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KONDAY, AUGUST 19, 1974
BLAST-THROUGH MARKS COMPLETION OF TUNNEL PROJECT
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THE TUNNEL SYSTEM OF THE HIGH ISLAND WATER SCHEME VILL- PUT TO GOOD USE 11,500 ACRES OF LAND FOR GATHERING ADDITIONAL WATER +WE SHALL SO URGENTLY NEED IN THE NOT TOO DISTANT FUTURE,+ THE DIRECTOR OF WATER SUPPLIES, MR. WILFRED KNIGHT, SAID TODAY.
HE WAS SPEAKING AT A CEREMONY AT A SHAFT SITE NEAR SHA TIN DURING WHICH A BREAKTHROUGH EXPLOSIVE CHARGE WAS DETONATED TO MARK THE COMPLETION OF THE 25-MILE TUNNEL SYSTEM.
HE SAID THAT THE MAIN TUNNEL COULD ALSO BE USED TO TRANSFER WATER FROM PLOVER COVE RESERVOIR TO HIGH ISLAND RESERVOIR.
HE DESCRIBED AS +A VERY REMARKABLE ACCOMPLISHMENT+ THE FACT THAT THE DRIVING OF THE TUNNELS WAS COMPLETED ON SCHEDULE DESPITE NUMEROUS DIFFICULTIES.
+WITH THE COMPLETION OF THE TUNNEL EXCAVATION, WORK FROM NOW ON SHOULD BE DOWN-HILL ALL THE WAY,+ HE ADDED.
MR. KNIGHT SAID THAT THE PLACING OF THE PERMANENT LINING, NECESSARY FOR STRUCTURAL REASONS AND ALSO TO IMPROVE THE FLOW OF WATER IN THE EXCAVATED TUNNEL, HAD ALREADY STARTED WHILE SURFACE WORKS WERE IN ADVANCED STAGES OF CONSTRUCTION.
WORK ON THE $300 MILLION TUNNEL SYSTEM BEGAN TWO AND HALF YEARS AGO AND IS SCHEDULED TO BE COMPLETED IN NOVEMBER NEXT YEAR.
THE WHOLE SYSTEM CONSISTS OF ONE MAIN TUNNEL LINKING LOWER SHING MUN RESERVOIR AND THE SHA TIN TREATMENT WORKS WITH THE HIGH ISLAND RESERVOIR.
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WATER INTERRUPTION
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RESIDENTS OF WAH FU ESTATE WILL BE WITHOUT WATER SUPPLY FOR EIGHT HOURS BEGINNING AT 10 P.M. TOMORROW (TUESDAY).
THE WATER SUPPLY WILL BE TURNED OFF TO ALLOW WORK TO BE CARRIED OUT TO CONNECT A FRESH WATER MAIN AT SHEK - PAI MAN ROAD NEAR WAH FU ESTATE.
THE ESTATE'S WAH SANG HOUSE, WAH TAI HOUSE, WAH HING HOUSE AND WAH CHEUNG HOUSE WILL NOT BE AFFECTED BY THE
INTERRUPTION.
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