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SUNDAY, DECEMBER 2, 1984
MR WONG EXPLAINED THAT LARGE AREAS OF FLAT LAND ARE REQUIRED FOR STORING GROUND WATER AND THE TOPOGRAPHY OF HONG KONG IS SUCH THAT THERE ARE FEW SUCH AREAS LARGE ENOUGH TO PRODUCE ANY APPRECIABLE YIELD.
+EVEN WHERE FLAT LAND EXISTS IN PLACES LIKE FANLING AND YUEN LONG, CARE WOULD BE NEEDED TO EXTRACT GROUND WATER, BECAUSE WITHOUT GOOD RE-CHARGING FROM RAIN WATER OR RIVER FLOW THE SOIL STRUCTURE ON WHICH SETTLEMENTS ARE FOUNDED COULD BE AFFECTED, HE SAID.
SEAWALL FOR RECLAMATION PROJECT
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WORK WILL START SHORTLY ON THE FINAL 120-METRE SECTION OF A SEAWALL FOR THE CHEUNG SHA WAN RECLAMATION STAGE II PROJECT.
THREE EXISTING PIERS AT THE LOCATION WILL BE DEMOLISHED AND A 240-METRE BOUNDARY WALL WILL BE BUILT TO SEPARATE THE PRESENT CHEUNG SHA WAN WHOLESALE FISH MARKET AND ABATTOIR FROM THE RECLAMATION PROJECT.
THE CIVIL ENGINEERING OFFICE OF THE ENGINEERING DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT IS INVITING TENDERS FOR THE SCHEME. WORK IS EXPECTED TO START IN JANUARY 1985 AND TAKE EIGHT MONTHS TO COMPLETE.
WHEN FINISHED, THE STAGE I RECLAMATION PROJECT WILL FACILITATE THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE WESTERN KOWLOON CORRIDOR AND PROVIDE A SITE FOR THE FUTURE CHEUNG SHA WAN WHOLESALE MARKET.
EVERY LITTER BIN TELLS A STORY ***
HOUSEHOLD REFUSE IS, SURPRISINGLY, AN ECONOMIC INDICATOR, ACCORDING TO MR POON YUE-HOO, STAFF OFFICER (CLEANSING), OF THE CITY SERVICES DEPARTMENT.
COMMENTING ON THE WORK OF THE CSD'S REFUSE COLLECTION SERVICE, MR POON EXPLAINED: +EVERY YEAR WE DISPOSE OF ABOUT ONE MILLION TONNES OF DOMESTIC REFUSE AND JUNK BUT THE EXACT AMOUNT COLLECTED EACH MONTH SEEMS TO FLUCTUATE WITH THE ECONOMIC CLIMATE. WHEN TIMES ARE GOOD, WE USUALLY GET TO COLLECT MORE REFUSE AS PEOPLE TEND TO BUY MORE AND THROW AWAY MORE.
CONVERSELY, WHEN TIMES ARE HARD, PEOPLE BECOME MORE THRIFTY AND THEY ARE LESS LIKELY TO DISCARD THINGS BECAUSE OF THEIR LOWERED PURCHASING POWER.+
WEATHER ALSO