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MONDAY, JANUARY 21, 1980
CONTRACT AWARDED FOR CONTROLLED TIP IN TUEN MUN
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THE PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT TODAY (MONDAY) WARDED A CONTRACT FOR THE THIRD PHASE OF WORK AT THE SIU LANG SHUI CONTROLLED TIP OFF PILLAR POINT ROAD IN TUEN MUN.
THE CONTRACT, WORTH ABOUT $7.5 MILLION, WAS GIVEN TO ON LEE AND COMPANY.
IT WAS FORMALLY SIGNED THIS MORNING BY MR CHAN YAN, CHIEF ENGINEER OF THE DEVELOPMENT AND AIRPORT DIVISION OF THE PWD'S CIVIL ENGINEERING OFFICE AND A REPRESENTATIVE OF THE CONTRACTOR.
WORK ON THE FIRST AND SECOND PHASES, INCLUDING THE CONSTRUCTION OF ROADWAY FROM PILLAR POINT TO SIU LANG SHUI HAS BEEN COMPLETED.
MR CHAN SAID, IN THE THIRD PHASE, FILLING OF THE SI 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 AVAILABLE FOR RECREATIONAL AND AMENITY USES.
+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, MR CHAN SAID.
WORK ON THE CONTRACT IS EXPECTED TO BE COMPLETED BY JULY 1981.
THE DEVELOPMENT AND AIRPORT DIVISION OF PWD'S CIVIL ENGINEERING OFFICE WHICH IS RESPONSIBLE FOR THE DESIGN OF THE WORK, WILL SUPERVISE THE CONSTRUCTION.
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