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WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 8, 1976.
CLOSURE OF PUBLIC DUMP AT KOWLOON BAY RECLAMATION
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DUMPING AT KOWLOON BAY RECLAMATION IS TO BE SUSPENDED AS FROM NEXT THURSDAY (SEPTEMBER 16), THE PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT ANNOUNCED TODAY.
MR. NG TECK-SHENG, CHIEF ENGINEER OF THE P.W.D.'S DEVELOPMENT AND AIRPORT DIVISION, SAID A STAGE HAD NOW BEEN REACHED IN THE RECLAMATION WORKS WHERE NO FURTHER DUMPING COULD BE ACCEPTED UNTIL CURRENT CONSTRUCTION WORK ON MAJOR STORMWATER DRAINS WERE COMPLETED.
+ IN THE MEANTIME, CONTRACTORS WISHING TO DISPOSE OF SURPLUS EXCAVATION MAY APPLY FOR FREE LICENCES TO DISPOSE OF THEIR SPOILS AT SHA TIN, HE ADDED.
MR. NG SAID THE KOWLOON BAY RECLAMATION HAD PROVIDED A MAJOR PUBLIC DUMP SINCE 1962. +OVER THE YEARS MORE THAN 10 MILLION CUBIC METRES OF SURPLUS EXCAVATION FROM BOTH GOVERNMENT AND PRIVATE PROJECTS HAVE BEEN DEPOSITED IN THE BAY TO FORM MORE THAN 180 HECTARES OF LAND FOR FUTURE DEVELOPMENT.+
HE POINTED OUT THAT THE DUMP REACHED SATURATION POINT ABOUT TWO MONTHS AGO BUT DUMPING MATERIAL HAD CONTINUED TO BE ACCEPTED AND STOCKPILED IN AN EFFORT TO MAINTAIN A VENUE FOR THE DISPOSAL OF SURPLUS EXCAVATION FOR AS LONG AS POSSIBLE.
+HOWEVER, THE CAPACITY OF THE STOCKPILING AREAS HAS NOW ALSO BEEN EXHAUSTED AND IT HAS BECOME NECESSARY TO CLOSE THE DUMP. +
LICENCES FOR DUMPING AT SHA TIN MAY BE OBTAINED FREE OF CHARGE BY WRITING TO THE PROJECT MANAGER OF THE P.W.D.'S SHA TIN NEW TOWN DEVELOPMENT OFFICE, 2ND FLOOR, SHA TIN GOVERNMENT OFFICES, 2 TUNG LO WAN HILL, SHA TIN,
MR, NG SAID ANOTHER PUBLIC DUMP WOULD BE OPENED AT LAI CHI KOK BAY LATER IN THE YEAR.
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