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FRIDAY, DECEMBER 16, 1983
MR TOMLINSON SAID WHEN COMPLETED IT WOULD BOOST DAILY RECEPTION CAPACITY AT MUK WU TO 2.1 MILLION CUBIC METRES WHICH WOULD MORE THAN DOUBLE EXISTING CAPACITY.
HE SAID THAT FROM MUK WU, CHINESE WATER IS PUMPED THROUGH AQUEDUCTS COMPRISING TUNNELS AND PIPELINES TO TAI LAM CHUNG AND PLOVER COVE RESERVOIRS.
+UP TO NOVEMBER THIS YEAR, HONG KONG HAS RECEIVED ABOUT 175 MILLION CUBIC METRES OF WATER FROM CHINA OUT OF A TOTAL OF 255 MILLION CUBIC METRES SCHEDULED FOR THIS SUPPLY PERIOD, + MR TOMLINSON SAID.
WATER FROM CHINA AMOUNTED TO ABOUT 40 PER CENT OF TOTAL ESTIMATED DEMAND FOR 1983/84, HE SAID.
THE 12-YEAR SCHEME, WHICH COMMENCED IN 1981, INVOLVES CONSTRUCTION OF SEVEN PUMPING STATIONS, 32 KILOMETRES OF TUNNEL, AND THE LAYING OF 31 KILOMETRES OF PIPELINE.
STAGE ONE, COMPRISING 12 MAJOR CONTRACTS, WILL COST $724.5 MILLION. SEVEN OF THE CONTRACTS HAVE BEEN COMPLETED, AND WORK
IS PROGRESSING ON THE REMAINING FIVE.
THE LARGEST ELEMENT IN STAGE ONE IS A $220-MILLION CONTRACT FOR CONSTRUCTING A LARGE DIAMETER AQUEDUCT SYSTEM FROM MUK WU TO TAI LAM CHUNG.
UPON COMPLETION EXPECTED TO BE IN EARLY 1986, THE SYSTEM WILL COMPRISE 14 KILOMETRES OF TUNNELS, LARGE ENOUGH FOR
INSPECTION VEHICLES TO PASS THROUGH, A FOUR-KILOMETRE ACCESS ROAD AND A 5.5-KILOMETRE PIPELINE 2.2 METRES IN DIAMETER (THE LARGEST IN HONG KONG).
THE SYSTEM WILL PROVIDE AN ADDITIONAL CAPACITY OF 910 000 CUBIC METRES DAILY TO THE WESTERN REGION OF THE NEW TERRITORIES, DELIVERING WATER FROM CHINA TO TAI LAM CHUNG RESERVOIR.
STAGE TWO OF THE MAJOR WORK WILL BEGIN IN 1987.
SCHEME IS ESTIMATED TO COST $725 MILLION. NEXT YEAR AND IS SCHEDULED FOR COMPLETION
IT WILL INVOLVE CONSTRUCTION OF NEW PUMPING STATIONS AT PLOVER COVE AND THE CONSTRUCTION OF AN AQUEDUCT BETWEEN PLOVER COVE RESERVOIR AND PAK KONG, INCLUDING A SUBMARINE PIPELINE ACROSS TOLO CHANNEL, TO SUPPLY MORE WATER TO JUNK BAY, SAI KUNG AND THE EASTERN PART OF KOWLOON AND HONG KONG.
AN AQUEDUCT WILL BE CONSTRUCTED FROM TAI PO TAU TO NGAU TAM MEI AND A PIPELINE LAID BETWEEN SHEUNG SHUI AND TAU PASS.
STAGE THREE WILL BE IMPLEMENTED BETWEEN 1988 AND 1992 AT AN ESTIMATED COST OF $300 MILLION.
WORK IN THIS STAGE INCLUDES PROVIDING ADDITIONAL PUMPING PLANT AT THE NEW STATIONS.
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