THURSDAY, AUGUST 25, 1988
BACH OF THE TWO PLATFORM LEVELS IS TO TRIDENT-4 BLOCKS PROVIDING A TOTAL OF 4,896 FLATS FOR 18,605 PEOPLE.
HAVE FOUR 35-STOREY
THE ESTATE WILL BE PROVIDED WITH TWO SCHOOL AND TWO EIGHT-CLASSROOM KINDERGARTENS.
A SHOPPING CENTRE WITH PEDESTRIAN BLOCKS WILL ALSO BE PROVIDED.
CARPARKS, A SECONDARY
LINKAGES ΤΟ RESIDENTIAL
LIKE ITS SISTER ESTATE, THE SHAU KEI WAN WEST HOUSING PROJECT WILL HAVE ESCALATORS AND PEDESTRIAN MOVEMENT BETWEEN THE DIFFERENT PLATFORMS. LIFTS
FOOTHILL PUBLIC ΤΟ FACILITATE
THE PROJECT WILL BE COMPLETED BY THE MIDDLE OF 1995.
NEW REFUSE COLLECTION VESSEL UNDER TRIAL
THE MARINE DEPARTMENT IS FLOATING REFUSE RECOVERY
AVAILABLE
THESE
TECHNIQUES
ASSESSING NEW WORLDWIDE ΤΟ ARE APPLICABLE IN HONG KONG
MODERNISING ITS PRESENT SERVICE.
SEVERAL ADVANCED DESIGN SUITABLE FOR TRIAL AND THE
- COMMENCED A
FIRST SIX-MONTH
TECHNOLOGIES IN DETERMINE WHETHER WITH A VIEW ΤΟ
VESSELS HAVE BEEN
AN ITALIAN-MADE ASSESSMENT EARLIER
IDENTIFIED AS
VESSEL THIS
"PELICAN" SPOKESMAN FOR THE MARINE DEPARTMENT SAID TODAY (THURSDAY).
CALLED MONTH, A
CRAFT,
PRIMARY
FUNCTION
THE "PELICAN" 18 A MULTI-FUNCTION ANTI-POLLUTION CAPABLE OF RECOVERING OIL SPILLS OF COLLECTING FLOATING REFUSE.
IN ADDITION TO THE
THE SPOKESMAN SAID THE SIX-MONTH ASSESSMENT TOOK THE FORM OF HIRE AGREEMENT OF $22,200 PER MONTH, WITH AN OPTION
A VESSEL AT THE TERMINATION OF THE AGREEMENT.
PURCHASE THE
TO
OF
"DURING THIS PERIOD, THE PERFORMANCE OF THE VESSEL SUCH ASPECTS AS EASE OF OPERATION IN VARIOUS MANOEUVRABILITY IN CONGESTED WATERS, FUEL COSTS, BE MONITORED IN ADDITION TO ITS
WILL
DOWNTIME RECOVERING FLOATING REFUSE,"
HE SAID.
IN RESPECT SEA STATES, AND
MAINTENANCE
EFFICIENCY IN
A FINAL DECISION ON WHETHER TO TAKE UP THE OPTION
THE VESSEL WILL BE MADE EARLY NEXT YEAR.
TO PURCHASE
REFUSE IN HONG CONTROL OF
THE SPOKESMAN POINTED OUT THAT THE FLOATING KONG WATERS HAD BEEN COLLECTED BY LOCAL SAMPANS UNDER THE THE MARINE DEPARTMENT SINCE 1960.
/"THESE SAMPANS