MONDAY, OCTOBER 14, 1991
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NEW MEMBERS APPOINTED TO PAA BOARD
THE GOVERNMENT ANNOUNCED TODAY (MONDAY) THAT THE GOVERNOR HAS APPOINTED THREE NEW MEMBERS TO THE BOARD OF THE PROVISIONAL AIRPORT AUTHORITY.
THE NEW MEMBERS WHO BRING WITH THEM FINANCIAL AND REAL ESTATE
HANG EXPERTISE ARE MR THOMAS CHEN, WHO IS THE DIRECTOR OF THE
LUNG DEVELOPMENT CO. LTD; MR SHU TSE-WONG, WHO IS CHAIRMAN AND GENERAL MANAGER OF NANYANG COMMERCIAL BANK; AND MR JOHN GRAY, WHO IS DEPUTY CHAIRMAN OF THE HONGKONG AND SHANGHAI BANKING CORPORATION.
IN ADDITION TO THE CHAIRMAN AND THE CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER, BOARD MEMBERSHIP NOW COMPRISES FIVE EX-OFFICIO CIVIL SERVANTS SEVEN MEMBERS DRAWN FROM THE PRIVATE SECTOR.
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STATEMENT ON WATER MAIN BURST
MAIN BURST IN WATER SUPPLIES
IN REPLY TO PRESS ENQUIRIES ABOUT THE WATER KOWLOON YESTERDAY (SUNDAY), A SPOKESMAN FOR THE DEPARTMENT SAID THERE WAS ABSOLUTELY NO TRUTH IN SOME PRESS REPORTS TODAY (MONDAY) THAT WATERWORKS STAFF DID NOT ARRIVE AT THE SCENE UNTIL THREE HOURS AFTER THE BURST.
HE SAID THE TECHNICAL COMPLAINT CENTRE OF THE DEPARTMENT RECEIVED A REPORT OF MAIN BURST AT LUNG CHEUNG ROAD NEAR HAMMER HILL ROAD AT 1.45 PM YESTERDAY.
AT THE TIME OF CALL, ALL EMERGENCY GANGS WERE VARIOUS EMERGENCY WORK AT DIFFERENT LOCATIONS IN KOWLOON.
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THE DUTY OFFICER THEREFORE IMMEDIATELY DIVERTED AN EMERGENCY GANG WHICH WAS THEN WORKING ON ANOTHER SITE IN THE EASTERN PART OF KOWLOON TO LUNG CHEUNG ROAD.
IT ARRIVED AT THE SITE AT 2.30 PM AND FOUND THAT THE BURST MAIN. INVOLVED WAS AN 18-INCH-DIAMETER FRESH WATER MAIN HAVING BEEN DAMAGED BY AN EXCAVATOR.
THEY ALSO FOUND IT DIFFICULT TO IDENTIFY THOSE CONTROL VALVES NEAR THE BURST AS THEY WERE ALL IMMERSED IN THE FLOOD WATER. IT WAS THEREFORE NECESSARY TO TRY TO ISOLATE THOSE VALVES WHICH WERE LOCATED AT A GREATER DISTANCE FROM THE BURST.
A SECOND EMERGENCY TEAM WAS ALSO DISPATCHED FROM ANOTHER IN KOWLOON TO ASSIST.
/BOTH EMERGENCY