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TUESDAY, JUNE 26, 1990
THE SPOKESMAN SAID THE NEW HOUSING PACKAGE WAS BASED ON THE RECOMMENDATIONS OF A GOVERNMENT INTER-DEPARTMENTAL WORKING GROUP WHICH WERE ANNOUNCED IN SEPTEMBER LAST YEAR IN A CONSULTATIVE PAPER.
"VIEWS OF STAFF WERE COLLECTED AFTER A TWO-MONTH CONSULTATION PERIOD AND THE PROPOSED PACKAGE WAS MODIFIED AFTER TAKING INTO ACCOUNT VIEWS EXPRESSED BY STAFF,' HE SAID.
"
"BETWEEN MARCH TO MAY THIS YEAR, THE ADVISORY BODIES ON CIVIL SERVICES SALARIES AND CONDITIONS OF SERVICE WERE CONSULTED ON THE MODIFIED HOUSING PACKAGE.
SUBJECT TO THE APPROVAL OF FUNDS FOR THE NEW HOUSING BY THE FINANCE COMMITTEE, A CIRCULAR SETTING OUT DETAILS PACKAGE WOULD BE CIRCULATED FOR CIVIL SERVANTS' INFORMATION.
PACKAGE
OF THE
CONSULTANCY CONTRACT FOR SEWAGE DISPOSAL SCHEME AWARDED
A
CONTRACT
WAS
AWARDED CONSULTANCY $200 MILLION DRAINAGE SERVICES DEPARTMENT TODAY (TUESDAY) TO PAVE THE WAY IMPLEMENTATION OF THE STRATEGIC SEWAGE DISPOSAL SCHEME.
BY
THE
FOR THE
DEPARTMENT, MR
THE CONTRACT WAS SIGNED BY THE DIRECTOR OF THE
JOINT VENTURE OF FOUR OVERSEAS K.T. KUO, AND REPRESENTATIVES OF A CONSULTANT FIRMS OPERATING LOCALLY.
BE
STAGES
WITHIN
30
IN COMPLETED THE CONTRACT, WHICH WILL
EXTENSIVE SITE INVESTIGATION AND MONTHS, WILL BE FOR THE
DETAILED OF THE WHOLE REQUIREMENTS STUDIES TO
ENGINEERING ESTABLISH THE
OUT PRELIMINARY STRATEGIC SEWAGE DISPOSAL SCHEME AS WELL AS TO CARRY DESIGN.
THE SCHEME WAS THE
OCTOBER
STRATEGY
LAST YEAR WHICH SEWAGE TREATMENT WITH MOST ECONOMICAL ON SEWAGE DISPOSAL
MAIN CONCLUSION OF THE SEWAGE STUDY ENDORSED BY THE GOVERNMENT IN RECOMMENDED THAT A COMBINATION OF LAND-BASED THE NATURAL PURIFYING ABILITIES OF THE OCEAN WAS THE AND ENVIRONMENTALLY EFFECTIVE LONG-TERM STRATEGY IN THE TERRITORY.
COLLECT ALL
CENTRALISED
SEWAGE IN THE
TREATMENT SEWAGE
ISLAND, MOUNT DAVIS AND ABERDEEN.
URBAN
WILL WITH A TOTAL ESTIMATED COST OF $6,870 MILLION, THE SCHEME
NETWORK OF DEEP TUNNELS TO REQUIRE THE CONSTRUCTION OF A STRATEGY
ΤΟ AREA AND CONVEY
STONECUTTERS
IT
THREE
WORKS
AT PROPOSED
THE TREATED
WILL SEWAGE
BE
DISCHARGED INTO
THE
HARBOUR
BE CONVEYED
ΤΟ
TEMPORARILY IN THE INITIAL STAGE BUT WILL ULTIMATELY THE SOUTH CHINA SEA VIA A DEEP TUNNEL AND SUBMARINE OUTFALL.
/THE SCHEME