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"THAT IS GOING TO BE THE OBJECT OF HUGE INVESTMENT IN THE NEXT FEW YEARS, HE SAID.
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IN THE HARBOUR AREA ALONE, THE TERRITORY NEEDS TO PROVIDE FOR THE ADEQUATE COLLECTION, TREATMENT AND DISPOSAL OF THE 1.5 MILLION CUBIC METRES OF UNTREATED SEWAGE DUMPED INTO IT EVERYDAY.
HE SAID THE GOVERNMENT WOULD CONTRIBUTE NO LESS THAN $3 BILLION TO ENABLE THE TERRITORY'S SEWERAGE PROGRAMME TO GET OFF THE GROUND.
MAJOR SEWAGE SCHEMES UNDERWAY INCLUDE THE NORTHWEST NEW TERRITORIES SEWERAGE AND DISPOSAL SCHEME: THE TOLO HARBOUR EFFLUENT EXPORT SCHEME; AND THE TSEUNG KWAN O SEWAGE TREATMENT AND DISPOSAL SCHEME.
$1.3 BILLION CHEMICAL NEXT YEAR WILL PROVIDE A FOR TOXIC CHEMICAL WHICH,
IN ADDITION, THE COMMISSIONING OF THE WASTE TREATMENT CENTRE IN TSING YI EARLY PROPER TREATMENT AND DISPOSAL FACILITY UNTIL NOW, HAVE BEEN POURED DOWN THE DRAIN AND INTO THE HARBOUR, MR PATTEN SAID.
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'ALL THE PROGRAMMES THAT WE ARE EMBARKING UPON AND ALL THE MONEY THAT WE ARE SPENDING WILL EVENTUALLY ALLOW OUR HARBOUR ΤΟ LIVE UP TO ITS NAME ONCE AGAIN, THE FRAGRANT HARBOUR,' THE GOVERNOR SAID.
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HE SAID HE HAD NO DOUBT THAT A BETTER SURROUNDINGS AND BETTER ENVIRONMENT CAN GO HAND-IN-HAND WITH SENSIBLE PLANNING, WITH THE USE OF THE MARKET FORCES, WITH PROPER REGULATION AND WITH SUBSTANTIAL
INVESTMENT BY THE PUBLIC AND PRIVATE SECTORS.
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ALSO SPEAKING AT THE CEREMONY, THE SERVICES, MR STU CHUEN, SAID TUE SCHEME WAS TO IMPROVE WATER QUALITY OFF THE COAST OF NORTHWEST KOWLOON BY COLLECTING SEWAGE FROM TAI KOK TSUI, SHAM SHUT PO AND LAI CHI KOK DISTRICTS, INCLUDING THE WEST KOWLOON RECLAMATION.
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HE SAID THIS WOULD BE DONE BY PUMPING THE STONECUTTERS ISLAND FOR TREATMENT, PRIOR TO DISPOSAL TO DEEP WATER ΤΟ THE SOUTHWEST OF THE ISLAND VIA A SUBMARINE OUTFALL.
THE SCHEME COMPRISES THE CONSTRUCTION OF NINE KILOMETRES OF INTERCEPTOR SEWERS, TWO COARSE SCREENING PLANTS (ONE AT SHAM SHUI PO AND ONE AT CHEUNG SHA WAN), ONE CENTRALISED PUMPING STATION AT CHEUNG SHA WAN, TWIN PUMPING MAINS OF TWO METRES TN DIAMETER ACROSS THE HARBOUR, A TREATMENT WORKS ON STONECUTTERS ISLAND, AND A COASTAL SEWER AND SUBMARINE OUTFALL TO DISCHARGE THE TREATED EFFLUENT.
MR SIU SAID CONSTRUCTION OF THE SCHEME BEGAN IN NOVEMBER 1988.
THE FIRST FLOWS WERE RECEIVE IN AUGUST THIS YEAR AND THE WHOLE SCHEME HAS RECENTLY BECOME FULLY OPERATIONAL.
"IT IS INTENDED THAT THE FLOWS FROM THE SCHEME WILL EVENTUALLY BE CONNECTED TO THE DEEP TUNNEL SYSTEM PROPOSED TN THE STRATEGIC SEWAGE DISPOSAL SCHÊME,' HE ADDED.
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