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WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 23, 1980
KOREAN FIRM WINS SEWAGE TREATMENT WORKS CONTRACT
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THE PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT TODAY (WEDNESDAY) AWARDED THE MAIN CONTRACT FOR THE NEW SHEK WU HUI SEWAGE TREATMENT WORKS TO OKPO CONSTRUCTION AND ENGINEERING COMPANY LIMITED OF SOUTH KOREA.
THE CONTRACT, WORTH MORE THAN $70 MILLION, IS FOR THE CIVIL ENGINEERING AND BUILDING WORKS OF PHASE ONE OF THE PROJECT AND IS THE FIRST MAJOR CONTRACT OF THIS NATURE AWARDED BY THE PWD TO A KOREAN CONTRACTOR.
IT WAS FORMALLY SIGNED THIS MORNING BY MR GEORGE CHIEN, CHIEF ENGINEER OF THE TAI PO AND FANLING DEVELOPMENT OFFICE OF PWD AND MR R.H. HONG OF THE COMPANY.
SPEAKING AFTER THE CEREMONY, MR CHIEN SAID THAT THE SEWAGE TREATMENT WORKS FORMED PART OF THE NEW TOWN DEVELOPMENT BEING UNDERTAKEN IN FANLING AND SHEK WU HUI,
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PHASE ONE OF THE PROJECT CONSISTS OF 11 CONTRACTS FOR CIVIL ENGINEERING AND BUILDING WORKS AND THE REMAINING 10 FOR ELECTRICAL AND MECHANICAL WORKS,
SO FAR. FIVE ELECTRICAL AND MECHANICAL CONTRACTS HAVE BEEN AWARDED TO BRITISH, AUSTRALIAN, JAPANESE AND DUTCH MANUFACTURERS AND THE REMAINING FIVE WILL BE LET IN THE NEXT SIX MONTHS.
TODAY'S CONTRACT COVERS AMONG OTHER THINGS, THE CONSTRUCTION OF A PUMPING STATION, INLET WORKS, PRIMARY SEDIMENTATION TANKS, AERATION TANKS, FINAL SETTLING TANKS, SLUDGE DIGESTION AND HOLDING TANKS, A SLUDGE PRESS HOUSE, AN ADMINISTRATION BUILDING AND ASSOCIATED ROADWORKS.
MR CHIEN SAID. THE SEWAGE TREATMENT WORKS WILL BE BUILT ON A SITE OF ABOUT 10 HECTARES IMMEDIATELY ADJACENT TO AND INCORPORATING THE EXISTING SHEK WU HUI PILOT SEWAGE TREATMENT PLANT.
+PHASE ONE OF THE TREATMENT WORKS WILL SERVE A POPULATION OF ABOUT 127 000 TOGETHER WITH THE ASSOCIATED INDUSTRIES IN THE NEW DEVELOPMENT, AND WILL TREAT SEWAGE BROUGHT BY A NEW SYSTEM OF SEVERS AND PUMPING STATIONS FROM THE URBAN AREAS OF FANLING AND SHEK WU HUT.+
THE LATEST METHODS OF SEWAGE TREATMENT, MR CHIEN ADDED, WOULD BE INCORPORATED IN THE WORKS AND WOULD ENABLE THE PRODUCTION OF A HIGH STANDARD OF EFFLUENT.
PART OF THE WORKS WILL BE OPERATIONAL BY JANUARY 1982, TO PROVIDE A TREATMENT FACILITY FOR THE FIRST PUBLIC HOUSING ESTATE IN THE AREA NOW UNDER CONSTRUCTION, AND WORK ON THE WHOLE PROJECT IS EXPECTED TO BE COMPLETED BY MAY 1982.
THE WORK HAS BEEN DESIGNED AND CONSTRUCTION WILL BE SUPERVISED BY MAUNSELL CONSULTANTS ASIA IN ASSOCIATION WITH WATSON (HONG KONG) ON BEHALF OF THE NEW TERRITORIES DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT OF PWD.
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