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FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 2, 1979
THIRD PHASE OF SIU LANG SHUI CONTROLLED
TIPPING WORKS TO START SOON
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THE PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT TODAY (FRIDAY) INVITED TENDERS FOR THE THIRD PHASE OF CONTROLLED TIPPING WORKS AT THE EXISTING SIU LANG SHUI CONTROLLED TIP OFF PILLAR POINT ROAD
IN TUEN MUN.
THE FIRST PHASE, INCLUDING THE CONSTRUCTION OF ROADWAY FROM PILLAR POINT TO SIU LANG SHUI, STARTED IN MARCH 1976 AND WAS COMPLETED IN NOVEMBER 1977. THE SECOND PHASE COMMENCED IN MAY LAST YEAR AND ARE EXPECTED TO BE COMPLETED BY THE END OF THIS YEAR.
IN THE THIRD PHASE, FILLING OF THE SIU LANG SHUI CONTROLLED TIP WILL CONTINUE TOGETHER WITH ASSOCIATED DRAINAGE WORKS.
+WHEN THE TIP IS FILLED TO ITS DESIGNED CAPACITY BY SANITARY LANDFILL METHOD IN LATE 1982, A TOTAL OF ABOUT 2.4 HECTARES OF OPEN SPACE IS EXPECTED TO BE MADE AVAILABLE FOR RECREATIONAL AND AMENITY USES,+ A PWD SPOKESMAN SAID.
+SANITARY LANDFILL CONSISTS OF THE SPREADING OF REFUSE IN LAYERS, COVERING EACH LAYER WITH INERT EARTH AS TIPPING PROCEEDS, AND SEALING OFF ALL WORKING FACES AT THE CONCLUSION OF EACH DAY'S WORK TO OBVIATE NOXIOUS SMELLS, CONTROL VERMIN AND ELIMINATE HEALTH AND FIRE HAZARDS, + HE EXPLAINED.
COVERING MATERIAL FOR THE SIU LANG SHUI TIP WOULD BE OBTAINED FROM ON-SITE EXCAVATION WITHIN THE TIP BOUNDARIES
AND FROM AN ADJACENT BORROW AREA WHERE ABOUT 0.2 HECTARE OF LAND WOULD BE FORMED FOR FUTURE DEVELOPMENT, HE SAID.
THE WORKS ARE EXPECTED TO START IN JANUARY NEXT YEAR
AND BE COMPLETED BY JULY 1981.
THE PWD CIVIL ENGINEERING OFFICE'S DEVELOPMENT AND AIRPORT DIVISION HAS DESIGNED THE WORKS AND WILL SUPERVISE THE CONSTRUCTION,
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