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SATURDAY, JUNE 24, 1978
EQUIPMENT FOR SHA TIN SEWAGE TREATMENT PLANT
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THE PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT IS INVITING TENDERS FOR THE SUPPLY AND INSTALLATION OF ELECTRICAL EQUIPMENT FOR STAGE ONE OF THE SHA TIN NEW TOWN PERMANENT SEWAGE TREATMENT WORKS.
THE EQUIPMENT, INCLUDING MULTI-MOTOR STARTERS, SWITCH AND CONTROL PANELS, WILL BE USED TO CONTROL THE TREATMENT OF THE SEWAGE BY BIOLOGICAL AND MECHANICAL PROCESSES.
THE CONTRACT TO BE TENDERED IS THE FIRST OF FOUR OF ITS TYPE TO BE INVITED. TENDERS FOR THE OTHER THREE CONTRACTS WILL BE CALLED AT A LATER STAGE.
MR. WONG KWOK-CHOY, CHIEF ENGINEER OF P.W.D.'S CIVIL ENGINEERING OFFICE, SAID TODAY THAT BY THE TIME THE $225 MILLION TREATMENT PLANT IS COMMISSIONED IN 1980 THE POPULATION AT SHA TIN NEW TOWN SHOULD BE ABOUT 150,000 WHILE STAGE 1 OF THE SEWAGE TREATMENT PLANT WILL BE CAPABLE OF SERVING 230,000 PEOPLE.
+PART OF THE PLANT WILL BECOME OPERATIONAL BY THE MIDDLE OF 1980, SOME SIX MONTHS BEFORE COMPLETION,+ MR. WONG SAID,
+ IN THE INTERIM PERIOD, THE SEWAGE FROM SHA TIN IS BEING TREATED AT THE TEMPORARY AND INTERIM SEWAGE TREATMENT WORKS.
HE ALSO POINTED OUT THAT THE TREATMENT PLANT, WHEN FULLY DEVELOPED ON 17 HECTARES OF RECLAIMED LAND JUST NORTH OF THE NEW RACECOURSE, WOULD SERVE THE NEW TOWN'S ENTIRE POPULATION OF MORE THAN HALF A MILLION.
MR. WONG SAID THAT THE OF ITS TYPE EVER UNDERTAKEN A $95 MILLION LOAN FROM THE
FIRST STAGE OF THE PLANT, THE BIGGEST IN HONG KONG, WAS PARTLY FINANCED BY ASIAN DEVELOPMENT BANK.
+TENDERS FOR THE SUPPLY AND INSTALLATION OF EQUIPMENT ARE ALSO BEING INVITED ON AN INTERNATIONAL BASIS FROM MANUFACTURERS IN MEMBER COUNTRIES OF THE ASIAN DEVELOPMENT BANK AND LUXEMBOURG, + HE ADDED.
MEANWHILE, WORK ON THE MAIN CONTRACT FOR THE PLANT IS MAKING GOOD PROGRESS.
THE CONTRACT, COVERING CIVIL ENGINEERING AND BUILDING WORKS OF STAGE ONE OF THE PROJECT, INVOLVES, AMONG OTHER THINGS, THE CONSTRUCTION OF PRIMARY SEDIMENTATION TANKS, AERATION TANKS, FINAL SETTLING TANKS, A LABORATORY AND AN ADMINISTRATION BUILDING.
THE SHA TIN SEWAGE TREATMENT PLANT FORMS A MAJOR PART OF A COMPREHENSIVE SEWERAGE AND SEWAGE TREATMENT FACILITIES DESIGNED TO DEAL WITH INDUSTRIAL AND DOMESTIC WASTES FROM SHA TIN NEW TOWN.
ON COMPLETION IT WILL BE ABLE TO TREAT MORE THAN 102,000 CUBIC METRES OF RAW SEWAGE A DAY.
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