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TUESDAY, MARCH 25, 1975
PHONE COMMISSION RECEIVES MORE REPRESENTATIONS
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A TOTAL OF 59 WRITTEN REPRESENTATIONS HAS SO FAR BEEN RECEIVED BY THE COMMISSION OF INQUIRY INTO THE AFFAIRS OF THE TELEPHONE COMPANY AND MORE WRITTEN REPRESENTATIONS ARE EXPECTED.
THE COMMISSION IS NOW ENGAGED IN ANALYSING MATERIALS OBTAINED FROM THE TELEPHONE COMPANY AND THE GOVERNMENT, AS WELL AS THOSE
A DETAILED INVESTIGATION INTO THE CASH FURNISHED BY THE PUBLIC.
FLOW SITUATION OF THE COMPANY IS ALSO BEING CONDUCTED.
TO HELP ITS INVESTIGATION, THE COMMISSION WILL VISIT A TELEPHONE EXCHANGE IN QUEEN'S ROAD WEST AT 9 A.M. TOMORROW (WEDNESDAY).
THE COMMISSION HAS ON MARCH 21 CONCLUDED ITS FIRST SERIES OF OPEN HEARINGS WHICH FORMED PART OF THE PRELIMINARY STAGE OF THE INQUIRY TO OBTAIN PUBLIC VIEWS ON ALL MATTERS FALLING WITHIN ITS TERMS OF REFERENCE.
IN ADDITION TO THE FIVE PUBLIC HEARINGS DURING WHICH 18 WITNESSES HAD TESTIFIED, THE COMMISSION ALSO HELD A NUMBER OF MEETINGS IN PRIVATE DURING THE PAST TWO WEEKS TO HEAR OTHER WITNESSES WHO WISHED TO TESTIFY IN CAMERA.
BETTER SEWAGE DISPOSAL SYSTEM PLANNED
FOR TSUEN WAN AND KWAI CHUNG
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PLANS ARE IN HAND TO IMPROVE THE DISPOSAL OF SEWAGE FROM THE TSUEN WAN AND KWAI CHUNG AREAS.
AT PRESENT, SEWAGE FROM TSEUN WAN IS DISCHARGED INTO RAMBLER CHANNEL THROUGH AN OUTFALL IN THE SEAWALL ADJACENT TO TEXACO ROAD. WHILE SEWAGE FROM KWAI CHUNG FLOWS INTO THE CHANNEL FROM AN OPENING IN THE SEAWALL AT PILLAR ISLAND NEAR TSING YI BRIDGE.
IT IS INTENDED TO BUILD A TWIN SUBMARINE OUTFALL, EXTENDING ABOUT 1,060 METRES FROM THE SEAWALL AT PILLAR ISLAND INTO RAMBLER CHANNEL, TO SERVE THE TWO DISTRICTS.
THE NEW SUBMARINE OUTFALL, TOGETHER WITH A PROPOSED LINK SEWER CONNECTING THE SEWERAGE SYSTEMS OF BOTH TSUEN WAN AND KWAI CHUNG AND A SEWAGE TREATMENT PLANT, WILL SATISFACTORILY CARRY SEWAGE EFFLUENT AWAY FROM THE SEAWALLS FOR BETTER DILUTION AND DISPERSION IN DEEP WATER IN RAMBLER CHANNEL.
ANYONE WHO HAS OBJECTIONS TO THE PROPOSAL OR CLAIMS OF PRIVATE RIGHT SHOULD SUBMIT THEM IN WRITING TO THE DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC WORKS WITHIN TWO MONTHS.
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