SATURDAY, JULY 26, 1975
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WORK ABOUT TO START ON
MAJOR REFUSE DISPOSAL PLANT
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WORK ON THE KWAI CHUNG INCINERATOR THE LARGEST MODERN REFUSE DISPOSAL PLANT IN HONG KONG - WILL GET UNDERWAY SOON.
THE INCINERATOR HAS BEEN DESIGNED WITH PUBLIC HEALTH IN MIND. GAS PRODUCED WILL BE DISPERSED AT A HIGH LEVEL THROUGH A 150-METRE CHIMNEY AND DUST EMISSION WILL BE KEPT TO A MINIMUM BY EFFICIENT DUST EXTRACTION EQUIPMENT.
THE PLANT: WHICH IS EXPECTED TO BECOME OPERATIONAL BY LATE 1978, WILL HANDLE ABOUT 900 TONS OF REFUSE A DAY.
THE SUPERSTRUCTURE OF THE PLANT WILL BE BUILT ON A 1.4-HECTARE SITE ON THE KWAI CHUNG RECLAMATION.
THE WORK WILL INVOLVE THE CONSTRUCTION OF A MAIN BUILDING TO HOUSE THE HUGE INCINERATOR NOW BEING MANUFACTURED IN THE UNITED KINGDOM.
THE MAIN BUILDING -- A STEEL-FRAME STRUCTURE ESSENTIALLY MADE UP OF ABOUT 3,000 TONS OF STRUCTURAL STEELWORK WILL BE LINKED BY VEHICULAR RAMPS WITH AN ADJOINING REINFORCED CONCRETE BUILDING DESIGNED TO RECEIVE REFUSE TRUCKS.
ALSO INCLUDED IN THE PROJECT ARE SOME DRAINAGE WORKS AND THE CONSTRUCTION OF ANCILLARY ROADS.
337,000 LOTTERY TICKETS SOLD SO FAR
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UP TO: 12 NOON TODAY (SATURDAY), A TOTAL OF 337,000 TICKETS FOR THE FIFTH GOVERNMENT LOTTERY THIS YEAR WAS SOLD.
THE WINNING NUMBERS OF THE LOTTERY WILL BE DRAWN NEXT SATURDAY (AUGUST 2) IN THE CITY HALL THEATRE BY FOUR RADIO HONG KONG ARTISTES - MISS TERESA WONG SHIU-FUNG, MISS LOUISA CHAN YEE-NOR, ER, CHU PUT-HING AND MR. RAYMOND NG SHEK-FAI.
THE FOUR ARTISTES WILL ALSO HELP SELL TICKETS AT STATUE SQUARE BETWEEN 1 P.M. AND 2 P.M. ON MONDAY (JULY 28)..
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