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SUNDAY, MARCH 19, 1978
TENDERS FOR SEWAGE PUMPING STATION
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A SEWAGE PUMPING STATION IS TO BE BUILT IN TAI PO SHORTLY TO SERVE THE FIRST PHASE OF THE DEVELOPMENT IN THE TOWN.
TENDERS FOR THE WORK, WHICH FORMS PART OF THE SEWERAGE SYSTEM FOR THE AREA, ARE BEING INVITED BY THE NEW TERRITORIES DEVELOPMENT BRANCH OF THE PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT.
MR. BERNARD NEWMAN, GOVERNMENT ENGINEER (NEW TERRITORIES), SAID THAT THE WORK, WHICH WOULD INCLUDE THE LAYING OF A RISING MAIN ALONG TING KOK ROAD, WAS EXPECTED TO BEGIN IN MAY AND TAKE ABOUT 17 MONTHS TO COMPLETE.
HE SAID THAT THE EIGHT-METRE-HIGH PUMPING STATION, WITH TWO LEVELS BELOW GROUND, WOULD BE CONSTRUCTED IN REINFORCED CONCRETE.
IT WOULD ACCOMMODATE FOUR PUMPS AND INCORPORATE AN ELECTRICITY TRANSFORMER ROOM, STAFF WASHROOMS AND A VENTILATION SYSTEM.
+THE RISING MAIN PIPELINE WHICH IS TO BE LAID UNDER THE FOOTWAY AND VERGE ALONG TING KOK ROAD WILL BE 1.560 METRES LONG AND WILL BE CONNECTED TO A GRAVITY SEWER LEADING TO THE SEWAGE TREATMENT WORKS AT PRESENT UNDER CONSTRUCTION IN THE TAI PO INDUSTRIAL ESTATE, MR. NEWMAN SAID.
THE FIRST PHASE OF THE DEVELOPMENT IN TAI PC, WHICH WOULD BE COMPLETED BY 1980, WOULD TAKE PLACE ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF TING KOK ROAD, NEAR THE VILLAGE OF NAM HANG ON LAND RECLAIMED FROM TOLO HARBOUR. IT WOULD INCLUDE THE TAI YUEN PUBLIC HOUSING ESTATE, NOW UNDER CONSTRUCTION FOR 32,000 PEOPLE TOGETHER WITH COMMERCIAL/RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT, SCHOOLS AND COMMUNITY
FACILITIES.
THE WORK HAS BEEN DESIGNED, AND CONSTRUCTION WILL BE SUPERVISED, BY MAUNSELL CONSULTANTS ASIA, FOR THE NEW TERRITORIES DEVELOPMENT BRANCH OF THE PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT.
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