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THURSDAY, OCTOBER 11, 1979
EXPERT PRAISES HK WATER SUPPLY SYSTEM
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THE PRESIDENT OF THE INSTITUTION OF CIVIL ENGINEERS, PROFESSOR R.C. COATES, TODAY (THURSDAY) PRAISED HONG KONG FOR ITS EFFORTS TO MAINTAIN A HIGH QUALITY WATER SUPPLY DESPITE DIFFICULT OBSTACLES.
PROFESSOR COATES SAID THAT HONG KONG LACKED THE NATURAL RESOURCES AVAILABLE IN OTHER COUNTRIES, BUT THROUGH IMAGINATIVE AND DETERMINED ENDEAVOURS THE PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT'S WATER SUPPLIES DEPARTMENT HAD OVERCOME THIS HURDLE.
+THE PROJECTS I HAVE SEEN ARE COMMENDABLE EXAMPLES OF PROGRESS THAT CAN BE MADE DESPITE UNUSUAL DIFFICULTIES,+ SAID PROFESSOR COATES.
HE MADE THE REMARKS AFTER VISITING SOME OF THE PLANTS OF THE WATER SUPPLIES DEPARTMENT TODAY.
ACCOMPANYING HIM ON THE VISIT WERE MR. R. CAMPBELL, SECRETARY OF THE ICE- MR. J.F. LINDSAY, REPRESENTATIVE OF THE ICE IN HONG KONG AND MR. HUGH FERGUSON, ÉDITOR OF NEW CIVIL ENGINEER, MAGAZINE OF THE ICE.
THE PARTY FIRST WENT TO TAI PO TAU PUMPING STATION WHERE THEY TOURED THE PUMP HALLS, BAND SCREEN HOUSE AND FABRIDAM.
DURING THE IR 30-MINUTE TOUR, THE VISITORS WERE BRIEFED ON THE PLOVER COVE AND HIGH ISLAND SYSTEMS, INCLUDING CHINESE WATER DELIVERY, BY MR. TOM TOMLINSON, ACTING DIRECTOR OF WATER SUPPLIES, AND MR. K.L. WONG, GOVERNMENT WATER ENGINEER (SUPPLY AND DISTRIBUTION).
THE VISITORS ALSO SAW PLOVER COVE RESERVOIR AND THE LOK ON PAI DESALTING PLANT.
ACCOMPANIED BY THEIR WIVES, PROFESSOR COATES AND MR. CAMPBELL ARE HERE ON A WEEK-LONG VISIT AFTER VISITING SINGAPORE AND KUALA LUMPUR WHERE THEY HAD DISCUSSIONS ON ENGINEERING EDUCATION WITH UNIVERSITY AUTHORITIES THERE.
FIRE SERVICES TO PROSECUTE FACTORY OWNERS
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TWO KWAI CHUNG FACTORY OWNERS WILL BE PROSECUTED FOR CONTRAVENING THE DANGEROUS GOODS STORAGE REGULATIONS, A SPOKESMAN FOR THE FIRE SERVICES SAID TODAY (THURSDAY).
THE SPOKESMAN ALSO SAID THAT THE FIRE PREVENTION BUREAU WAS CARRYING OUT A SURVEY OF REGISTERED GODOWNS OF DANGEROUS GOODS TO ENSURE THAT THE FIRE SERVICES REGULATIONS WERE BEING COMPLIED WITH.
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