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SUNDAY, SEPTEMIER 28, 1975
POST OFFICE FOR LAM TIN
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A NEW POST OFFICE WILL SOON BE BUILT IN LAM TIN ESTATE UNDER THE POST OFFICE'S EXPANSION PROGRAMME TO BRING POSTAL SERVICE TO PUBLIC HOUSING ESTATES.
THIS SINGLE-STOREY OFFICE BUILDING WILL BE BUILT ON A SITE OPPOSITE BLOCK 17 OF THE ESTATE IN PING TIN STREET.
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TENDERS FOR ITS CONSTRUCTION WERE INVITED LAST FRIDAY AND WORK IS EXPECTED TO START IN NOVEMBER FOR COMPLETION IN FEBRUARY 1976.
A SIMILAR POST OFFICE IS NOW BEING CONSTRUCTED IN LAI KING ESTATE IN KWAI CHUNG.
WORK ON A SEWAGE OUTLET TO BEGIN SOON
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WORK ON AN UNDERWATER SEWAGE OUTLET WHICH FORMS PART OF THE ABERDEEN SEWAGE TREATMENT PLANT, WILL BEGIN IN NOVEMBER.
THIS OUTLET WILL ENABLE TREATED EFFLUENT TO BE DISCHARGED FROM THE PLANT TO DEEPER OFFSHORE WATER WHERE IT CAN BE CARRIED INTO OPEN SEA BY CURRENT MORE EASILY THROUGH DILUTION AND DISPERSION.
WORK ON THIS 900-FOOT LONG OUTLET WILL INVOLVE THE LAYING OF TWO 36-INCH DIAMETER SEWERS IN A TRENCH TO BE DREDGED IN THE SEABED TO THE WORTH OF MAGAZINE ISLAND IN ABERDEEN.
TENDERS FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF THIS OUTLET WERE INVITED LAST FRIDAY AND THE PROJECT WILL TAKE ABOUT 12 MONTHS TO COMPLETE.
THIS SEWAGE OUTLET HAS BEEN DESIGNED BY THE DRAINAGE WORKS DIVISION OF THE PWD'S CIVIL ENGINEERING OFFICE WHICH WILL ALSO SUPERVISE ITS CONSTRUCTION.
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