WEDNESDAY. NOVEMBER 20, 1991

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THESE SCHEMES INCLUDED THE NORTH-WEST KOWLOON SEWERAGE TREATMENT AND DISPOSAL SCHEME, THE EAST KOWLOON SCHEME, THE TSUEN WAN/ KWAI TSING SEWERAGE SCHEME AND THE SHAM TSENG SEWERAGE AND SEWAGE TREATMENT AND DISPOSAL FACILITIES.

MR BARNES SAID THE NORTH-WEST KOWLOON SEWERAGE DISPOSAL SCHEME WOULD BE COMPLETED BILLION.

TREATMENT AND

NEXT YEAR AT A COST OF $1.3

"THIS SYSTEM WILL REMOVE THE THREE EXISTING OUTFALLS WHICH PRESENTLY DISCHARGE SEWAGE AND INDUSTRIAL EFFLUENTS INTO THE HARBOUR, AND DIVERT TO A TREATMENT FACILITY ON STONECUTTERS ISLAND.

"IN ADDITION TO THIS MAJOR SCHEME, A MASTERPLAN HAS BEEN DEVELOPED TO COMPREHENSIVELY UPGRADE LOCAL SEWERAGE, THE FIRST PHASE OF WHICH WILL BE CARRIED OUT IN PARALLEL WITH WORKS UNDER THE WEST KOWLOON RECLAMATION," HE SAID.

STAGE I OF THE EAST KOWLOON SCHEME, WHICH COMMENCED THIS MONTH, WOULD BE COMPLETED IN 1994 AT A COST OF $550 MILLION, MR BARNES SAID.

"THIS SYSTEM WILL PROVIDE TRUNK SEWERS TO INTERCEPT INDUSTRIAL EFFLUENT PRESENTLY DISCHARGING INTO KOWLOON BAY TYPHOON PROVIDE SEWERAGE LARGE ENOUGH TO ACCOMMODATE ALL FLOWS IN THE EAST KOWLOON AREA.

SHELTER

AND

PRESENT

AND

FUTURE

AT

REMOVAL

"THE SECOND PHASE, WHICH IS PLANNED TO BE COMPLETED BY 1996 A COST OF $460 MILLION, WILL PROVIDE FOR LOCAL RESEWERAGE AND OF EXPEDIENT CONNECTIONS, HE SAID.

PROJECT

THE TSUEN WAN/KWAI TSING SEWERAGE SCHEME, A TWO-YEAR

IS FOR THE WHICH WILL COMMENCE NEXT YEAR AT A COST OF $182 MILLION, PROVISION OF NEW AND UPGRADED SECTIONS OF TRUNK SEWERS AT KWAI CHUNG AND ASSOCIATED LOCAL SEWERAGE, ACCORDING TO MR BARNES.

OF

"THIS PROJECT WILL PROVIDE ADEQUATE CAPACITY TO ACCOMMODATE

GENERATED IN THE DOMESTIC AND INDUSTRIAL FLOWS

THE

MUCH AREA, WHICH PRESENTLY DISCHARGES TO THE STORMWATER DRAINS.

"THE SECOND PHASE, AT AN ESTIMATED COST OF $200 PLANNED TO START IN 1993 AND WILL PROVIDE IMPROVED TRUNK TSUEN WAN," HE SAID.

MILLION, IS SEWERAGE TO

SEWERAGE THE SHAM TSENG

AND SEWAGE TREATMENT AND DISPOSAL $140 MILLION, MR FACILITIES, WOULD START IN EARLY 1993 AT A COST OF BARNES SAID.

IT WILL PROVIDE AN INTERCEPTOR SEWERAGE AND SEWAGE TREATMENT GENERATED WORKS AT SHAM TSENG TO COLLECT, TREAT AND DISPOSE OF SEWAGE ALONG THE COASTAL STRIP STRETCHING FROM SHAM TSENG TO TSING LUNG TAU.

"THE SEWERAGE SYSTEM WILL REMOVE POLLUTION IN THE STORMWATER DRAINS AND COASTAL WATERS, HE SAID.

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AS REGARDS CONTROLS, MR BARNES SAID

AGAINST ILLEGAL THE BUILDINGS ORDINANCE CARRIED OUT BY THE SPECIALISED TASK FORCE ORDINANCE OFFICE IN 1986.

ENFORCEMENT ACTION UNDER AND POLLUTING DRAINS WAS SET UP

IN THE BUILDINGS

/"IT MAINTAINS

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