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TUESDAY, MAY 30, 1978
DIRECTOR OF ENGINEERING DEVELOPMENT VISITS PWD SITES
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THE DIRECTOR OF ENGINEERING DEVELOPMENT OF THE PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT, MR. DAVID STEAD, TODAY TOURED SOME OF THE WORK SITES ON HONG KONG ISLAND TO SEE THE PROGRESS OF VARIOUS P.W.D. PROJECTS.
HE WAS ACCOMPANIED BY CHIEF ENGINEER OF THE ELECTRICAL AND MECHANICAL OFFICE, MR. M.J. HUTTON CHIEF ENGINEER OF THE PORT WORKS DIVISION, MR. HOWARD CHAMBERLAIN CHIEF ENGINEER OF THE CIVIL ENGINEERING OFFICE'S CONSULTANTS MANAGEMENT DIVISION, MR. WONG KWOK-CHOY AND THE CHIEF ENGINEER OF THE HIGHWAYS (H.K.) DIVISION, MR. HO KWOK-YU.
AMONG THE SITES VISITED WAS THAT OF THE NEW $38 MILLION SOLID WASTE DISPOSAL PLANT AT CHAI WAN.
MR. STEAD WAS PLEASED WITH THE PROGRESS OF THE WORK ON THE PLANT, THE FIRST PULVERISING AND COMPOSTING PLANT IN HONG KONG.
PILING WORK FOR THE TWO-STOREY ADMINISTRATION OFFICE AND THE +DIGESTER+, WHERE REFUSE IS PROCESSED, HAS BEEN COMPLETED.
MACHINERY AND EQUIPMENT FOR THE COMPOSTING PLANT HAVE BEEN DELIVERED TO THE SITE AND INSTALLATION WORK HAS JUST BEGUN.
THE NEW PLANT WHICH OCCUPIES AN AREA OF ABOUT 9,300 SQUARE METRES ON RECLAIMED LAND AT SUN YIP STREET OFF CHAI WAN ROAD, WAS DESCRIBED BY MR. STEAD AS A MAJOR STEP IN THE P.W.D.'S EFFORTS TO DEVELOP BETTER AND MORE ENVIRONMENTALLY ACCEPTABLE MEANS OF REFUSE DISPOSAL.
ON COMPLETION IN FEBRUARY NEXT YEAR, HE SAID, THE PLANT WOULD SUBSTANTIALLY BOOST THE PRESENT REFUSE DISPOSAL FACILITIES.
OTHER PROJECTS INSPECTED BY MR. STEAD TODAY INCLUDED THE SECOND PASSENGER FERRY PIER AT NORTH POINT AND THE AP LEI CHAU BRIDGE, BOTH OF WHICH ARE SCHEDULED FOR COMPLETION NEXT YEAR.
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