FRIDAY, JUNE 26, 1992
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ALBANY ROAD PLAYGROUND TO GET IMPROVEMENTS
THE ARCHITECTURAL SERVICES DEPARTMENT IS INVITING TENDERS FOR IMPROVEMENT WORKS FOR ALBANY ROAD CHILDREN PLAYGROUND IN CENTRAL.
THE WORKS, WHICH INVOLVE THE UPGRADING OF ARBOURS AND PLAY EQUIPMENT, ARE EXPECTED TO START TAKE HALF A YEAR TO COMPLETE.
TENDER OFFER WILL CLOSE AT NOON ON JULY 17.
FORMS OF TENDER AND FURTHER PARTICULARS MAY ARCHITECTURAL SERVICES DEPARTMENT, 34TH GOVERNMENT OFFICES, 66 QUEENSWAY, HONG KONG.
THE
PAVING, PLANTERS, IN SEPTEMBER AND
BE OBTAINED FROM FLOOR, QUEENSWAY
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TENDERS INVITED FOR SEWAGE PUMPING STATION
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THE DRAINAGE SERVICES DEPARTMENT IS INVITING TENDERS FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE TAI PO SEWAGE PUMPING STATION UNDER THE TOLO HARBOUR EFFLUENT EXPORT SCHEME.
THE WORKS WILL INCLUDE THE CONSTRUCTION OF A REINFORCED CONCRETE PUMPING STATION AND BALANCING RESERVOIR INSIDE THE TAI PO SEWAGE TREATMENT WORKS WITH PIPEWORK AND ASSOCIATED REINFORCED CONCRETE CHAMBERS.
AS PART OF THE TOLO HARBOUR ACTION PLAN, THE TOLO HARBOUR EFFLUENT EXPORT SCHEME IS BEING IMPLEMENTED BY THE GOVERNMENT WITH THE AIM OF REDUCING POLLUTION IN TOLO HARBOUR, ONE MANIFESTATION OF WHICH IS THE FORMATION OF "RED TIDES".
UNDER THE SCHEME, THE PUMPING STATION WILL PUMP TREATED SEWAGE EFFLUENT FROM TAI PO SEWAGE TREATMENT WORKS THROUGH A SUBMARINE PIPELINE TO SHA TIN SEWAGE TREATMENT WORKS.
THE COMBINED TREATED SEWAGE FROM SHA TIN AND TAI PO WILL THEN BE PUMPED THROUGH A TWIN PUMPING MAIN AND THEN GRAVITATES THROUGH A 7.4-KILOMETRE LONG TUNNEL TO KAI TAK NULLAH AND FINALLY DISCHARGED TO VICTORIA HARBOUR, THUS ELIMINATING THE NUTRIENT-RICH EFFLUENT DISCHARGES INTO THE ENCLOSED WATERS OF TOLO HARBOUR.
WORKS ON THE PUMPING STATION ARE OCTOBER AND BE COMPLETED BY JANUARY 1995.
THE WORKS HAVE BEEN DESIGNED AND
SUPERVISED BY BALFOURS-HASWELL, SERVICES DEPARTMENT.
CONSULTING
EXPECTED TO START THIS
CONSTRUCTION WILL BE ENGINEERS, FOR DRAINAGE
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