FRIDAY, DECEMBER 8, 1978
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TENDERS INVITED FOR TSUEN WAN SEWAGE PUMPING STATION ******
SEWAGE DISPOSAL IN TSUEN WAN WILL BE FURTHER IMPROVED SOON.
TENDERS HAVE BEEN INVITED BY THE PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF A SEWAGE PUMPING STATION NEAR TEXACO ROAD IN TSUEN WAN.
COMMENTING ON THIS PROJECT FOR THE TSUEN WAN NEW TOWN DEVELOP- MENT OFFICE, MR. WONG WAN-MING, CHIEF ENGINEER, DRAINAGE WORKS, PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT, SAID THAT WITH THE PROGRESSIVE INCREASE IN POPULATION AND INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT IN THE AREA, NEW FACILITIES WERE NOW NECESSARY.
+THE PROJECT WILL PROVIDE PUMPING FACILITIES TO CONVEY SEWAGE TO THE PROPOSED SCREENING PLANT AT PILLAR ISLAND, KWAI CHUNG, FOR TREATMENT BEFORE BEING DISCHARGED INTO DEEPER WATER IN THE RAMBLER CHANNEL, HE SAID.
THE ENGINEERING WORKS INVOLVE THE CONSTRUCTION OF A SEWAGE PUMPING STATION AND 100 METRES OF TWIN 1800 MM DIAMETER PIPES LINKING THE SEWAGE SYSTEM IN TEXACO ROAD TO THE PROPOSED PUMPING STATION.
CONSTRUCTION WILL COMMENCE IN FEBRUARY NEXT YEAR AND TAKE ABOUT 16 MONTHS TO COMPLETE.
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