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SUNDAY, MAY 15, 1988
THE CANNON TURNED OUT TO BE ABOUT 4.7 MAXIMUM OUTER DIAMETER OF 1.3 METRES.
"WE ESTIMATE THE CANNON MUST WEIGH AT
TSUI SAID.
METRES LONG, WITH A
LEAST 10 TONNES, MR
HE ADMITTED THAT HE WAS QUITE TAKEN ABACK BY THE SIZE WHEN HE SAW THE WEAPON.
THE CANNON, WHICH WAS RAISED FROM THE SEABED IN THE AFTERNOON OF MAY 9, IS NOW ON BOARD THE DREDGER.
IT WILL BE HANDED OVER SHORTLY TO THE MUNICIPAL SERVICES BRANCH FOR EXPERT EXAMINATION.
INTERCEPTOR SEWERS TO MINIMISE HARBOUR POLLUTION
WORK IS EXPECTED TO START IN SEPTEMBER ON THE CONSTRUCTION OF INTERCEPTOR SEWERS TO IMPROVE THE SEWERAGE SYSTEM FOR NORTHWEST KOWLOON AND HELP IN THE CONTROL OF POLLUTANTS CURRENTLY BEING DISCHARGED INTO VICTORIA HARBOUR.
TENDERS FOR THE CONSTRUCTION CONTRACT ARE BEING INVITED BY THE
CIVIL ENGINEERING SERVICES DEPARTMENT.
THE CONTRACT INVOLVES CONSTRUCTION OF APPROXIMATELY THREE KILOMETRES OF INTERCEPTOR SEWERS BETWEEN TAI KOK TSUI AND LAI CHI KOK. THE SEWERS WILL BE GENERALLY LOCATED ALONGSIDE THE WEST KOWLOON CORRIDOR.
THE SEWERS WILL INTERCEPT THE SEWAGE FROM YAU MA TEI, ΤΑΙ KOK TSUI, SHAM SHUI PO AND LAI CHI KOK, CURRENTLY DISCHARGED TO THE SEA AT THE SHORELINE OF NORTHWEST KOWLOON.
THEY WILL CONVEY IT TO TREATMENT FACILITIES AT SHAM SHUI PO AND CHEUNG SHA WAN PRIOR TO PUMPING TO STONECUTTERS ISLAND FOR FURTHER TREATMENT AND DISPOSAL BY MARINE OUTFALL TO VICTORIA HARBOUR.
THE WORK, CONSTITUTING PART OF STAGE 1, PHASE 2 OF THE NORTH WEST KOWLOON SEWAGE TREATMENT AND DISPOSAL SCHEME, IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN IN SEPTEMBER THIS YEAR AND BE COMPLETED IN DECEMBER 1990.
TENDERS MUST BE SUBMITTED BEFORE NOON ON JUNE 17.
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