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ON THE OTHER HAND, THE DEPARTMENT WAS ALSO PLANNING TO REPLACE, FLUSHING WITH SEA WATER SUCH THAT WHEREVER POSSIBLE, FRESH WATER FRESH WATER COULD BE CONSERVED.
WITH
THE CONSTRUCTION
OF
NEW THE
RE-DISTRIBUTION OF POPULATION TO THE NEW TOWNS, NEW BE INSTALLED TO MEET SUCH DEMAND.
AIRPORT
THE AND SYSTEMS HAVE TO
HE CITED NORTH LANTAU WHERE WATER SUPPLY.
THERE WAS
AT PRESENT
NO
MAINS
PERMANENT "AS A MUCH LONGER LEAD TIME IS REQUIRED TO PROVIDE A
18 BEING SUPPLY SYSTEM WATER WATER SUPPLY
A SYSTEM,
TEMPORARY
OF THE AREA DUE TO THE IMPLEMENTED TO MEET THE WATER REQUIREMENT
INFRASTRUCTURAL CONSTRUCTION ACTIVITIES FOR THE NEW AIRPORT AND OTHER PROJECTS," MR WONG SAID.
FOR AN "MOREOVER, THE PERMANENT WATER SUPPLY IS BEING PLANNED
PER DAY WITH A STAGE I ULTIMATE CAPACITY OF 300,000 CUBIC METRES CAPACITY OF 150,000 CUBIC METRES.
"IT WILL COMPRISE A SUBMARINE PIPELINE LINKING
WHERE A TREATMENT
TAI LAM CHUNG AND WORKS
THE SYSTEMS ARE DEVELOPMENTS
RESERVOIR AND NORTH LANTAU, ASSOCIATED PUMPING STATIONS, SERVICE RESERVOIRS AND PIPE AIRPORT AND OTHER TO BE CONSTRUCTED TO SUPPLY THE NEW IN NORTH LANTAU.
"THE STAGE I OF THE PROJECT 18 ESTIMATED AT $1,700 MILLION IS SCHEDULED FOR COMPLETION IN MID-1996.
AND
AND THE
"THE REMAINING STAGES ARE ESTIMATED AT $1,430 MILLION TIMING IS DEPENDENT ON THE ACTUAL PROGRESS OF THE DEVELOPMENTS."
COMPLETION of WORKS AND STAGE I OF AU TAU
MR WONG ADDED THAT HIS DEPARTMENT WOULD SEE THE THE $515 MILLION PAK KONG TREATMENT TREATMENT WORKS LATER THIS YEAR.
MERT THE THE MA ON SHAN TREATMENT WORKS IS ALSO UNDER PLAN TO
TIN NEW TOWN WITH WORK WATER DEMAND OF MA ON SHAN AND PART OF SHA SCHEDULED TO START IN LATE 1993.
OF WORK, MR WONG APART FROM THE ENGINEERING RELATED ASPECTS
NATURE OF BOTH A GOVERNMENT SAID HIS DEPARTMENT, WHICH HAD A DUAL
ITS CONSUMER DEPARTMENT AND A PUBLIC UTILITY, WAS NOW STRENGTHENING
WITH RELATIONSHIP AND ENHANCE SERVICE
ACTIVITIES TO STREAMLINE
AND INCREASING CONSUMERS TO COPE WITH THE GROWING CONSUMER AWARENESS NUMBER OF ACCOUNTS.
CONSUMERS' RECORDS AND
THESE INCLUDED THE COMPUTERISATION OF THE STREAMLINING OF ENQUIRY AND COMPLAINTS SERVICES TO CONSUMERS.
MR
WONG EXPLAINED THAT CONSUMER
MAJOR CATEGORIES
USUALLY CAME UNDER TWO
ENQUIRIES
TECHNICALITY ORIENTED. THE FORMER INCLUDED
OF CONSUMERSHIP CHANGE
WATER BILLS,
AND SO ON.
-
AND COMPLAINTS ACCOUNTS ORIENTED OR ENQUIRIES ON ABNORMAL ON AND THE LATTER SUPPLY, MAIN
SO AND
CONSISTED OF POOR WATER QUALITY, INTERRUPTION OF
BURST,
/"THERE ARE