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FRIDAY, MAY 21, 1976
SHA TIN PERMANENT SEWAGE TREATMENT WORKS
TENDERS INVITED
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THE PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT IS INVITING TENDERS FOR TWO MORE CONTRACTS FOR THE GIANT PERMANENT SEWAGE TREATMENT PLANT AT SHA TIN NEW TOWN.
THE LATEST CONTRACTS ARE FOR THE SUPPLY AND ERECTION OF PUMPS FOR PUMPING THE SEWAGE SLUDGE AND FOR EQUIPMENT USED IN THE TREATMENT OF THE SLUDGE.
THE PERMANENT SEWAGE TREATMENT WORKS WILL BE THE BIGGEST OF ITS KIND IN HONG KONG AND WILL INITIALLY PROVIDE SEWAGE TREATMENT FACILITIES FOR SOME 230,000 PEOPLE IN THE NEW TOWN BY 1980, BUT EVENTUALLY IT WILL HAVE A MAXIMUM CAPACITY TO SERVE 500,000 PEOPLE.
IT IS TO BE BUILT ON A 17-HECTARE (42-ACRE) SITE OF RECLAIMED LAND AT TIDE COVE NEAR THE SHA TIN RACECOURSE, AND IS BEING PARTLY FINANCED FROM A US$20 MILLION LOAN FROM THE ASIAN DEVELOPMENT BANK.
TENDERS FOR THE CONTRACTS ARE BEING INVITED ON AN INTER- NATIONAL BASIS FROM MANUFACTURERS IN ALL MEMBER COUNTRIES OF THE ASIAN DEVELOPMENT BANK, AS WELL AS FROM LUXEMBOURG.
MR. WONG KWOK-CHOY, CHIEF ENGINEER OF THE P.W.D.'S CIVIL ENGINEERING CONSULTANTS MANAGEMENT DIVISION, SAID TODAY FURTHER CONTRACTS WOULD BE INVITED DURING THE NEXT THREE MONTHS.
+ INTERNATIONAL INTEREST IN THE PROJECT HAS BEEN VERY KEEN,+ SAID MR. WONG, AND MANY ENQUIRIES HAVE BEEN RECEIVED FROM OVERSEAS MANUFACTURERS.
+A LARGE NUMBER OF TENDERS HAVE ALREADY BEEN RECEIVED FOR THE FIRST THREE CONTRACTS PUT UP FOR TENDER LAST MONTH FOR THE SUPPLY AND ERECTION OF SOME OF THE MECHANICAL AND ELECTRICAL EQUIPMENT FOR THE FIRST STAGE OF THE TREATMENT WORKS.
+AND WE EXPECT TO RECEIVE A LOT MORE BEFORE TENDERS CLOSE ON JULY 2.+
MR. WONG SAID IT WAS ENVISAGED THAT CIVIL ENGINEERING WORKS IN CONNECTION WITH THE PROJECT WOULD BEGIN TOWARDS THE MIDDLE OF NEXT YEAR, AND IT WAS HOPED THAT DELIVERY OF THE MECHANICAL AND ELECTRICAL PLANT AND EQUIPMENT FOR INSTALLATION WOULD BEGIN IN APRIL 1978.
+ALL THINGS BEING EQUAL, THE NEW PERMANENT TREATMENT WORKS SHOULD BEGIN INITIAL OPERATION IN THE SECOND HALF OF 1979,+ HE SAID.
/MANTILE,