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DSD TO SPEND $7.3 BILLION ON SEWAGE PROGRAMME
THE DRAINAGE SERVICES DEPARTMENT WILL SPEND $7.3 BILLION FROM NOW UNTIL 1997 ON IMPLEMENTING ITS SEWAGE STRATEGY PROGRAMME.
(THURSDAY) SAID THE SEWERAGE MASTER
ANNOUNCING THIS AT A MEET-THE-MEDIA SESSION THIS AFTERNOON, THE DIRECTOR OF DRAINAGE SERVICES, MR SIU CHUEN, SEWAGE STRATEGY CONSISTS OF TWO COMPONENTS PLANS AND THE STRATEGIC SEWAGE DISPOSAL SCHEME.
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THE SEWERAGE MASTER PLANS AIM AT IMPROVING THE SEWAGE COLLECTION SYSTEM OF ALL THE CATCHMENT AREAS. THE PLANS INCLUDE, AMONG OTHER THINGS, RECTIFICATIONS OF WRONG CONNECTIONS THAT RESULT IN UNTREATED SEWAGE GOING INTO THE SEA ALONG THE DRAINS BUILT TO CARRY ONLY STORMWATER.
THE STRATEGIC SEWAGE DISPOSAL SCHEME IS A CENTRALISED SEWAGE TREATMENT AND DISPOSAL SYSTEM FOR THE URBAN AREAS, WITH SEWAGE FROM KOWLOON AND HONG KONG ISLAND TO BE CONNECTED IN'TO THE SCHEME BY A SERIES OF TUNNELS, DEEPER AND LONGER THAN THE TUNNELS IN THE MTR, AND DISCHARGED, AFTER TREATMENT, INTO THE WATER CURRENTS AT THE BOTTOM OF THE OCEAN.
MR SIU EXPLAINED THAT UNDER THE SEWERAGE MASTER PLANS, THE WHOLE TERRITORY HAS BEEN DIVIDED INTO 16 AREAS FOR STUDYING IN DETAIL THE ADEQUACY OF THE SEWERAGE AND SEWAGE TREATMENT SYSTEMS SERVING EACH AREA.
THE STUDIES HAVE IDENTIFIED MAJOR POLLUTION AREAS AND RECOMMENDED ADVANCED WORKS ΤΟ ACHIEVE EARLY ENVIRONMENTAL IMPROVEMENTS.
THE BENEFICIAL EFFECTS OF SUCH WORKS HAVE ALREADY BEEN FELT FROM THE IMPROVEMENT OF WATER QUALITY AT SOME BEACHES, SUCH AS THOSE IN REPULSE BAY AND SOUTH BAY, WITH THE WATER BEING CLEANER SAFE FOR BATHING THAN BEFORE.
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THE DRAINAGE SERVICES DEPARTMENT HAS NOW TAKEN UP IMPLEMENTATION WORKS OF SEWERAGE MASTER PLANS IN EIGHT AREAS SHELTER, YUEN LONG AND KAM TIN, TUEN MUN, EAST KOWLOON, HONG ISLAND SOUTH, TOLO HARBOUR, TSUEN WAN/KWAT TSING AND NORTH KOWLOON,
THE MAIN FEATURES OF THE WORKS ARE:
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CONSTRUCTING NEW RELIEF SEWERS IF THE EXISTING SEWERS HAVE INADEQUATE CAPACITY;
EXTENDING THE SEWER NETWORK ΤΟ AREAS NOT YET SERVED BY PUBLIC SEWERS;
REPLACING OR REPAIRING DEFECTIVE OLD SEWERS EVEN IF THEY HAVE THE RIGHT CAPACITY;
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