WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 24, 1984
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$57-MILLION CONTRACT FOR AQUEDUCT
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A $57-MILLION CONTRACT WAS AWARDED TODAY (WEDNESDAY) FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF AN AQUEDUCT BETWEEN SAI O AND PAK KONG IN SA! KUNG,
THE AQUEDUCT, WHICH FORMS PART OF A PROJECT FOR DISTRIBUTING ADDITIONAL WATER SUPPLY FROM CHINA, WILL INVOLVE THE CONSTRUCTION OF A 5.3 KILOMETRES LONG TUNNEL AND A 460 METRES LONG PIPELINE.
SIGNING THE CONTRACT ON BEHALF OF THE GOVERNMENT WAS THE DIRECTOR OF WATER SUPPLIES, MR TOM TOMLINSON, AND THE CHAIRMAN AND MANAGING DIRECTOR OF PAUL Y CONSTRUCTION COMPANY LIMITED, MR GEORGE TSO.
OTHER WORKS TO BE CARRIED OUT CONCURRENTLY WITH THIS PROJECT BUT UNDER SEPARATE CONTRACTS ARE THE CONSTRUCTION OF TAI MEI TUK 'B' AND HARBOUR ISLAND PUMPING STATIONS AT PLOVER COVE RESERVOIR AND THE TOLO CHANNEL SUBMARINE PIPELINE.
RAW WATER STORED AT PLOVER COVE RESERVOIR WILL BE PUMPED FROM THE HARBOUR ISLAND STATION VIA THE SUBMARINE PIPELINE AND THE NEW AQUEDUCT TO PAK KONG WHERE A WATER TREATMENT PLANT WILL SOON BE BUILT.
TREATED WATER WILL THEN BE SUPPLIED TO THE SAI KUNG AREA, JUNK BAY, THE EASTERN PART OF KOWLOON AND NORTHEASTERN HONG KONG ISLAND.
RAW WATER WILL ALSO BE DIRECTED TO MA ON SHAN, WHERE A TREATMENT PLANT HAS BEEN PLANNED TO PROVIDE SUPPLY TO THE LATER STAGE OF DEVELOPMENT AT MA ON SHAN.
THE AQUEDUCT WILL BE DRIVEN FROM TWO PORTALS - ONE AT SAI O AND THE OTHER AT PAK KONG. AS PART OF THE THREE-YEAR CONSTRUCTIUN WORKS FALLS WITHIN PRIVATE PROPERTY, LAND ACQUISITION HAS BEEN CARRIED OUT BOTH AT SAI O AND PAK KONG.
THE WORK HAS BEEN DESIGNED AND WILL BE SUPERVISED ON BEHALF OF THE WATER SUPPLIES DEPARTMENT BY THE CONSULTING ENGINEERS, BINNIE AND PARTNERS (HONG KONG).
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