THURSDAY, AUGUST 26, 1982
+DOLOSSE+ DESIGN IMPRESSES D.B. MEMBERS
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TWENTY-THREE SAI KUNG DISTRICT BOARD MEMBERS WERE AMAZED TODAY (THURSDAY) TO SEE THE 7 000 GIANT DOLOSSE+ EACH WEIGHING 25 000 KG PLACED ALONG THE EAST COFFERDAM OF THE HIGH ISLAND RESERVOIR.
DURING AN HOUR-LONG VISIT TO THE RESERVOIR, THEY WERE TOLD THAT THE +DOLOSSE+ HAD BEEN SPECIALLY DESIGNED AS WAVE-BREAKERS TO PROTECT THE SEAWARD FACE OF THE DAM FROM OCEAN WAVES WHICH COULD REACH A HEIGHT OF 12 METRES IN CASE OF A TYPHOON.
BEING HONG KONG'S LARGEST RESERVOIR, HIGH ISLAND WAS COMPLETED IN 1979 WITH A TOTAL STORAGE CAPACITY OF 273 MILLION CUBIC METRES. IT IS AT PRESENT ABOUT 70 PER CENT FULL.
THE VISIT TO THE RESERVOIR WAS PART OF A FIELD PROGRAMME BY WHICH BOARD MEMBERS MIGHT FAMILIARISE THEMSELVES WITH EXISTING GOVERNMENT FACILITIES IN THE DISTRICT.
IN THE AFTERNOON, THE SAI KUNG DISTRICT OFFICER, MR CHAN SUI-JEUNG, AND FOUR DISTRICT BOARD MEMBERS OPENED A 3 500 SQUARE-METRE SOCCER PITCH AT PAK KONG.
THIS PROJECT WAS FIRST INITIATED BY THE DISTRICT BOARD AND LATER COMPLETED WITH FUNDS FROM THE FORMER PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT AT A COST OF $290 000.