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MONDAY, APRIL 14, 1980
GOVERNMENT HOUSE STEWARD RETIRING
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THE GOVERNOR, SIR MURRAY MACLEHOSE, TODAY (MONDAY) PAID TRIBUTE TO THE DEDICATED WORK OF ONE OF HIS STEWARDS WHO IS RETIRING AFTER 34 YEARS OF SERVICE IN GOVERNMENT HOUSE.
AT A CEREMONY IN GOVERNMENT HOUSE THIS AFTERNOON, SIR MURRAY PRESENTED A SOUVENIR TO MR LUI KAM AND WISHED HIM A VERY HAPPY RETIREMENT.
MR LUI, AGED 55, BEGAN HIS SERVICE IN GOVERNMENT HOUSE IN 1946 AND HAS SERVED FIVE GOVERNORS.
MR LUI WILL GO ON PRE-RETIREMENT LEAVE TOMORROW (TUESDAY).
MORE WATER FOR SHA TIN
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A NEW FRESH WATER SERVICE RESERVOIR AND A SALT WATER RESERVOIR WILL BE BUILT IN SHA TIN TO COPE WITH DEMAND FROM DEVELOPMENTS IN THE EASTERN PART OF SHA TIN NEW TOWN.
THE CONTRACT FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE TWO RESERVOIRS WHICH COST MORE THAN $24.6 MILLION WAS SIGNED TODAY (MONDAY) BETWEEN THE CHIEF ENGINEER (CONSTRUCTION), MR LEE GUN-CHEUNG OF THE WATER SUPPLIES DEPARTMENT AND REPRESENTATIVES OF THE MCCONNELL DOWELL CONSTRUCTORS LTD.
LOCATED IN TO SHEK IN THE EASTERN PART OF THE NEW TOWN, THE FRESH WATER SERVICE RESERVOIR WILL HAVE A STORAGE CAPACITY OF 36 300 CUBIC METRES AND THE SALT WATER RESERVOIR 4 400 CUBIC METRES.
ALSO INCLUDED IN THE CONTRACT IS THE LAYING OF ABOUT 400 METRES OF WATER MAINS AND THE CONSTRUCTION OF AN ACCESS ROAD.
WORK ON THE PROJECT IS TO START THIS WEEK AND WILL TAKE 18 MONTHS TO COMPLETE.
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