TUESDAY, MARCH 9, 1982
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+WHEN COMPLETED AT THE END OF 1984, THE NEW AQUEDUCT SYSTEM, TOGETHER WITH A PUMPING STATION TO BE CONSTRUCTED AT AU TAU, WILL BOOST WATER SUPPLY TO THE WHOLE OF WEST NEW TERRITORIES BY 910 000 CUBIC METRES DAILY.+
TENDERS FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE PUMPING STATION WILL BE INVITED IN THE MIDDLE OF THIS YEAR.
MR TOMLINSON SAID THAT WORK ON THE FIRST CONTRACT FOR STAGE ONE, THE LAYING OF ABOUT 1.8 KILOMETRES OF MILD STEEL PIPELINE FROM FU TEI AU TO SHEUNG SHUI, HAD BEEN COMPLETED WHILE WORK ON SEVEN OTHER CONTRACTS WAS WELL IN HAND.
WORK ON STAGE ONE, COSTING ABOUT $700 MILLION, WILL BE COMPLETED IN VARIOUS PHASES BETWEEN SEPTEMBER AND THE END OF 1984.
MR TOMLINSON SAID ■ +WORK ON STAGE TWO WILL BEGIN IN 1984 AND BE COMPLETED IN 1988.+
COSTING $450 MILLION, WORK ON STAGE TWO WILL INVOLVE
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THE LAYING OF PIPELINES BETWEEN SHEUNG SHUI AND TAU PASS, * THE INSTALLATION OF ADDITIONAL PUMPING PLANTS AT THE NEW MUK WU PUMPING STATION, AU TAU PUMPING STATION AND THE CONSTRUCTION OF NEW PUMPING STATIONS AT HARBOUR ISLAND AND TAI MEI TUK, PLOVER COVE RESERVOIR,
THE CONSTRUCTION OF AQUEDUCT BETWEEN PLOVER COVE RESERVOIR AND PAK KONG, SAI KUNG, INCLUDING THE LAYING OF A SUBMARINE PIPELINE ACROSS TOLO CHANNEL, AND
THE CONSTRUCTION OF AQUEDUCT FROM TAI PO TAU TO NGAU TAM ME!.
WORK ON STAGE THREE WILL INVOLVE THE INSTALLATION OF ADDITIONAL PUMPING PLANTS AT THE NEW MUK AU, AU TAU, TAI MEI TUK AND HARBOUR ISLAND PUMPING STATIONS AND EXTENSION OF SUPPLY TO LANTAU ISLAND.
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MR TOMLINSON POINTED OUT, HOWEVER, THAT THE EXTENT OF WORK REQUIRED BEYOND STAGE ONE WOULD BE REVIEWED BEFORE IMPLEMENTATION TO TAKE ACCOUNT OF CHANGES IN THE PATTERN OF DEVELOPMENT..
REFERRING TO WATER FROM CHINA, MR TOMLINSON SAID, +UNDER THE TERMS OF THE AGREEMENT SIGNED IN NOVEMBER 1978, HONG KONG IS GETTING 182 MILLION CUBIC METRES OF WATER FROM CHINA THIS YEAR.
+THE LATEST WATER AGREEMENT SIGNED IN MAY 1980 WILL PROVIDE ADDITIONAL SUPPLIES TO HONG KONG WITH AN AVERAGE INCREASE IN SUPPLY OF ABOUT 35 MILLION CUBIC METRES PER YEAR STARTING FROM 1983 TO REACH A MAXIMUM OF 620 MILLION CUBIC METRES PER YEAR IN 1995.+
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