14
TUESDAY, JANUARY 17, 1989
WATER IS DISTRIBUTED FROM IT THROUGH A NETWORK OF DISTRIBUTION MAINS TOTALLING ABOUT THREE KILOMETRES AND RANGING IN
SIZES FROM 75
то SUPPLY
ALL
TO 200 MILLIMETRES IN VILLAGES ON THE ISLAND.
DIAMETER, PROVIDING
FILTERED
AND THE PROJECT COST WAS ABOUT $60 MILLION JUST OVER 18 MONTHS.
CONSTRUCTION
TOOK
REGARDING THE
SUPPLY TO REMOTE AREAS IN THE NEW TERRITORIES, PROGRESS WAS BEING MADE.
GOVERNMENT'S EFFORTS ΤΟ PROVIDE MAINS WATER STEADY SAID
MR
CHAN
"OUR EFFORTS SO FAR HAVE ENABLED EXTENSION OF MAINS WATER
NEW SUPPLY TO COVER MOST PARTS OF THE
TERRITORIES, LEAVING ONLY A OF VERY RELATIVELY SMALL NUMBER
REMOTE VILLAGES WHICH ARE STILL DEPENDENT ON LOCAL SOURCES OF SUPPLY," HE SAID.
SUPPLY TO 33 OF THESE REMOTE VILLAGES IS CURRENTLY UNDER DESIGN WITH A VIEW TO PROVIDING MAINS SUPPLY TO THEM IN EARLY 1991.
"PLANNING IS ALSO IN HAND FOR ADDITIONAL LOCAL SUMP AND PUMP
BE COMPLETED BY 1992 SYSTEMS AND TREATMENT FACILITIES TO
FOR THE PROVISION OF FILTERED WATER ΤΟ ANOTHER 50 SUCH REMOTE VILLAGES, MR CHAN ADDED.
11
MR CHAN THANKED THE CONSULTANTS, CONTRACTORS AND OTHER GOVERNMENT DEPARTMENTS INVOLVED IN THE MA WAN SUPPLY PROJECT, AND CONGRATULATED THEM ON THEIR ACHIEVEMENTS ON A JOB WHICH HE DESCRIBED AS "NO SIMPLE ENGINEERING WORKS".
0
GREEN ISLAND RECLAMATION STUDY ON DB AGENDA
I JANUARY 19) TO STUDY.
THE CENTRAL AND WESTERN DISTRICT BOARD WILL
DISCUSS THE GREEN ISLAND
MEET ON THURSDAY FEASIBILITY RECLAMATION
CONSULTANTS UNDERTAKING THIS STUDY WILL BRIEF PRELIMINARY REPORT.
MEMBERS ON THE
AN AREA OF
170
ABOUT
HECTARES, 210,000
IF
COVERING THE ISLAND RECLAMATION, WOULD EVENTUALLY ACCOMMODATE A TOTAL POPULATION OF CARRIED OUT.
/MEMBERS WILL