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TUESDAY, JUNE 23, 1987
THE SUCCESSFUL BIDDER WILL BE REQUIRED TO
GROSS
COMPLETE A FLOOR AREA OF NOT LESS THAN 5,328 SQUARE METRES, ALSO BY JUNE 1991.
NOTE TO EDITORS:
YOU ARE INVITED TO COVER THE AUCTION AT THE THE FURAMA HOTEL STARTING AT 2.30 PM TOMORROW.
WATER TUNNEL BREAKTHROUGH
JADE BALLROOM OF
TOMLINSON,
WHICH
TODAY
BREAKTHROUGH FOR THE IS AN
THE DIRECTOR
MR SUPPLIES,
FINAL TO MARK THE (TUESDAY) FIRED THE CHARGE
NGAU TAM MEI PO TAU TO $70 MILLION TAI PO ESSENTIAL LINK IN THE CHINA WATER PROJECT.
OF WATER
T.H.
AQUEDUCT,
OF ONE KILOMETRE OF 2,000 MM THE AQUEDUCT, WHICH CONSISTS
PO DIAMETER STEEL PIPELINE AND SIX KILOMETRES OF TUNNEL, CONNECTS TAI
CONTRACTOR, KUMAGA I TAU PUMPING STATION TO THE WESTERN AQUEDUCT. THE GUMI (HK) LTD., IS EXPECTED TO COMPLETE THE WORK EARLY NEXT YEAR.
WHEN PERIOD,
HONG KONG DURING THE MARCH/APRIL
RECEIVES WATER FROM CHINA, THE AQUEDUCT WILI. MAINTAIN DELIVERY OF RAW WATER TAI 1 AM CHUNG RESERVOIR FROM PLOVER COVE RESERVOIR,
IT WILL ALSO SERVE THE PROPOSED WATER
TAU.
WHEN NECESSARY, THE AQUEDUCT CAN BE WATER FROM MUK WU TO PLOVER COVE TO AUGMENT FACILITIES.
NO TO
TREATMENT WORKS AT AU
USED
TO TRANSPORT CHINA OTHER EXISTING TRANSFER
WAS THE LAST OF THE WATER SCHEME. DURING THE INVOLVED DRIVING A TOTAL
THE BREAKTHROUGH IS NOTABLE IN THAT IT FOUR TUNNEL SYSTEMS FOR THE PLANNED CHINA FOUR SYSTEMS HAVE LAST SIX YEARS THESE
TUNNEL LENGTH OF 30 KILOMETRES.
AMONG
CEREMONY WERE MR
THOSE ALSO PRESENT AT TODAY'S
OF KUMAGA] GUMI (HK) LTD. ISHIKAWA, GENERAL MANAGER BOWLER, CHIEF ENGINEER OF THE WATER SUPPLIES DEPARTMENT.
H.
AND MR E.W.
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