THURSDAY, AUGUST 28, 1980
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LATER IN THE MORNING. THE DIRECTOR VISITED HIS DEPARTMENT'S VEGETABLE UNIT AT TAI LUNG FARM WHERE SMALL-SCALE TRIALS ARE BEING CARRIED OUT TO SELECT STABLE AND HIGH-YIELDING STRAINS OF STRAW MUSHROOMS FOR PRODUCTION.
IN THE AFTERNOON, HE VISITED PROFESSOR S.T. CHANG OF THE CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG, WHO IS AN AUTHORITY ON STRAW MUSHROOMS, TO DISCUSS THE PROBLEMS OF GROWING MUSHROOMS LOCALLY. MR RIDDELL-SWAN ALSO VISITED PROFESSOR CHANG'S LABORATORY TO SEE HIS RESEARCH WORK ON MUSHROOMS.
IMPROVEMENTS IN WATER SUPPLY TO OUTLYING ISLANDS
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THE WATER SUPPLIES DEPARTMENT HAS LET TWO CONTRACTS VALUED AT MORE THAN $5 MILLION FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF A SERVICE RESERVOIR IN CHEUNG CHAU AND LAYING OF WATER MAINS IN TAI 0, LANTAU ISLAND TO IMPROVE FRESH WATER SUPPLY TO THE TWO AREAS.
THE RESERVOIR IN CHEUNG CHAU WILL BE BUILT ON A SITE NEXT TO THE EXISTING ONE AND WILL HAVE A STORAGE CAPACITY OF 3 410 CUBIC METRES.
ALSO INCLUDED IN THIS CONTRACT, WORTH ABOUT $3.8 MILLION, IS THE LAYING OF ABOUT 600 METRES OF WATER MAINS OF 450 MM IN DIAMETER NEXT TO THE RESERVOIR.
WORK ON THE PROJECT WILL START NEXT WEEK AND TAKE ABOUT 18 MONTHS.
THE OTHER $1.3 MILLION CONTRACT IS FOR THE LAYING OF ABOUT
1.7 KILOMETRES OF WATER MAINS BETWEEN YI O AND TAI 0.
ON COMPLETION, THE CAPACITY OF TREATED FRESH WATER SUPPLY TO TAI O WILL BE INCREASED FROM 910 CUBIC METRES TO 1 460 CUBIC METRES A DAY.
WORK WILL START EARLY NEXT MONTH AND WILL BE COMPLETED IN ABOUT NINE MONTHS.