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THURSDAY, OCTOBER 14, 1976.
EXTENSION OF CONTROLLED TIP AT SHUEN WAN
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THE PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT IS TO EXTEND THE EXISTING CONTROLLED TIP AT SHUEN WAN WHICH WILL PROVIDE SOME
5.5 HECTARES OF ADDITIONAL LAND FOR RECREATIONAL ACTIVITIES IN TAI PO BY 1978.
TENDERS FOR THE EXTENSION ARE NOW BEING INVITED AND
WORK IS SCHEDULED TO BEGIN IN DECEMBER.
MR. LEUNG MIN-SUN, ACTING CHIEF ENGINEER OF THE P.W.D.'S DEVELOPMENT AND AIRPORT DIVISION, SAID TODAY THE WORK WOULD INVOLVE SYSTEMATIC DISPOSAL OF REFUSE BY SANITARY AND
INOFFENSIVE METHODS, AS WELL AS THE CONSTRUCTION OF ACCESS ROADS AND DRAINS.
HE SAID THE SHUEN WAN TIP HAD BEEN IN USE SINCE JUNE 1974 FOR DISPOSING OF REFUSE GENERATED IN THE EASTERN AND WESTERN PARTS OF THE NEW TERRITORIES.
+1TS PRESENT CAPACITY OF 130,000 TONNES WILL BE EXPANDED BY ANOTHER 80,000 TONNES AND WILL PROVIDE AN ADDITIONAL OUTLET FOR THE DISPOSAL OF REFUSE UP TO EARLY 1978.
*WHEN THE TIP IS FILLED AND CLOSED, HE ADDED, SOME 5.5 HECTARES OF LAND WILL BE PROVIDED FOR OPEN SPACE AND RECREATIONAL USE FOR RESIDENTS IN THE AREA.+
MR. LEUNG SAID THAT COVERING MATERIAL FOR THE TIP WOULD BE OBTAINED FROM AN ADJACENT BORROW AREA WHICH WOULD BE GRADUALLY FORMED INTO A PLATFORM OF 2.3 HECTARES FOR FUTURE DEVELOPMENT.
MEANWHILE, THE P.W.D. IS ABOUT TO BEGIN SITE FORMATION WORK ON ANOTHER CONTROLLED TIP AT SAI TSO WAN NEAR KWUN TONG.
THIS NEW TIP WILL HAVE A CAPACITY OF 1.7 MILLION TONNES AND WILL PROVIDE A TOTAL OF ABOUT 6.8 HECTARES BY MID-1977 FOR RECREATIONAL AND OTHER USES.
WATER CUT ***
WATER SUPPLY TO A NUMBER OF PREMISES IN MONG KOK WILL BE TURNED OFF FOR FIVE HOURS FROM 1 A.M. ON SATURDAY (OCTOBER 16) TO ENABLE THE WATERWORKS OFFICE TO CARRY OUT A NIGHT LEAKAGE TEST.
THE AFFECTED AREA IS BOUNDED BY DUNDAS STREET. NATHAN ROAD SHAN TUNG STREET, SHANGHAI STREET, NELSON STREET, AND CANTON ROAD, INCLUDING PORTLAND STREET, SOY STREET AND CHEUNG SHA STREET.
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