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FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 25, 1977
TENDERS FOR SUPPLY OF
SEWERAGE PUMPING STATION EQUIPMENT
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THE PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT TODAY (FRIDAY) INVITED TENDERS FOR THE SUPPLY AND INSTALLATION OF MECHANICAL AND ELECTRICAL EQUIPMENT FOR A PUMPING STATION, WHICH WILL BE BUILT AS PART OF THE SEWERAGE SYSTEM FOR TAI PO.
MR. BOSCO KEOWN, SEN FOR ENGINEER OF THE P.W.D.'S NEW TERRITORIES DEVELOPMENT BRANCH, SAID TODAY THAT WORK ON THE SEWAGE TREATMENT PLANT WAS PROGRESSING SMOOTHLY. IT SHOULD BE READY BY THE MIDDLE OF NEXT YEAR.
THE PLANT IS BEING BUILT ON A THREE-HECTARE SITE OCCUPYING PART OF A NEW LAND BEING RECLAIMED BY THE P.W.D.'S DEVELOPMENT AND AIRPORT DIVISION.
MR. KEOWN SAID THAT THE PLANT WOULD INCORPORATE PURIFICATION SYSTEM TO PREVENT ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION IN THE AREA.
+ INITIALLY, IT WILL SERVE THE FIRST STAGE DEVELOPMENT OF THE TAI PO INDUSTRIAL ESTATE TO BE BUILT ON 24 HECTARES OF LAND ON THE RECLAMATION, BUT ALLOWANCE 13 MADE TO EXPAND IT LATER TO SERVE THE WHOLE OF TAI PO DISTRICT, HE SAID.
OTHER WORKS IN CONNECTION WITH THE SEWAGE TREATMENT PLANT WOULD INCLUDE STAFF QUARTERS AND AN ADMINISTRATION BUILDING.
NEW COACH TERMINUS AT TSIM SHA TSUI
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A TEMPORARY EXPRESS COACH TERMINUS IS TO BE BUILT AT TS IM SHA TSUI SHORTLY TO REPLACE THE EXISTING ONE NEXT TO THE KOWLOON POST OFFICE IN SALISBURY ROAD.
TENDERS FOR THE WORK WERE INVITED TODAY (FRIDAY) BY THE HIGHWAYS OFF ICE OF THE PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT.
MR. T.D. ARMOUR, ACTING CHIEF ENGINEER OF THE HIGHWAYS (KOWLOON) DIVISION, SAID THAT THE SITE OF THE EXISTING
TERMINUS WAS REQUIRED FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE CULTURAL COMPLEX.
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WORK ON THE NEW TERMINUS, SITUATED AT THE CORNER OF CANTON ROAD AND PEKING ROAD, WILL BEGIN NEXT JANUARY AND WILL TAKE ABOUT THREE MONTHS TO COMPLETE.
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