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SUNDAY, JANUARY 8, 1984
ONE OF THE MOST SIGNIFICANT WAS THE LAMMA ISLAND SCHEME, INAUGURATED IN OCTOBER.
THIS $47 MILLION PROJECT COMPRISED TWO SUBMARINE MAINS RUNNING FROM SANDY BAY AND WAH FU ON HONG KONG ISLAND TO LAMMA ISLAND, HE SAID.
WATER WAS DRAWN FROM THE MOUNT DAVIS SERVICE RESERVOIR SYSTEM VIA THE TWO SUBMARINE MAINS TO TWO SERVICE RESERVOIRS ON THE ISLAND.
AS A RESULT, FILTERED SUPPLY WAS MADE AVAILABLE TO 15 OF THE ISLAND'S 19 VILLAGES.
THE SPOKESMAN SAID ANOTHER PROJECT COMPLETED DURING THE YEAR WAS A THIRD CROSS-HARBOUR PIPELINE.
THE NEW TWIN 1 000 MILLIMETRE DIAMETER SUBMARINE MAIN RUNS FROM TSIM SHA TSUI TO WAN CHAI WATERFRONT AND HAS BOOSTED TRANSFER CAPACITY FROM KOWLOON TO HONG KONG ISLAND BY 180 000 CUBIC METRES PER DAY, GIVING A COMBINED DAILY CAPACITY OF MORE THAN 500 000 CUBIC METRES.
LOOKING AHEAD TO THE COMING YEAR, THE SPOKESMAN SAID FURTHER CONTRACTS AMOUNTING TO $100 MILLION ON NEW PROJECTS WHICH HAD STARTED THIS YEAR WOULD BE AWARDED.
MEANWHILE, THE SPOKESMAN SAID, PROJECTS IN CONNECTION WITH THE RECEPTION AND DISTRIBUTION OF ADDITIONAL WATER SUPPLY FROM CHINA WERE PROGRESSING SMOOTHLY.
THE ENTIRE SCHEME, TO BE COMPLETED IN THREE STAGES, WOULD RAISE SUPPLY FROM CHINA TO 620 MILLION CUBIC METRES A YEAR OVER A 12-YEAR PERIOD UNTIL 1994, HE SAID.
WORK ON STAGE 1 COMPRISED 12 MAJOR CONTRACTS WORTH
$724.5 MILLION, FIVE OF WHICH WERE COMPLETED DURING THE YEAR.
TWO CONTRACTS WERE COMPLETED IN PREVIOUS YEARS AND ONLY FIVE CONTRACTS REMAIN OUTSTANDING IN STAGE 1.
THE SPOKESMAN SAID THESE INCLUDE A LARGE DIAMETER AQUEDUCT SYSTEM FROM MUK WU TO TAI LAM CHUNG COSTING OVER $220 MILLION. WHEN COMPLETED IT WILL PROVIDE ADDITIONAL CAPACITY OF 910 000 CUBIC METRES PER DAY TO THE WESTERN REGION OF THE NEW TERRITORIES.
ANOTHER MAJOR CONTRACT FOR STAGE I WAS IN CONNECTION WITH CONSTRUCTION OF A 5 200-METRE LONG TUNNEL OF 2.5 METRES DIAMETER FROM TSING TAM TO YAU KOM TAU, AS WELL AS SITE FORMATION WORK FOR YAU KOM TAU TREATMENT WORKS.
THE TUNNEL BREAKTHROUGH WAS ACHIEVED IN NOVEMBER AND WORK ON CONCRETE LINING OF THE TUNNEL HAS STARTED. THE $105 MILLION CONTRACT WILL BE COMPLETED IN 1984.
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