THURSDAY, MARCH 8, 1984
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(1) THE YUEN LONG DISTRICT BOARD MEETING AT 10 AM TOMORROW (FRIDAY) IN THE CONFERENCE ROOM ON THE FOURTH FLOOR OF THE YUEN LONG DISTRICT BRANCH OFFICES BUILDING; AND
(2) THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT BOARD MEETING AT 2.30 PM THE SAME DAY IN THE CONFERENCE ROOM OF THE DISTRICT OFFICE ON THE SECOND FLOOR OF ME1 FUNG COURT IN ABERDEEN CENTRE.
A GOVERNMENT VEHICLE WILL LEAVE KOWLLON PUBLIC PIER AT 9 AM SHARP FOR YUEN LONG.
CONTRACT ON WATER TREATMENT WORKS SIGNED
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WORK TO INCREASE THE OUTPUT OF THE TUEN MUN WATER TREATMENT PLANT AT FU TEI WILL START TOMORROW (FRIDAY).
A $17.6-MILLION CONTRACT HAS BEEN AWARDED BY THE WATER SUPPLIES DEPARTMENT TO GAMMON (HONG KONG) LIMITED TO BOOST THE PLANT'S CAPACITY BY 150 000 CUBIC METRES PER DAY TO 273 000 CUBIC METRES.
THE CONTRACT FOR THE CIVIL ENGINEERING WORKS WILL TAKE 21 MONTHS TO COMPLETE.
THE EXPANSION IS NECESSARY BECAUSE OF THE ANTICIPATED POPULATION GROWTH IN TUEN MUN AND YUEN LONG OVER THE NEXT FEW YEARS.
THE CONTRACT WAS SIGNED BY MR LEE GUN-CHEUNG, CHIEF ENGINEER OF THE WATER SUPPLIES DEPARTMENT, AND MR DAVID MORRIS, MANAGING DIRECTOR OF GAMMON (HONG KONG) LÍMITED.
DRIEST FOUR-MONTH PERIOD ON RECORD
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THE PERIOD FROM LAST NOVEMBER TO FEBRUARY WAS THE DRIEST ON RECORD FOR ANY FOUR CONSECUTIVE MONTHS, ACCORDING TO THE ROYAL OBSERVATORY'S MONTHLY REPORT.
THE RAINFALL DURING THIS PERIOD WAS 13.6 MM, WHILE FEBRUARY'S RAINFALL OF 2.7 MM WAS ONLY SIX PER CENT OF THE NORMAL AMOUNT.
/FEBRUARY WAS