THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 6, 1984
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NEW RESERVOIR AT JORDAN VALLEY
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THE WATER SUPPL JES DEPARTMENT HAS AWARDED A $3.7 MILLION CONTRACT TO BUILD A SALT WATER SERVICE RESERVOIR AT JORDAN VALLEY, KWUN TONG, TO REPLACE AN EXISTING RESERVOIR IN THE AREA WHICH HAS TO MAKE WAY FOR A CONTROLLED TIP.
THE NEW RESERVOIR, WITH A STORAGE CAPACITY OF 7 500 CUBIC METRES, WILL BE CONSTRUCTED OF REINFORCED CONCRETE.
IT WILL PROVIDE PART OF THE FLUSHING WATER SYSTEM FOR NGAU THE SALT WATER WILL BE DRAWN BY TAU KOK AND KOWLOON BAY AREAS.
THE SHUM WAN SHAN SALT WATER PUMPING STATION.
THE CONTRACT, AWARDED TO YICK HING CONSTRUCTION COMPANY ALSO INCLUDES THE LAYING OF 330 METRES OF SALT WATER MAINS FROM THE PUMPING STATION TO THE SERVICE RESERVOIR,
WORK IS EXPECTED TO COMMENCE IN MIDDLE OF THIS MONTH AND TAKE ABOUT 16 MONTHS TO COMPLETE.
ANTI-DRUG DRIVE OFF TO A 'BUS START'
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THIS YEAR'S ANTI-DRUG DRIVE WENT ON THE ROADS TODAY WITH THE LAUNCHING OF SEVEN COLOURFULLY PAINTED KMB BUSES WHICH WILL CARRY THE MESSAGE TO PEOPLE THROUGHOUT HONG KONG.
SETTING OFF THE PROMOTION EFFORT AT THE MEI FOO SUN CHUEN TERMINUS WERE MR GORDON MORTIMER, COMMISSIONER FOR NARCOTICS, AND MR KARL STUMPF, CHAIRMAN OF THE PREVENTIVE EDUCATION AND PUBLICITY SUB-COMMITTEE, ACTION COMMITTEE AGAINST NARCOTICS.
THEY ALSO SAT AS THE FIRST PASSENGERS ON A BUS, WHICH LIKE THE OTHER BUSES, CARRIES A DESIGN DEPICTING A SUNNY SKY WITH BIRDS FLYING OVER A FLOWERY BACKGROUND AND BEARS THE EIGHT- CHARACTER CHINESE INSCRIPTION +HEALTH COMES FIRST, DON'T TAKE DRUGS+.
A +HIGH VISIBILITY AND HARD-SELL APPROACH WILL BE ADOPTED DURING THIS YEAR'S ANTI-NARCOTICS DRIVE TO GENERATE MAXIMUM PUBLIC AWARENESS OF DRUG DANGER THROUGH CONCENTRATED USE OF THE MASS MEDIA, A SPOKESMAN FOR THE NARCOTICS DIVISION SAID,
+AS AN INTEGRAL PART OF OUR ON-GOING PREVENTIVE EDUCATION PROGRAMME, THE CAMPAIGN WILL STRESS THE HARD FACTS OF WHAT DRUGS ABUSE ACTUALLY DOES TO THE HUMAN BODY AND HOW IT DESTROYS HEALTH. THE DESIGN AND MESSAGES ON THE BUS PANELS TIE IN VERY WELL WITH THE HEALTH EMPHASIS AS AGAINST THE EVILS OF DRUG ABUSE, HE SAID.
THE MEDIA