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WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 29, 1992
SALT WATER SYSTEM FOR FLUSHING UNDERWAY
SALT WATER
THE PERCENTAGE OF THE TERRITORY'S POPULATION USING
BK ABOUT FOR FLUSHING WILL
90 PER CENT WHEN THE PROPOSED SALT WATER SYSTEMS ARE TO BE COMPLETED PROGRESSIVELY BY 1995.
THIS WAS STATED BY THE SECRETARY FOR WORKS, MR JAMES BLAKE, A WRITTEN REPLY TO A QUESTION BY THE HON GILBERT LEUNG KAM-TO LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL TODAY (WEDNESDAY).
IN IN THE
ΤΟ UNECONOMICAL
10 REMAINING
PER CENT OF
PROVIDE THE
MR BLAKE SAID IT WAS IMPRACTICAL AND
THE SALT WATER FOR FLUSHING FOR POPULATION IN PRESENT CIRCUMSTANCES.
"NEVERTHELESS, THE SITUATION
WILL BE
CLOSELY MONITORED
AND
津申
REVIEWS MADE WHENEVER THERE ARE NEW CIRCUMSTANCES, HE SAID.
MR BLAKE POINTED OUT THAT THE AMOUNT OF FRESH FLUSHING WAS CURRENTLY
PER 33.3
CENT THE WATER. FLUSHING
AMOUNT OF FLUSHING WAS 6.9 PER CENT OF THE TOTAL
OF
WATER USED FOR OF THE TOTAL CONSUMPTION
FOR FRESH WATER USED CONSUMPTION OF POTABLE WATER.
WATER FOR FLUSHING PURPOSES AT PRESENT, THE AREAS USING FRESH
MA ON ARE WAN CHAI, SHAU KEI WAN, AP LEI CHAU, POKFULAM, SHA TIN AND
TOWN, YUEN LONG, SHAN NEW TOWN, TSEUNG KWAN O NEW TOWN, TAI PO NEW SHEUNG SHUI, FANLING, SAI KUNG AND THE OUTLYING ISLANDS.
KUNG AND THE WILL BE
EXCEPT FOR YUEN LONG, SHEUNG SHUI, FANLING, SAI OUTLYING ISLANDS, SALT WATER SUPPLY SYSTEMS ARE PROPOSED AND IMPLEMENTED IN A FEW YEARS' TIME.
29 SPEAK IN LEGCO DEBATE ON IMPORTATION OF LABOUR * * * * *
A TOTAL OF 29 LEGISLATIVE COUNCILLORS DEBATED FOR FOUR
LABOUR IN THE LEGISLATIVE HALF HOURS ON A MOTION ON IMPORTATION OF COUNCIL YESTERDAY (WEDNESDAY).
AND A
MOTION
MOVED
WHICH
URGED
THE
AND
TO
II
THE
BY THE HON PANG CHUN-HOI GOVERNMENT
'GENERAL LABOUR IMPORTATION SCHEME" TO REVIEW THE SHELVE THE SCHEME FOR THE TIME BEING WAS DEFEATED.
THE SECRETARY FOR EDUCATION AND MANPOWER, MR JOHN ON BEHALF OF THE GOVERNMENT.
ON ANOTHER MOTION,
MOVED
ELECTIONS.
SPOKE MEMBERS EIGHT SELINA CHOW, ON THE APPOINTMENT OF A SELECT COMMITTEE TO ARRANGEMENTS FOR THE 1991 LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL WAS PASSED.
CHAN, SPOKE
BY THE REVIEW
HON THE
THE MOTION
/IN ADDITION