SUNDAY, JULY 11, 1982
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DREDGING OPERATION ON KAM TIN RIVER
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DREDGING WORK ON KAM TIN RIVER IN YUEN LONG WITH THE USE OF A MODERN DREDGER WILL BE EXTENDED TO OTHER RIVERS IN THE NEW TERRITORIES ONCE IT IS PROVED TO BE SUCCESSFUL.
THE EXPERIMENTAL OPERATION LAUNCHED EARLIER THIS MONTH (JULY) INVOLVED A BRAND-NEW DREDGER KNOWN AS THE WATERWITCH, WHICH WAS ESPECIALLY SUITED FOR USE IN SHALLOW RIVERS AND STREAMS, A SPOKESMAN FOR THE NEW TERRITORIES SERVICES DEPARTMENT SAID TODAY (SUNDAY).
FUNCTIONING LIKE A TRACTOR, THE WATERWITCH BELONGING TO THE MARINE DEPARTMENT HAD DREDGED UP 100 TONNES OF SOLID WASTE VEGETATION AND WATER-BORNE REFUSE FROM THE RIVER OVER THE PAST WEEK, THE SPOKESMAN SAID.
DURING AN EARLIER OPERATION CARRIED OUT FROM LATE LAST YEAR NTSD WORKERS HAD SPENT MORE THAN 4 000 MAN-WORK ING-DAYS, CLEARING AWAY 650 TONNES OF REFUSE ALONG 15 KILOMETRES OF THE RIVER COURSE.
THE HIGHWAY (NEW TERRITORIES) DIVISION HAD ALSO COMMISSIONED CONTRACTORS TO DREDGE THE RIVER AT FIVE HEAVILY POLLUTED SITES, WHICH INCLUDED PAT HEUNG OFF FAN KAM ROAD AND THE UPPER SECTION OF HUNG MO BRIDGE, REMOVING A TOTAL OF 6 500 CUBIC METRES OF POLLUTANTS.
THE CURRENT WATERWITCH OPERATION FOCUSING ON THE LOWER STRETCHES OF HUNG MO BRIDGE HAD HELPED EASE THE RIVER FLOW, ACCORDING TO THE SPOKESMAN.
GOVERNMENT OFFICES FOR SAI KUNG * * *
THE BUILDING DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT IS INVITING TENDERS FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF A GOVERNMENT BUILDING IN MAN NIN STREET NEAR ITS JUNCTION WITH PO TUNG ROAD IN SAI KUNG,
THE PROJECT INVOLVES THE BUILDING OF AN EIGHT-STOREY OFFICE BLOCK ON A SITE OF ABOUT 2 250 SQUARE METRES.
WHEN COMPLETED, THE BUILDING WILL PROVIDE ADDITIONAL OFFICE ACCOMMODATION OF ABOUT 10 300 SQUARE METRES FOR VARIOUS GOVERNMENT DEPARTMENTS WHICH HAVE REGIONAL OR FIELD OFFICES IN SAI KUNG TOWN.
WORK ON THE PROJECT WILL START IN SEPTEMBER AND IS EXPECTED TO TAKE ABOUT 18 MONTHS TO COMPLETE.
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