORKS
TO BE INCREASED
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TWO ADDITIONAL CLARIFIERS AND A WASH WATER RECOVERY TANK WILL SOON BE BUILT AT THE SHATIN TREATMENT WORKS TO HELP TREAT THE FUTURE ADDITIONAL SUPPLY OF WATER FROM THE HIGH ISLAND WATER SCHEME.
WORK ON THE TWO CLARIFIER TANKS, EACH MEASURING 172 FEET IN DIAMETER AND 24 FEET IN DEPTH, AND THE WASH WATER RECOVERY TANK, 62 FEET IN DIAMETER AND 26 FEET IN DEPTH, IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN IN OCTOBER-AND WHL TAKE ABOUT 18 MONTHS TO COMPLETE.
ON COMPLETION, THE TREATMENT CAPACITY OF THE TREATMENT WORKS WILL BE INCREASED FROM 175 TO 240 MILLION GALLONS OF VATER A DAY.
A SPOKESMAN FOR THE WATER WORKS OFFICE SAID THAT TWO · MECHANICAL EQUIPMENT CONTRACTS, ONE FOR THE TWO CLARIFIERS AND THE OTHER FOR UPRATING 20 OF THE EXISTING FILTERS FROM THEIR PRESENT FILTERING CAPACITY OF FIVE MILLION GALLONS A DAY EACH TO EIGHT MILLION GALLONS A DAY, WERE AWARDED TO TWO COMPANIES
IN APRIL.
HE SAID: +WORK ON THE INSTALLATION OF THE MECHANICAL EQUIPMENT FOR THE CLARIFIERS AND FILTERS WILL BE CARRIED OUT AT THE SAME TIME AS THE CIVIL ENGINEERING CONSTRUCTION SO THAT BY APRIL 1976 THE SHATIN TREATMENT WORKS WILL BE READY TO TREAT THE FIRST OF THE WATER BEING MADE AVAILABLE FROM THE HIGH ISLAND WATER SCHEME.+
STUDY ON SOCIAL AND RECREATIONAL NEEDS
OF YOUNG FACTORY WORKERS IN TAI KOK TSUI
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A COMMUNITY SELF-STUDY PROJECT IS NOW GOING ON TO FIND OUT THE SOCIAL AND RECREATIONAL NEEDS OF YOUNG FACTORY WORKERS LIVING IN TAI KOK TSUI AREA IN KOWLOON.
A WORKING COMMITTEE, CHAIRED BY THE SOCIAL WELFARE DEPARTMENT'S COMMUNITY AND YOUTH OFFICER FOR MONGKOK, MR. LAM PING-KUEN, AND MADE UP OF REPRESENTATIVES FROM THE C.D.0. (MONGKOK) AND VOLUNTARY AGENCIES IN THE DISTRICT HAS BEEN SET UP TO OVERSEE THE PROJECT,
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AS PART OF THE STUDY, QUESTIONAIRES WERE SENT OUT TO 200 YOUNG FACTORY WORKERS LAST WEEKEND TO FIND OUT WHAT TYPES OF RECREATIONAL ACTIVITIES THEY WERE PARTICIPATING IN, WHAT THEY FELT ABOUT THEM AND WHAT THEY WANTED TO IMPROVE.
NEXT MONTH, A COMPREHENSIVE SURVEY WILL BE CONDUCTED AMONG THE FACTORY WORKERS. ANALYSIS OF THE FINDINGS AND RESULTS WILL BE MADE AVAILABLE TO PEOPLE CONCERNED INCLUDING VOLUNTARY AGENCIES AND GOVERNMENT DEPARTMENTS FOR FOLLOW-UP ACTION.
THIS COMMUNITY SELF-STUDY PROJECT IS ONE OF SEVERAL WHICH THE SOCIAL WELFARE DEPARTMENT'S STAFF CONNECTED WITH YOUTH WORK ARE CONDUCTING.