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FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 12, 1980
HE POINTED OUT THAT THE DEVELOPMENT OF TECHNICAL AND CRAFT APPRENTICES WITH THE VERY THOROUGH TRAINING THEY RECEIVED WAS THEREFORE A VITAL ELEMENT IN SUCCESSFULLY HARNESSING MODERN TECHNOLOGY FOR INDUSTRIAL NEEDS.
MR HOWES RECALLED THAT SINCE THE START OF THE SCHEME SOME 145 TECHNICAL APPRENTICES AND 620 CRAFT APPRENTICES HAD ALREADY GRADUATED.
THE CURRENT SCHEME OF TRAINING CRAFT AND TECHNICAL APPRENTICES BEGAN IN 1969 AS A JOINT EFFORT BY THE PWD'S ELECTRICAL AND MECHANICAL OFFICE, THE PWD'S WATERWORKS OFFICE AND THE KOWLOON- CANTON RAILWAY. PWD'S GEOTECHNICAL CONTROL OFFICE, ROYAL HONG KONG POLICE FORCE AND FIRE SERVICES DEPARTMENT PARTICIPATED IN LATER YEARS.
DURING THE CEREMONY, MR HOWES PRESENTED GRADUATION CERTIFICATES TO 51 CRAFT APPRENTICES.
HE ALSO PRESENTED THE +LAISHLEY CUP TO THE BEST CRAFT APPRENTICE, PUN SUN-KEUNG, OF WATER SUPPLIES DEPARTMENT.
WATER SUPPLIES DIRECTOR INSPECTS INSTALLATIONS ON CHEUNG CHAU
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THE DIRECTOR OF WATER SUPPLIES, MR WILLIAM TUCKER, THIS (FRIDAY) MORNING INSPECTED WATERWORKS INSTALLATIONS WHICH PROVIDE FRESH WATER TO CONSUMERS ON CHEUNG CHAU.
HE WAS ACCOMPANIED BY THE CHIEF ENGINEER (CONSUMER SERVICES) OF THE WATER SUPPLIES DEPARTMENT, MR TANG KWOK-YUE.
MR TUCKER SAW WATERWORKS OPERATIONS AND NEW PROJECTS IN
PROGRESS ON THE ISLAND.
TWO SERVICE RESERVOIRS, WITH A COMBINED STORAGE CAPACITY OF 3 850 CUBIC METRES, PROVIDE FRESH WATER TO 6 370 REGISTERED CONSUMERS.
THE SUPPLY COMES FROM THE SILVER MINE BAY TREATMENT WORKS ON LANTAU VIA A TRUNK MAIN ALONG THE CHI MA WAN PENINSULA AND A SUBMARINE MAIN BETWEEN THE TWO ISLANDS TO CHEUNG CHAU PUMPING STATION AT TAI KWAŁ WAN FROM WHERE IT IS PUMPED TO THE SERVICE RESERVOIRS.
THE WATER SUPPLIES DEPARTMENT IS IMPLEMENTING A $3.8 MILLION EXTENSION PROJECT FOR ONE OF THE RESERVOIRS WHICH WILL ENABLE THE TOTAL STORAGE CAPACITY ON THE ISLAND TO BE DOUBLED TO 7 260 CUBIC METRES BY EARLY 1982.
IN CONJUNCTION WITH THIS WORK, THE CAPACITY OF THE TRUNK MAIN ALONG THE CHI MA WAN PENINSULA WILL ALSO BE INCREASED.
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