WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 21, 1977
MODERN SEWAGE TREATMENT PLANT FOR TAI O
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THE PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT WILL SHORTLY BEGIN SITE FORMATION WORK ON A SEWAGE TREATMENT PLANT AT TAI O ON LANTAU
ISLAND.
THE WORK, WHICH INCLUDES THE LAYING OF 1,200 METRES OF SEWERS AND THE CONSTRUCTION OF TWO PUMPING STATIONS, FORMS PART OF A GOVERNMENT PLAN TO IMPROVE THE LIVING CONDITIONS OF THE PEOPLE IN TA1 O BY PROVIDING A RURAL TYPE PUBLIC HOUSING ESTATE FOR 3,000 PEOPLE.
CONTRACT FOR THE WORK, WORTH ABOUT $3 MILLION, HAS BEEN AWARDED TO CHING HING CONSTRUCTION CO. LTD. IT WAS FORMALLY SIGNED AT THE SHA TIN GOVERNMENT OFFICES TODAY.
MR. BOSCO KEOWN, P.W.D.'S SENIOR ENGINEER (NEW TERRITORIES), SAID THAT THE SITE TO BE FORMED FOR THE SEWAGE TREATMENT PLANT MEASURED ABOUT 950 SQUARE METRES.
WORK WOULD BEGIN LATER THIS MONTH AND WOULD TAKE ABOUT 12 MONTHS TO COMPLETE.
MR. KEOWN SAID: +SITE FORMATION WORK FOR STAGE ONE OF THE SCHEME IS WELL UNDERWAY AND IT IS EXPECTED THAT THE FIRST BLOCKS OF THE PUBLIC HOUSING ESTATE WILL BE READY FOR OCCUPATION BY SEPTEMBER 1979.
+AS PART OF THE PROGRAMME FOR BALANCED DEVELOPMENT, LAND WILL ALSO BE FORMED FOR THE PROVISION OF ESSENTIAL COMMUNITY FACILITIES AS WELL AS COMMERCIAL AND LIGHT INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT.+
WATERBORNE SEWERAGE WILL ALSO BE PROVIDED AS PART OF THE PROJECT.
MR. KEOWN SAID THAT ALL SEWAGE ORIGINATING FROM THE PROPOSED DEVELOPMENT AREAS AND FROM THE EXISTING TOWNSHIP WOULD BE LAID ACROSS THE TAI O CREEK FOR CONNECTION TO A MODERN SEWAGE TREATMENT WORK TO BE LOCATED ON THE NORTH SIDE OF TAI 0.
HE ADDED THAT THE SCHEME, WHEN COMPLETED, WOULD SUBSTANTIALLY IMPROVE THE SANITARY CONDITIONS IN TAI 0.
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