TUESDAY, JANUARY 17, 1984
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TUEN MUN NULLAH TO BE DESILTED
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THE ENVIRONMENT IN FOUR PUBLIC HOUSING ESTATES IN TUEN MUN WILL BE IMPROVED AS THE RESULT OF A $0.55 MILLION CONTRACT WHICH HAS JUST BEEN AWARDED BY THE HIGHWAYS OFFICE OF THE ENGINEERING DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT.
THE CONTRACT IS FOR CLEARING THE NEW TOWN'S NULLAH OF RUBBISH AND ANIMAL AND INDUSTRIAL WASTE.
IT HAS BEEN AWARDED TO CHEONG HING CONSTRUCTION COMPANY.
THE NULLAH RUNS BETWEEN YAU OI, TAI HING AND SAN FAT ESTATES AND SIU HONG COURT. CLOSE BY ARE SITTING-OUT AREAS AND A PLAYGROUND.
THE CONTRACT INVOLVES DREDGING 24 000 CUBIC METRES OF SILT, DEBRIS, MUD AND OTHER WASTE FROM THE NULLAH AND TRANSPORTING IT TO THE CONTROLLED TIP AT PILLAR POINT.
THE WORK, WHICH WILL COMMENCE LATER THIS WEEK AND TAKE ABOUT TWO MONTHS TO COMPLETE, WILL BE SUPERVISED BY THE NEW TERRITORIES DIVISION OF THE HIGHWAYS OFFICE.
A SPOKESMAN FOR THE ENGINEERING DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT SAID WHEN THE WORK WAS COMPLETED RESIDENTS OF TUEN MUN NEW TOWN, PARTICULARLY THOSE LIVING ALONG THE BANKS OF THE NULLAH, WOULD ENJOY A MUCH MORE HYGIENIC AND PLEASANT ENVIRONMENT.
MEANWHILE, SEWAGE IN THE NULLAH IS ALSO BEING PUMPED TO PILLAR POINT TREATMENT WORKS FROM A PUMPING STATION NEAR SIU HONG COURT WHICH WAS PUT INTO OPERATION TOWARDS THE END OF LAST YEAR.
IT IS HOPED THAT THE PRESENT DESILTING WORK, TOGETHER WITH THE OPERATION OF THE PUMPING STATION, WILL SUBSTANTIALLY REDUCE THE ODOUR FROM THE NULLAH.
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