THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 14, 1989
WITH A BASEMENT IN STYLE. ITS ARCHITECTURAL CEILING, INTERNAL VAULTED
THE THREE-STOREY BUILDING IS CONSTRUCTED
RED BRICK IN NEO-CLASSICAL GRANITE AND
WOODEN INCLUDE FEATURES COURTYARD AND COLUMNED GROUND FLOOR WHICH ARE VERY ATTRACTIVE.
STAIRCASES,
BEFORE IT WAS SOLD TO THE HONG KONG
USED
IN GOVERNMENT
1953,
THE
OF
THE
AS THE
HEADQUARTERS TEMPORARY BUILDING HAD BEEN PROVISIONAL HONG KONG GOVERNMENT AFTER THE SECOND WORLD WAR.
IT HAS
BEEN
USED
AS
THE
AND
INFORMATION
OF OWNERSHIP, CHANGE SINCE THE HEADQUARTERS OF THE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT, VICTORIA DISTRICT COURT
SHARED BY THE 18 BUILDING THE COURT. SUPREME
NOW SERVICES DEPARTMENT AND THE WORLD WIDE FUND FOR NATURE.
CS VISITS NT REGION
THE GOVERNMENT IS
SEVERITY OF FLOODING AS FAR AS
то COMMITTED
POSSIBLE,
REDUCING
THE
FREQUENCY AND THE CHIEF SECRETARY,
SIR
DAVID FORD, SAID TODAY (THURSDAY}.
REMARK DURING AN
INSPECTION
OF THE
SIR DAVID MADE THIS RECENTLY COMPLETED FLOOD PROTECTION SCHEME IN SHEUNG SHUI.
THE SCHEME, CONSTRUCTION OF WHICH COMMENCED IN EARLY COMMISSIONED LAST MONTH,
THE SCHEME COMPRISES THREE FEATURES:
1988, WAS
*
A PROTECTIVE BUND SEPARATING THE SHEUNG THE RIVER INDUS FLOOD PLAIN;
SHU1 VILLAGE FROM
VILLAGE MOAT FOR SEVERE STORM;
AND THE EXISTING A FLOOD STORAGE POND STORING CUMMULATIVE RUNOFF IN THE EVENT OF A
AND
*
HAS A MAXIMUM PUMPING A STORMWATER PUMPING STATION WHICH CAPACITY OF ABOUT FIVE CUBIC METRES PER SECOND.
NEW
OF TERRITORY DEVELOPMENT, ACCOMPANIED BY THE ACTING DIRECTOR MR K.K. TANG, AND A PRINCIPAL ASSISTANT SECRETARY OF THE CITY AND TERRITORIES ADMINISTRATION, MR M.J.C. WATERS, SIR DAVID WAS BRIEFED BY MR T.D. ARMOUR, ON THE PROJECT MANAGER/NEW TERRITORIES NORTHEAST.
FANLING/SHEUNG FLOOD PROTECTION SCHEME AND THE RECENT DEVELOPMENTS IN SHUI NEW TOWN.
LATER, SIR DAVID AND THE COMPANY WERE TAKEN TO SITE OFFICE OF ROUTE 6 WHERE THEY WERE BRIEFED BY THE PROJECT MANAGER/ TSUEN WAN, MR K.C. YEUNG, AND THE REGIONAL HIGHWAY ENGINEER,
ENGINEER,
MR K.
THE TSUEN WAN
MR 1.5 .
ABOUT
THE
LARKIN,
KWONG, AND THE CONSULTANT CONSTRUCTION OF ROUTE 5 TUNNEL AND ITS APPROACH ROADS.
/SIR DAVID