SATURDAY, JULY 11, 1987
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SEWAGE TREATMENT WORKS CONTRACT AWARDED
A $9.2 MILLION CONTRACT FOR THE SECOND STAGE OF SHA TIN SEWAGE TREATMENT WORKS HAS BEEN AWARDED BY THE TERRITORY DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT.
UNDER THE CONTRACT, HUTCHISON-BOAG ENGINEERING LIMITED WILL SUPPLY AND INSTALL SLUDGE DIGESTION EQUIPMENT TO OPERATE THE WORKS.
IT A FEATURE OF THE EQUIPMENT IS THAT
SAVES ENERGY FOR THE SEWAGE TREATMENT WORK AS IT GENERATES ITS OWN ELECTRICITY. WHEN THE WHICH IS EQUIPMENT IS OPERATING, METHANE IS PRODUCED FROM THE SLUDGE TRANSFERRED TO THE POWER HOUSE FOR USE AS A FUEL FOR THE ELECTRICITY GENERATOR.
THE TREATMENT FACILITIES WILL BE CAPABLE OF COPING WITH A POPULATION OF OVER HALF A MILLION IN SHA TIN AND MA ON SHAN.
AND IS THE PLANT HAS BEEN DESIGNED TO INTERNATIONAL STANDARDS PART OF ON-GOING MEASURES TO CONTROL WATER QUALITY IN TOLO HARBOUR.
YOUTHS URGED TO PRACTISE CIVIC EDUCATION
APART FROM LEARNING THEORIES OF CIVIC EDUCATION THROUGH VARIOUS KINDS OF ACTIVITIES, IT WAS IMPORTANT THAT YOUNGSTERS SHOULD THE GRASP EVERY OPPORTUNITY TO PUT WHAT THEY HAD LEARNED TO PRACTICE, ISLANDS DISTRICT OFFICER, MR JONATHAN NG, SAID TODAY (SATURDAY).
SPEAKING AT THE OPENING CEREMONY OF THE ΤΑΙ 0 SUMMER YOUTH
FOR
CAN INSTANCE, PROGRAMME, MR NO SAID: "EVERYONE OF YOU,
EXPRESS
OF YOUR VIEWS ON THE GREEN PAPER ON THE 1987 REVIEW
DEVELOPMENTS IN REPRESENTATIVE GOVERNMENT RELEASED IN MAY.
"
HE ALSO URGED QUALIFIED ISLANDFRS TO REGISTER AS VOTERS MID-AUGUST TO THE END OF SEPTEMBER AND TO EXERCISE THEIR CIVIC BY VOTING IN THE DISTRICT BOARD ELECTIONS IN MARCH NEXT YEAR.
DURING RIGHTS
"AS THE THEME OF THE 1987 SUMMER YOUTH PROGRAMME IS SHARE THE
+ TS FUN. SERVE THE COMMUNITY,
AIM 15 ΤΟ PROVIDE ACTIVITIES FOR MAKE YOUNGSTERS SO THAT THEY CAN
USE OF THEIR SUMMER PREPARE AND EQUIP THEMSELVES TO SERVE THE SAID.
COMMUNITY
HOLIDAY
TO
BETTER,
MR
NG
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