SATURDAY, DECEMBER 27, 1980
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TUNG CHUNG NULLAH BEING IMPROVED
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THE GOVERNMENT IS MAKING IMPROVEMENTS TO A NULLAH WHICH RUNS THROUGH A REMOTE VILLAGE ON LANTAU TO PREVENT LOCAL VILLAGE HOUSES FROM FLOOD DAMAGE.
THE VILLAGE IS SAN TAU TSUEN, NEAR TUNG CHUNG.
THE NULLAH, WHICH IS 500 METRES LONG, WAS FORMERLY A NATURAL STREAM.
WALLS WERE CONSTRUCTED SOME YEARS AGO TO PREVENT THE BANKS FROM COLLAPSING, BUT THESE HAVE NOW DETERIORATED THROUGH EROSION.
THE GOVERNMENT IS TO SPEND $130 000 ON THE IMPROVEMENTS, USING ISLANDS DISTRICT OFFICE LOCAL PUBLIC WORKS VOTE.
WORK INCLUDES CONSTRUCTION OF A REINFORCED CONCRETE INVERT TO PROTECT THE BOTTOM OF THE NULLAH.
AN ISLANDS DISTRICT OFFICE SPOKESMAN SAID WORK WAS NECESSARY AS A PRECAUTION AGAINST FLOOD, OR HOUSES NEAR THE NULLAH WOULD SUFFER SERIOUS DAMAGE SHOULD THE BANKS COLLAPSE.
WORK STARTED EARLY THIS MONTH AND IS EXPECTED TO BE COMPLETED BY FEBRUARY.
WATER CUT IN TUEN MUN
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WATER SUPPLY TO AN AREA OF TUEN MUN WILL BE INTERRUPTED FROM 10 PM ON TUESDAY (DECEMBER 30) TO 7 AM THE FOLLOWING DAY.
THE AREA COVERS ALL PREMISES AND VILLAGES ALONG CASTLE PEAK ROAD BETWEEN FU TEI SHEUNG TSUEN AND TAI LAM CHUNG, AND INCLUDES INDUSTRIAL ZONE AREAS 9 AND 12, SAM SHING ESTATE AND ON TING/YAU DI ESTATE.