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WEDNESDAY, JUNE 11, 1975
WORK STARTS ON FOUR HIGH ISLAND PUMPING STATIONS
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THE HIGH ISLAND WATER SCHEME MOVED ANOTHER STEP FORWARD, EARLIER THIS MONTH WHEN CONSTRUCTION WORK BEGAN ON FOUR OF THE EIGHT PUMPING STATIONS TO BE BUILT.
THE STATIONS ARE BEING BUILT AT HOI HA, KEI LING HA, PAK TAM CHUNG AND TAI MONG TSAI ON THE SAI KUNG PENINSULA, AND ARE DESIGNED TO EXTEND THE CATCHMENT AREA OF THE MULTI-MILLION-DOLLAR SCHEME TO LOW-LYING AREAS BELOW THE MAIN INTAKE LYING 300-FT ABOVE SEA LEVEL.
WHEN COMPLETED, THE STATIONS WILL COLLECT WATER FROM STREAMS IN LOW-LYING AREAS AND PUMP IT TO THE MAIN RESERVOIR.
WITH CONSTRUCTION WORK NOW IN PROGRESS, A SPOKESMAN FOR THE WATERWORKS TODAY URGED THE PUBLIC, ESPECIALLY PICNICKERS, TO KEEP AWAY FROM THE CONSTRUCTION SITES WHERE HEAVY MACHINERY ARE USED.
NOTICES HAVE BEEN PUT UP AROUND THE SITES ADVISING THE PUBLIC NOT TO GET CLOSER SO AS TO AVOID ACCIDENTS.
WORK ON THE STATIONS BEGAN EARLY THIS MONTH AND IS EXPECTED TO BE COMPLETED IN ABOUT 18 MONTHS.
ANOTHER FOUR SIMILAR PUMPING STATIONS WILL BE BUILT IN OTHER LOW-LYING AREAS ON THE SAJ KUNG PENINSULA LATER THIS YEAR.
TRANSPORT COMMISSIONER TO MEET THE MEDIA
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NOTE TO EDITORS =
ANOTHER +MEET THE MEDIA+ SESSION WILL BE HELD ON THURSDAY (JUNE 12) AT 4 P.M. IN THE G.1.S. THEATRE, BEACONSFIELD HOUSE, 5TH FLOOR.
ATTENDING THE MEETING WILL BE THE COMMISSIONER FOR TRANSPORT, MR. JAN MACPHERSON.
YOU ARE INVITED TO HAVE THE MEETING COVERED, TELEVISION CREWS ARE ADVISED TO ARRIVE EARLY SO THAT THEY WILL HAVE AMPLE TIME TO SET UP THEIR EQUIPMENT.
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