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SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 20, 1977
SAND MONOPOLY DEPOT FOR KOWLOON BAY
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THE PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT IS EXTENDING ITS FACILITIES FOR MANUFACTURED SAND TO KOWLOON, SAVING USERS ON THE MAINLAND THE TROUBLE OF HAVING TO TRANSPORT THE SAND ACROSS THE HARBOUR FROM HONG KONG ISLAND.
THE NEW FACILITY WILL BE OPENED TOWARDS THE END OF MARCH AT KOWLOON BAY.
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THE P.W.D. FIRST BEGAN PRODUCING MANUFACTURED SAND A HIGHLY SUCCESSFUL ALTERNATIVE TO MARINE SAND FOR USE IN PLASTERS, MORTARS AND CONCRETE - IN OCTOBER LAST YEAR.
AT PRESENT IT IS SOLD ONLY AT THE P.W.D.'S SAND MONOPOLY DEPOT AT NORTH POINT, BUT WILL SOON BECOME AVAILABLE AT THE NEW KOWLOON BAY SAND MONOPOLY DEPOT.
MR. DICK PILLING, SENIOR ENGINEER OF THE P...D.'S QUARRIES SECTION, SAID TODAY MANUFACTURED SAND OFFERED CERTAIN DISTINCT ADVANTAGES OVER MARINE SAND.
+ITS GRADING IS CONTROLLED AND CONSISTANT, IT CONTAINS NO SALT, SHELLS OR OTHER DELETERIOUS MATTER AND ITS COLOUR TOO IS CONSISTANT, MAKING IT AN IDEAL SUBSTITUTE FOR MARINE SAND, HE SAID.
+TESTS CARRIED OUT BY THE P.W.D. MATERIALS TESTING LABORATORIES
AND THE MASS TRANSIT RAILWAY CORPORATION HAVE SHOWN THAT
MANUFACTURED SAND IS SUITABLE FOR ITS INTENDED USES AND, IN GENERAL, THE NEW MATERIAL IS SUPERIOR TO MARINE SAND WHICH HAS THE
DISADVANTAGE OF INCONSISTENCY OF GRADING, AND SALT AND SHELL CONTENT+ HE ADDED.
ANOTHER ADVANTAGE OF MANUFACTURED SAND, HE SAID, MAS THAT IT
WAS RELATIVELY CHEAPER THAN OTHER QUARRY FINES.
SINCE ITS INTRODUCTION LAST YEAR, MANUFACTURED SAND HAS PEEN SELLING FOR $35 PER CUBIC METRE, 02 PER CUBIC METRE LESS THAN MARINE SAND.
IN ADDITION, THE COST OF LOADING MANUFACTURED SAND INTO PURCHASERS' VEHICLES IS ONLY $1.80 PER CUBIC METRE COMPARED WITH ABOUT $3.50 PER CUBIC METRE FOR MARINE SAND.
+AS WE ARE LOADING MANUFACTURED SAND BY MECHANICAL MEANS THIS ALSO MEANS THAT LOADING CAN BE DONE MUCH MORE QUICKLY AND AVOID DELAYS,+ SAID MR. PILLING.
/HE SAID