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FRIDAY, JUNE 15, 1990
THE WORKS HAVE BAZN DESIGNED AND CONSTRUCTION WILL BE SUPERVISED BY THE CIVIL ENGINEERING SERVICES DEPARTMENT FOR THE TERRITORY DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT.
FORMS OF TENDER AND FURTHER PARTICULARS MAY BE OBTAINED FROM THE WEST KOWLOON RECLAMATION DIVISION OF THE CIVIL ENGINEERING OFFICE, CIVIL ENGINEERING SERVICES DEPARTMENT, EIGHTA FLOOR, EMPIRE CENTRE, 68 MODY ROAD, TSIM SHA TSUI EAST.
THE DEADLINE FOR SUBMITTING TENDERS IS NOON ON JULY 13.
YUEN LONG AND KAM TIN SEWERAGE MASTER PLAN STUDY
COMMISSIONED THE ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION DEPARTMENT (EPD) HAS
OF THE POLLUTION PROBLEMS A CONSULTANCY STUDY TO ASSESS THE EXTENT
YUEN RESULTING FROM THE IMPROPER DISCHARGE OF SEWAGE GENERATED WITHIN
AND
RURAL SURROUNDING
AREAS INTO
AND LONG, KAM TIN COASTAL WATERS.
WATERCOURSES
THAT AS YUEN LONG NEW AND MANY OF PROPER
AN EPD SPOKESMAN SAID TODAY (FRIDAY) TOWN DEVELOPS, SEWERAGE SYSTEMS DO NOT ALWAYS KEEP PACE THE OLD DEVELOPMENTS WITHIN THE NEW TOWN ARE NOT PROVIDED WITH SEWERAGE FACILITIES.
OF THE RURAL AREAS OF THE TO PROVIDE,
IN ADDITION, A LARGE PROPORTION CATCHMENT ARE NOT PROVIDED WITH, NOR ARE THERE ANY PLANS SEWERAGE SYSTEMS.
SEWAGE TREATMENT DISPOSAL THE ABSENCE OF PROPER SEWERAGE AND
THE DIRECT DISCHARGES OF SEWAGE AND FACILITIES HAS RESULTED IN WASTEWATER INTO THE ADJACENT WATERCOURSES.
THEIR
IN THE YUEN LONG RECEIVING WATER BODY,
THIS HAS CAUSED A SEVERE POLLUTION PROBLEM RIVER, SHAM CHUN RIVER, NG TUNG HO AND DEEP BAY, IN PARTICULAR INNER DEEP BAY.
THE STUDY, CALLED THE YUEN LONG AND
OF PLAN STUDY, WILL ASSESS THE INADEQUACIES SEWAGE TREATMENT AND DISPOSAL SYSTEMS IN THE EXTENT OF THE UNSEWERED DEVELOPMENTS.
KAM TIN SEWERAGE MASTER
THE EXISTING SEWERAGE, AREA AND IDENTIFY THE
SCHEMES FOR REMEDIAL WORKS WILL BE FORMULATED
SEWAGE WILL BE PROPERLY COLLECTED, ENVIRONMENTALLY ACCEPTABLE MANNER.
ΤΟ ENSURE THAT TREATED AND DISPOSED OF IN AN
BE DEVELOPED AND A
PRIORITISED PROVIDE SHORT AND LONG TERM
A SEWERAGE MASTER PLAN WILL PROGRAMME WILL BE PREPARED WHICH WILL MEASURES TO REDUCE THE POLLUTION PROBLEMS IN STAGES.
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