THURSDAY, MAY 20, 1993
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CONSTRUCTING NEW SEWAGE TREATMENT AND
AND
DISPOSAL
FACILITIES;
RECTIFYING WRONG CONNECTIONS ONCE AND FOR ALL AND RE-DIRECTING WASTEWATER TO THE SEWERAGE SYSTEM AFTER THE ABOVE IMPROVEMENT WORKS HAVE BEEN COMPLETED.
MR SIU SAID COMPLETING ALL THE MASTER PLAN PROPOSALS WOULD TAKE ABOUT $8 BILLION OVER 10 YEARS.
"WE ARE CONCENTRATING OUR INITIAL EFFORTS ON HONG KONG ISLAND SOUTH BECAUSE OF THE RECREATIONAL VALUE OF ITS COASTLINE AND BATHING BEACHES.
"IN THIS AREA OF SCENIC NATURAL BEAUTY. CONSTRUCTION WORK STARTED IN 1990 AND IS STILL IN PROGRESS IN REPULSE BAY, DEEP WATER BAY, TAI TAM, AND HERE IN STANLEY.
"CONSTRUCTION WORKS FOR THE SHEK о SEWAGE TREATMENT SCHEME WILL START TOWARDS THE END OF THIS YEAR AND A COMPREHENSIVE SEWERAGE SCHEME FOR THE WHOLE OF HONG KONG ISLAND SOUTH WILL BE IN PLACE BY THE END OF 1995," HE ADDED.
MR SIU POINTED OUT THAT A NOTEWORTHY FEATURE OF THE STANLEY SCHEME IS THAT THE SEWAGE TREATMENT PLANT IS CONSTRUCTED UNDERGROUND IN A CAVERN THE VENUE OF HIS MEET-THE-MEDIA SESSION.
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"WE NEED A SITE IN STANLEY AND ONE ALTERNATIVE WOULD HAVE BEEN TO RECLAIM TWEED BAY. THE COST INVOLVED WOULD HAVE BEEN COMPARABLE BUT AN ABOVE GROUND PLANT WOULD HAVE GIVEN RISE TO AN ADVERSE VISUAL IMPACT ON THE IMPRESSIVE NATURAL COASTLINE IN STANLEY, HE NOTED.
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THE TWO MAIN TREATMENT STREAMS OF THE STANLEY SEWAGE TREATMENT PLANT ARE EACH ABOUT 120 METRES LONG, 12 METRES WIDE AND 11 METRES HIGH, AND CONTAINS THE AERATION TANKS AND THE FINAL SETTLING TANKS.
THE SERVICE AREAS WILL BE AT TWO LEVELS IN ORDER TO REDUCE THE SHEER SIZE OF THE EXCAVATED CAVERN, AND A TWO-KILOMETRE SUBMARINE OUTFALL HAS ALREADY BEEN COMPLETED.
IS ENTIRELY UNDERGROUND,
ALTHOUGH THE SEWAGE TREATMENT PLANT IT IS EASILY ACCESSIBLE FROM WONG MA KOK ROAD, AND ITS FUTURE OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE ARE NOT SUBJECT TO WEATHER CONDITIONS.
EXCAVATION WORK IS ALMOST COMPLETED AND STRUCTURAL AND MACHINERY INSTALLATION WORKS WILL TAKE ANOTHER YEAR OR SO.
THE TREATMENT PLANT SHOULD BE IN OPERATION BEFORE THE MIDDLE OF NEXT YEAR.
PRELIMINARY DESIGN IS IN HAND FOR THE OTHER SEWERAGE MASTER PLANS AREAS, NAMELY NORTH WEST KOWLOON, TSUEN WAN/KWAI TSING, TUEN MUN AND YUEN LONG, AND CONSTRUCTION SHOULD START TOWARDS THE END OF NEXT YEAR.
WITH THE APPROACH OF THE RAINY SEASON, MR SIU BRIEFED THE MEDIA ON HIS DEPARTMENT'S EFFORTS ON FLOOD MITIGATION AND CONTROL.
/HE POINTED