WEDNESDAY, MAY 9, 1979
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WATER SUPPLY IN SAI KUNG
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IMPROVEMENTS TO THE WATER SUPPLY SYSTEM TO SAI KUNG ARE IN HAND AND WILL BE COMPLETED IN THREE MONTHS' TIME, THE DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC WORKS, THE HON. DAVID MCDONALD SAID TODAY (WEDNESDAY).
REPLYING TO A QUESTION IN THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL, HE SAID THE SYSTEM WAS ORIGINALLY DESIGNED TO MEET THE REQUIREMENTS OF SAI KUNG TOWN AND 15 VILLAGES AND OTHER USERS IN ITS IMMEDIATE ENVIRONMENTS, TOGETHER WITH 21 VILLAGES AND OTHER DEVELOPMENTS ON THE ROUTE OF THE SUPPLY MAIN ALONG HIRAM'S HIGHWAYS AND PART OF CLEAR WATER BAY ROAD.
THE SYSTEM, HE ADDED, HAD ALREADY REACHED FULL CAPACITY AND WAS UNABLE TO COPE WITH ANY ADDITIONAL DEMAND PLACED ON IT BY NEW DEVELOPMENT.
+ IMPROVEMENTS TO THE SYSTEM IN THE FORM OF DUPLICATION OF CRITICAL SECTIONS OF MAINS ARE IN HAND AND WILL BE COMPLETED IN THREE MONTHS' TIME, MR. MCDONALD SAID.
+NEW TENDERS FOR THE REMAINING WORKS UNDER THIS ITEM FOR FURTHER MA IN DUPLICATION AND THE ERECTION OF A STORAGE TANK AT TUI MIN HOI ARE ABOUT TO BE CALLED AND THESE WORKS ARE EXPECTED TO TAKE ABOUT 15 MONTHS TO COMPLETE.+
AFTER COMPLETION OF THE WORKS, HE ADDED, THE SYSTEM WOULD THEN HAVE REACHED THE LIMIT OF ECONOMIC EXPANSION BUT WOULD ONLY CATER FOR THE INCREASING DEMAND IN THE EXISTING SUPPLY AREAS UP TO 1981.
MR. MCDONALD SAID THAT THE PROBLEM OF MEETING DEMAND BEYOND 1981 COULD BEST BE SOLVED BY DRAWING WATER FROM THE HIGH ISLAND SCHEME AND PROCESSING IT AT A NEW TREATMENT WORKS IN THE SAI KUNG TOWN AREA.
HE POINTED OUT THAT INITIAL PLANNING FOR THIS LONGER TERM SOLUTION HAD BEEN COMPLETED AND A PAPER REQUESTING INCLUSION IN CATEGORY B OF THE PUBLIC WORKS PROGRAMME WOULD BE SUBMITTED TO THE PUBLIC WORKS SUB-COMMITTEE AT THE FIRST REVIEW OF 1979.
+ IF AGREED THE INTENTION IS TO UPGRADE THE ITEM TO CATEGORY A AT THE SECOND REVIEW AND SUBJECT TO THE AVAILABILITY OF FUNDS, TO AIM FOR COMPLETION OF THE WORKS BY LATE 1981 OR EARLY 1982, + HE SAID.
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