FRIDAY, AUGUST 9, 1985
$77-MILLION WATER PROJECT CONTRACT SIGNED
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THE WATER SUPPLIES DEPARTMENT TODAY (FRIDAY) AWARDED A $77-MILLION CONTRACT FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF TWO WATER TUNNELS AND THE LAYING OF FRESH WATER MAINS IN PAK KONG, SAI KUNG.
THE WORK IS PART OF A SCHEME TO SUPPLY WATER TO THE PROPOSED JUNK BAY NEW TOWN AND ITS HINTERLAND IN SAI KUNG, AND TO SUPPLEMENT THE PRESENT SHA TIN TREATMENT WORKS BY SUPPLYING WATER TO THE EASTERN PARTS OF NEW KOWLOON AND HONG KONG ISLAND.
THE TWO TUNNELS, TOTALLING 5.9 KILOMETRES AND 1.1 KILOMETRES OF TWO-METRE DIAMETER WATER MAINS ACROSS THE HO CHUNG AND PAK KONG VALLEYS, WILL LINK UP THE PROPOSED PAK KONG TREATMENT WORKS AND THE PROPOSED JUNK BAY PRIMARY SERVICE RESERVOIR.
THE TREATMENT WORKS AND PRIMARY SERVICE RESERVOIR WILL
BE BUILT UNDER SEPARATE CONTRACTS.
INCLUDED IN THIS CONTRACT IS SITE FORMATION WORK FOR THE PROPOSED PAK KONG TREATMENT WORKS. THIS INVOLVES EXCAVATING ABOUT 230 000 CUBIC METRES OF MATERIALS TOGETHER WITH SLOPE STABILISATION AND ANCILLARY SITE WORKS.
WORK WILL START LATER THIS MONTH AND IS EXPECTED TO BE COMPLETED IN ABOUT TWO-AND-A-HALF YEARS.
THE CONTRACT WAS SIGNED BY THE ACTING DIRECTOR OF WATER SUPPLIES, MR WONG KWOK-LAT, AND THE DEPUTY CHAIRMAN OF KUMAGA I GUMI (HONG KONG) LIMITED, MR C.P. YU.
DRAFT PLAN FOR MID-LEVELS EAST PUBLISHED
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THE TOWN PLANNING BOARD HAS PUBLISHED A NEW DRAFT OUTLINE ZONING PLAN FOR MID-LEVELS EAST, AN AREA OF 62.49 HECTARES BOUNDED BY KENNEDY ROAD ON THE NORTH, STUBBS ROAD ON THE EAST, BOWEN DRIVE ON THE WEST AND THE 200-230 METRE CONTOURS ON THE SOUTH.
A SPOKESMAN FOR THE BOARD SAID THE PLAN'S MAIN OBJECTIVE WAS TO PROVIDE A STATUTORY LAND USE PATTERN AND ROAD NETWORK AS A BASIS FOR DEVELOPMENT AND REDEVELOPMENT OF THE AREA.
ZONINGS ON THE PLAN PRIMARILY REFLECT EXISTING DEVELOPMENT AND REDEVELOPMENT PROPOSALS FOR THE AREA. OF THE 62.49 HECTARES, 12.1 ARE ZONED FOR RESIDENTIAL USE, 6.37 FOR GOVERNMENT-INSTITUTION- COMMUNITY USES- AND 0.95 FOR OPEN SPACE.
ANOTHER 39.69 HECTARES ARE RESERVED FOR GREEN BELT AREAS
TO PRESERVE THE WELL-WOODED SLOPES OF THE AREA. 3.38 HECTARES ARE OCCUPIED BY ROADS.
THE REMAINING
THE FLAN
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