FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 1, 1978
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EQUIPMENT FOR SHA TIN SEWAGE TREATMENT PLANT
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THE PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT TODAY INVITED TENDERS FOR THE SUPPLY AND INSTALLATION OF ELECTRICAL EQUIPMENT FOR STAGE OF THE SHA TIN SEWAGE TREATMENT PLANT.
THE EQUIPMENT CONSISTS OF EIGHT POWER TRANSFORMERS WHICH WILL BE USED TO TRANSFORM THE ELECTRICITY GENERATED ON THE SITE TO HIGH VOLTAGE FOR THE EQUIPMENT USED TO TREAT THE SEWAGE BY BIOLOGICAL AND MECHANICAL PROCESSES AND A SWITCHBOARD FOR THE CONTROL OF LARGE ELECTRIC-MCTOR-DRIVEN AIR COMPRESSORS.
MR. WONG KWOK-CHOY, CHIEF ENGINEER OF THE CIVIL ENGINEERING OFFICE'S CONSULTANTS MANAGEMENT DIVISION, SAID THAT THIS WAS THE SECOND OF FOUR CONTRACTS FOR THE SUPPLY AND ERECTION OF ELECTRICAL EQUIPMENT FOR STAGE OF THE PROJECT.
+THE PLANT IS EXPECTED TO BE COMPLETED IN 1980, AND IN THE INTERIM PERIOD THE SEWAGE FROM SHA TIN IS BEING TREATED AT THE TEMPORARY AND INTERIM SEWAGE TREATMENT WORKS, HE SAID.
PART OF THE PROJECT IS BEING FINANCED BY THE ASIAN DEVELOPMENT BANK AND TENDERS ARE BEING INVITED ON AN INTERNATIONAL BASIS FROM MANUFACTURERS IN MEMBER COUNTRIES OF THE ASIAN DEVELOPMENT BANK AND LUXEMBOURG.
THE WORKS HAVE BEEN DESIGNED BY WATSON (HONG KONG) CHARTERED CONSULTING ENGINEERS, WHO ARE THE HONG KONG GOVERNMENT'S CONSULTING ENGINEERS FOR THIS PROJECT UNDER THE OVERALL SUPERVISION OF THE CONSULTANTS MANAGEMENT DIVISION OF THE CIVIL ENGINEERING OFFICE OF THE PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT.
WATSON (HONG KONG) ARE ALSO SUPERVISING THE CONSTRUCTION WORK, INCLUDING THE INSTALLATION OF EQUIPMENT SUPPLIED UNDER THIS CONTRACT.
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