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TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 30, 1975
$38.9 M CONTRACT FOR KWAI CHUNG INCINERATOR PLANT
AWARDED TO LOCAL CONSTRUCTION COMPANY
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CONSTRUCTION WORK ON THE SUPERSTRUCTURE OF THE KWA' CHUNG INCINERATOR PLANT IS EXPECTED TO START ON OCTOBER 1 THI
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A $38.9 MILLION CONTRACT FOR THE WORK HAS BEEN AWARDED TO A LOCAL CONSTRUCTION FIRM, FOOK LEE CONSTRUCTION CO. LTD. THE CONTRACT WILL BE SIGNED TOMORROW (WEDNESDAY).
THE DIRECTOR OF ENGINEERING DEVELOPMENT, MR. H.D. STEAD, WILL SIGN ON BEHALF OF THE GOVERNMENT, AND MR. HOTU-KWONG, MANAGING DIRECTOR OF FOOK LEE CONSTRUCTION CO., WILL SIGN ON BEHALF OF THE COMPANY.
ACCORDING TO A SPOKESMAN FOR PWD'S CIVIL ENGINEERING OFFICE, THE KWAI CHUNG INCINERATOR PLANT, WHICH WILL OCCUPY A 1.4 HECTARE SITE RESERVED ON THE KWAI CHUNG RECLAMATION, IS THE LARGEST MODERN REFUSE DISPOSAL PLANT TO BE BUILT IN HONG KONG SO FAR.
+ITS CONSTRUCTION DEMONSTRATES THE CONTINUED EFFORT ON THE PART OF THE GOVERNMENT TO INTRODUCE EFFECTIVE AND SANITARY METHODS OF DISPOSING OF SOLID WASTE,+ HE SAID.
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UNDER THE SAME CONTRACT, SOME CIVIL ENGINEERING WORKS SUCH AS DRAINAGE WORKS AND THE CONSTRUCTION OF ANCILLARY ROADS WILL ALSO BE DONE.
THE SUPERSTRUCTURE OF THE PLANT WILL BE A STEEL-FRAME BUILDING ESSENTIALLY MADE UP OF ABOUT 3,000 TONS OF STRUCTURAL STEELWORK. IT WILL HOUSE THE HUGE INCINERATOR NOW BEING MANUFACTURED IN THE UNITED KINGDOM.
A $61.5 MILLION CONTRACT FOR THE SUPPLY AND INSTALLATION OF THE INCINERATOR WAS AWARDED IN 1973 TO THE CLARKE CHAPMAN-JOHN THOMPSON LTD. OF ENGLAND.
THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE SUPERSTRUCTURE AND THE CIVIL ENGINEERING WORKS WILL TAKE ABOUT 21 MONTHS TO COMPLETE. IT WILL BE FOLLOWED BY INSTALLATION OF MACHINERY AND EQUIPMENT.
WHEN THE WHOLE PLANT BECOMES OPERATIONAL BY LATE 1978, IT WILL BE ABLE TO HANDLE ABOUT 900 TONS OF REFUSE A DAY.
THE SPOKESMAN SAID THAT ONE OF THE FEATURES OF THE NEW PLANT WILL BE ITS 150-METRE CHIMNEY, WHICH IS THE TALLEST OF ALL THE EXISTING INCINERATION PLANT CHIMNEYS IN HONG KONG,
HE SAID THAT WITH A CHIMNEY EXTENDING TO THIS HEIGHT, GAS WILL BE DISPERSED AT A HIGH LEVEL CLEARING THE HIGH RISE BUILDINGS IN THE NEIGHBOURHOOD.
THE PLANT WILL ALSO HAVE EFFICIENT DUST EXTRACTION EQUIPMENT TO KEEP DUST EMISSION TO A MINIMUM.
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