MONDAY, JUNE 2, 1986
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NEW PUMPING STATION AT MA CHAI HANG
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THE WATER SUPPLIES DEPARTMENT IS INVITING TENDERS FOR CONSTRUCTION OF A FRESH WATER PUMPING STATION TO BE SITUATED NEAR THE ENTRANCE TO LION ROCK PARK, MA CHAI HANG.
THE NEW PUMPING STATION WILL BE A SINGLE STOREY STRUCTURE WITH A FLOOR AREA OF ABOUT 130 SQUARE METRES.
IT FORMS PART OF THE WATER SUPPLY SYSTEM THAT WILL MEET ADDITIONAL DEMAND ARISING FROM NEW HOUSING DEVELOPMENT IN THE MA CHAI HANG AND CHUK YUEN AREA.
WORK IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN IN JUNE AND TAKE ABOUT 12 MONTHS TO COMPLETE.
WATER STORAGE FIGURE
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STORAGE IN HONG KONG'S RESERVOIRS AT 9 AM TODAY (MONDAY) STOOD AT 46.1 PER CENT OF CAPACITY OR 269.940 MILLION CUBIC METRES.
THIS TIME LAST YEAR THE RESERVOIRS CONTAINED 322,254 MILLION CUBIC METRES OF WATER, REPRESENTING 55.0 PER CENT OF CAPACITY.
YUEN LONG WATER CUT *****
FRESH WATER SUPPLY TO CERTAIN PREMISES IN YUEN LONG WILL BE TURNED OFF FROM 11 PM ON THURSDAY (JUNE 5) TO 6 AM THE FOLLOWING DAY FOR LEAKAGE TEST.
THE AFFECTED PREMISES ARE BOUNDED BY CASTLE PEAK ROAD (YUEN LONG), KUK TING STREET, SAI TAI STREET, YUEN LONG ON NING ROAD, TAI KIU ROAD AND YUEN FAT PATH, THE AFFECTED AREA ALSO INCLUDÉS TUNG LOK STREET, FUK HONG STREET, PAU CHUNG STREET, KIU LOK SQUARE, SAU FU STREET, FOOK TAK STREET, FOOK TAK AND FOOK YAT PATH.