FRIDAY, OCTOBER 23, 1992
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NEW SEWAGE PIPELINE IN TOLO HARBOUR
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THE CONSTRUCTION
DRAINAGE SERVICES DEPARTMENT IS INVITING TENDERS OF A SUBMARINE PIPELINE FOR THE TOLO HARBOUR
FOR THE EFFLUENT
EXPORT SCHEME.
THE SCHEME IS PART OF THE TOLO HARBOUR ACTION PLAN WHICH AIMED AT REDUCING POLLUTION CAUSED BY RED TIDES IN THE HARBOUR.
IS
STEEL
WORKS WILL INCLUDE THE CONSTRUCTION OF A SIX-KILOMETRE-LONG WELDED
SUBMARINE STEEL
PIPELINE AND AN
WELDED ASSOCIATED PIPELINE ON TAI PO AND SHA TIN RECLAMATIONS.
SAID: 'WHEN TREATED
A SPOKESMAN FOR THE DEPARTMENT TODAY (FRIDAY) CONSTRUCTION WORKS ARE COMPLETED, A PUMPING STATION WILL PUMP
EFFLUENT FROM SEWAGE
TAI PO SEWAGE TREATMENT WORKS THROUGH THE SUBMARINE PIPELINE TO SHA TIN SEWAGE TREATMENT WORKS.
THEN "THE COMBINED TREATED SEWAGE FROM SHA TIN AND TAI PO WILL
THROUGH A BE PUMPED THROUGH A TWIN PUMPING MAIN AND THEN GRAVITATE
TO 7.4-KILOMETRE-LONG TUNNEL TO KAI TAK NULLAH AND FINALLY DISCHARGED
VICTORIA HARBOUR."
CONSTRUCTION
WORKS ARE EXPECTED TO BEGIN IN JANUARY NEXT AND WILL BE COMPLETED BY JANUARY 1995.
YEAR
TENDER
FORMS AND FURTHER PARTICULARS MAY BE OBTAINED FROM CONSULTANT ENGINEERS OF THE PROJECT, BALFOURS-HASWELL, 10TH FLOOR, KOWLOON PARK DRIVE, TSIM SHA TSUI, KOWLOON.
THE
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TENDER OFFER WILL CLOSE AT NOON ON DECEMBER 4.
GOVT REVISES CONTRIBUTION TO TAVA SCHEME
THE GOVERNOR IN COUNCIL HAS APPROVED A PROPOSAL
то THE TRAFFIC
FOR REVISING VICTIMS ACCIDENT THE GOVERNMENT'S CONTRIBUTION
WITH ASSISTANCE (TAVA) SCHEME FROM ONE-THIRD TO ONE-FIFTH OF ITS COST EFFECT FROM OCTOBER 21 THIS YEAR.
THE
SCHEME AIMS TO PROVIDE SPEEDY TRAFFIC ACCIDENT VICTIMS OR THEIR SURVIVING DEPENDANTS REGARDLESS THEIR MEANS OR THE FAULT ELEMENT IN THE ACCIDENT.
FINANCIAL
ASSISTANCE
ΤΟ
OF
IT IS FINANCED FROM THREE SOURCES: VEHICLE OWNERS, THE GOVERNMENT.
DRIVERS AND
A GOVERNMENT SPOKESMAN SAID THE GOVERNMENT'S CONTRIBUTION FOR COVERING PEDESTRIAN NEGLIGENCE IN TRAFFIC ACCIDENTS.
WAS
THE GOVERNMENT
THAT HAD BEEN
SINCE THE INTRODUCTION OF THE SCHEME IN 1979, HAS BEEN CONTRIBUTING ONE-THIRD OF ITS COST AS IT WAS ESTIMATED SOME 30-35 PER CENT OF TRAFFIC ACCIDENTS FROM 1973 TO 1977 CAUSED BY PEDESTRIAN NEGLIGENCE.
/"RECENT TRAFFIC