FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 14, 1990
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ANOTHER WORLD CLASS STANDARD WSD PROJECT OPENS
AND
ANOTHER
THE OPENING OF THE WATER SUPPLIES DEPARTMENT'S MECHANICAL ELECTRICAL WORKSHOP IN LUNG CHEUNG ROAD TODAY (FRIDAY) MARKS MILESTONE IN THE DEPARTMENT'S EFFORT IN CENTRALISING AND STREAMLINING
WORKS, THE MAINTENANCE OF WATERWORKS EQUIPMENT, THE SECRETARY FOR KENNETH KWOK, SAID AT THE WORKSHOP'S INAUGURATION CEREMONY.
MR KWOK SAID THE WORKSHOP, COSTING ABOUT $150 MILLION, WAS THE DEPARTMENT'S ANOTHER PROJECT OF WORLD CLASS STANDARD, JUST AS PLOVER COVE AND HIGH ISLAND RESERVOIRS.
MR
YET
THE
OCCUPYING A 16,900 SQUARE-METRE SITE, THE WORKSHOP WILL HANDLE
WATERWORKS HEAVY THE MAINTENANCE OF ALL
AND MECHANICAL
ELECTRICAL
PLANTS INSTALLED IN THE TERRITORY.
AT THE IT WILL ACCOMMODATE ALL FACILITIES AT PRESENT PROVIDED
ARGYLE STREET, THE YAU WATERWORKS DEPOTS AT BULLOCK LANE AND
TONG CABLE STORE AT METER SHOP AND THE TEMPORARY ELECTRICAL WORKSHOP AND THE LOK ON PAI DESALTER.
AT BULLOCK
WITH ITS COMMISSIONING, THE WORKSHOPS AND OFFICES LANE IN WAN CHAI WILL BE DEMOLISHED THUS RELEASING VALUABLE LAND THE DEVELOPMENT OF RECREATIONAL FACILITIES IN THE AREA.
HAS BEEN 1946 AND THE
EVER INCREASING
"THE DEPOT AT BULLOCK LANE SUPPLIES DEPARTMENT SINCE INADEQUATE TO COPE WITH MAINTENANCE, MR KWOK SAID.
H
THE
FOR
THE WATER THERE ARE OF EQUIPMENT
OPERATED FACILITIES
DEMANDS
BY
IN
SOME
"THE INCREASING DEMAND IS CLEARLY REFLECTED IN THE INCREASE AVERAGE DAILY CONSUMPTION OF WATER IN THE TERRITORY, RISING FROM
OVER TWO MILLION 0.13 MILLION CUBIC METRES PER DAY IN 1946 TO WELL CUBIC METRES PER DAY IN 1990," HE ADDED.
A HALF YEARS ΤΟ THE NEW WORKSHOP, WHICH HAS TAKEN THREE AND
A MULTI-STOREY OFFICE COMPLETE, COMPRISES A MAIN WORKSHOP BUILDING,
MAIN
AUXILIARY
BUILDINGS, WORKSHOP ELECTRICAL WORKSHOP, BLOCK, A
METER SHOP AND RECREATIONAL COVERED STORES, OPEN STORAGE COMPOUND, AND CANTEEN FACILITIES FOR THE STAFF.
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