MONDAY, NOVEMBER 29, 1982
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TAI PO SLUDGE DEWATERING PLANT CONTRACT
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THE ELECTRICAL AND MECHANICAL SERVICES DEPARTMENT TODAY AWARDED A CONTRACT TO GILMAN AND CO. LTD. FOR THE SUPPLY AND INSTALLATION OF MECHANICAL AND ELECTRICAL EQUIPMENT FOR THE SLUDGE DEWATERING PLANT FOR TAI PO SEWAGE TREATMENT WORKS, STAGE 11.
THE CONTRACT, WORTH $11.4 MILLION, IS ONE OF THE FOUR MECHANICAL AND ELÉCTRICAL CONTRACTS FOR THE TREATMENT WORKS.
IT COVERS THE SUPPLY AND INSTALLATION OF THREE FILTER PLATE PRESSES AND ASSOCIATED SLUDGE AND CHEMICAL FEED PUMPS, THREE SLUDGE TRANSFER PUMPS, VARIOUS TANK/MIXER STIRRERS AND ASSOCIATED ELECTRICAL EQUIPMENT.
THE CONTRACT WAS FORMALLY SIGNED THIS MORNING BY MR R.T. JENKINS, ACTING GOVERNMENT ELECTRICAL AND MECHANICAL ENGINEER (PROJECTS AND DEVELOPMENT), AND MR M.J.C. HASZLAKIEWICZ, DIRECTOR OF GILMAN AND CO. LTD.
WORKS ON THE CONTRACT IS EXPECTED TO BE COMPLETED BY MID-1985.
CAREERS EXHIBITION ATTRACTS 115 000 VISITORS
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MORE THAN 115 000 PEOPLE VISITED THE LABOUR DEPARTMENT'S 10-DAY 11TH ANNUAL CAREERS EXHIBITION WHICH CLOSED IN THE CITY HALL EXHIBITION HALL THIS (MONDAY) EVENING.
AT THE SAME TIME, LIVE CAREERS SHOWS HELD AT EDINBURGH PLACE ON WEEKENDS AND SUNDAYS DURING THE EXHIBITION PERIOD ATTRACTED NO LESS THAN 110 00OVISITORS.
SPEAKING AT THE CLOSING CEREMONY THIS EVENING, THE COMMISSIONER FOR LABOUR, MR J.N. HENDERSON, ATTRIBUTED SUCCESS OF THE EXHIBITION TO CONTRIBUTIONS MADE BY THE PARTICIPATING ORGANISATIONS, ADDING THAT THE IR SUPPORT IN PROVIDING FINANCIAL RESOURCES FOR THE DESIGN OF THEIR STANDS AND IN PROVIDING EXPERIENCED STAFF TO ANSWER ENQUIRIES ON THE SPOT HAS CERTAINLY HELPED TO ACHIEVE THE OBJECTIVE OF THE EXHIBITION.
+THE SUCCESS OF THE CAREERS EXHIBITION REFLECTS ITS POPULARITY AND THE FACT THAT IT HELPS TO SATISFY A DEMAND OF YOUNG PEOPLE FOR CAREERS INFORMATION. I CAN ASSURE YOU THAT WE WILL CONTINUE TO ORGANISE THE EVENT AND, WITH THE HELP OF THE MANY PARTIES INVOLVED, MAKE IT EVEN BETTER AND MORE INFORMATIVE IN FUTURE,+ HE TOLD EXHIBITORS ATTENDING THE CEREMONY.
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