SATURDAY, OCTOBER 27, 1984
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WATER SUPPLY TUNNEL WORK STARTING
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THE WATER SUPPLIES DEPARTMENT IS INVITING CONTRACTORS TO APPLY FOR INCLUSION IN A LIST OF QUALIFIED TENDERERS FOR WATER TREATMENT WORKS.
THE WORKS ARE ASSOCIATED WITH THE PAK KONG TREATMENT WORKS AND FORM PART OF A PROJECT FOR DISTRIBUTING ADDITIONAL WATER SUPPLY FROM CHINA.
THE WORK INVOLVES THE CONSTRUCTION OF A TUNNEL FORMING PART OF A TREATED WATER AQUEDUCT FROM THE PROPOSED PAK KONG WATER TREATMENT WORKS TO THE JUNK BAY PRIMARY SERVICE RESERVOIR.
THE CONTRACT WILL INCLUDE LAYING 1.1 KILOMETRES OF TWO-METRE DIAMETER PUMPING MAINS IN TRENCH ACROSS THE HO CHUNG AND PAK KONG VALLEYS AND 1.2 KILOMETRES OF TWIN 1.4-METRE DIAMETER GRAVITY MAINS IN JUNK BAY ROAD.
THE PROJECT ALSO INCLUDES SITE FORMATION FOR THE PAK KONG WATER TREATMENT WORKS, INVOLVING EXCAVATION OF ABOUT 230 000 CUBIC METRES OF MATERIAL, TOGETHER WITH SLOPE PROTECTION AND ANCILLARY SITE WORKS,
WRITTEN APPLICATIONS SHOULD BE SENT TO THE CHIEF ENGINEER/CONSULTANTS MANAGEMENT, WATER SUPPLIES DEPARTMENT, 12TH FLOOR, LEIGHTON CENTRE, 77 LEIGHTON ROAD, HONG KONG, BY NOVEMBER 16, 1984.
ROAD WORK IN TAI PO
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A SECTION OF TAI PO ROAD WILL BE CLOSED TO TRAFFIC BETWEEN 8 AM TOMORROW (SUNDAY) AND 6 AM THE FOLLOWING DAY FOR ROAD WORK.
THE SECTION IS BETWEEN FANLING PUBLIC SWIMMING POOL AND THE SHEUNG SHUI MINI-ROUNDABOUT.
DURING THE CLOSURE, WESTBOUND MOTORISTS ARE ADVISED TO USE ROAD L2, FANLING ROUNDABOUT, JOCKEY CLUB ROAD, ROAD D4 AND SHEUNG SHU MINI-ROUNDABOUT.
FROM 6 AM ON MONDAY (OCTOBER 29), FOLLOWING COMPLETION OF THE ROAD WORK, WESTBOUND MOTORISTS ARE ADVISED TO TRAVEL VIA THE NEW SECTION OF TAI PO ROAD, NORTHEAST LOOP ROAD, SLIP ROAD C, TAI PO ROAD AND THE SHEUNG SHUI MINI-ROUNDABOUT.
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