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MONDAY, NOVEMBER 24, 1975
SAN HUI BRIDGE TO BE WIDENED
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THE SAN HUI BRIDGE, WHICH IS AN IMPORTANT LINK IN THE ROAD SYSTEM FOR TUEN MUN NEW TOWN, WILL BE WIDENED NEXT MONTH.
THIS BRIDGE CARRIES PUI TO ROAD ACROSS SAN HUI RIVER INTO TWO LIGHT INDUSTRIAL AREAS ON THE LEFT OF THE RIVER CHANNEL.
MR. KWEI SEE-KAN, CHIEF ENGINEER OF TUEN MUN NEW TOWN DEVELOPMENT OFFICE, SAID TODAY THE WIDENING WORK WAS EXPECTED TO TAKE ABOUT NINE MONTHS TO COMPLETE. THE WORK COMPRISES THE CONSTRUCTION OF FIVE SPANS OF REINFORCED CONCRETE BRIDGE DECKS ALONGISDE THE EXISTING BRIDGE.
CONCRETE PILES FOR SUPPORTING THE NEW BRIDGE DECKS HAVE ALREADY BEEN DRIVEN IN POSITION.
MR. KWEJ SAID THAT ON COMPLETION THE WIDENED BRIDGE WOULD PROVIDE A FOUR-LANE ROAD CONNECTION ACROSS THE RIVER CHANNEL TO THE TWO INDUSTRIAL AREAS.
THE EXISTING BRIDGE, HE ADDED, WOULD REMAIN OPEN TO TRAFFIC DURING CONSTRUCTION WORK.
RESERVOIRS 96 PER CENT FULL *****
A TOTAL OF 64,743 MILLION GALLONS OF WATER WERE IN STORE IN ALL RESERVOIRS AS AT 9 A.M. THIS (MONDAY) MORNING, REPRESENTING 96.2 PER CENT OF THE FULL STORAGE CAPACITY OF 67,300 MILLION GALLONS,
ON THE SAME DAY LAST YEAR THE TOTAL STORAGE WAS ONLY 54,116 MILLION GALLONS.
PLOVER COVE, HONG KONG'S BIGGEST RESERVOIR, HELD 49,689 MILLION GALLONS, REPRESENTING 98.4 PER CENT OF ITS FULL STORAGE CAPACITY OF 50,500 MILLION GALLONS, AT THIS TIME LAST YEAR, IT HELD 38,596 MILLION GALLONS.
TOTAL RAINFALL SO FAR THIS YEAR STANDS AT 2,979.4 MM (117.3 IN). THE MEAN AVERAGE RAINFALL THIS YEAR IS 2133.6 MM. (84 IN).