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TUESDAY, JUNE 22, 1993
CONTRACT FOR SEWERAGE SYSTEMS SIGNED
THE SANITARY AFTER CONSTRUCTION ARE COMPLETED IN
THE WATER QUALITY OF THE TOLO HARBOUR AND CONDITION OF VILLAGES IN SHA TIN WILL BE IMPROVED WORKS FOR THE SEWERAGE SYSTEMS IN THE VILLAGES JANUARY 1995.
THE CONTRACT FOR THE $52.28 MILLION WORKS WAS SIGNED TODAY (TUESDAY) BY THE ACTING ASSISTANT DIRECTOR OF DRAINAGE SERVICES (PROJECTS AND DEVELOPMENT), MR CLEMENT LAU, AND A REPRESENTATIVE THE CONTRACTOR, SHUN YUEN CONSTRUCTION COMPANY LIMITED.
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CONTRACT WORKS INCLUDE THE CONSTRUCTION OF GRAVITY SEWERAGE SYSTEMS, PUMPING STATIONS, AN INTERCEPTOR CHAMBER AND HYDRO-BRAKE CHAMBER IN 14 VILLAGES.
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THE VILLAGES ARE HEUNG FAN LIU (EASTERN PART), PAK TIN, SUM, KAK TIN, HA KENG HAU, SHEUNG KENG HAU, HIN TIN, TAI WAI, SHA TIN TAU, TSANG TAI UK, SHA TIN WAI, TO SHEK, CHAP WAI KON AND NGAU PEI SHA.
THE WORKS WHICH FORMS PART OF THE TOLO HARBOUR SEWERAGE OF UNSEWERED AREAS SCHEME WILL BEGIN NEXT WEEK.
MR LAU NOTED THAT AT PRESENT THERE WERE NO PROPER SEWERAGE SYSTEMS IN THESE VILLAGES AND THE UNTREATED SEWAGE WERE DISCHARGED THROUGH STREAMS INTO THE TOLO HARBOUR.
WHEN THE SCHEME IS FULLY COMPLETED, ALL SEWAGE DEVELOPMENTS AT 165 LOCATIONS WITHIN THE TOLO HARBOUR BE COLLECTED AND TREATED BEFORE DISPOSAL.
FROM UNSEWERED CATCHMENT WILL
"THIS WILL FURTHER IMPROVE THE WATER QUALITY OF THE TOLO HARBOUR AS WELL AS THE SANITARY CONDITIONS OF THE SAID.
VILLAGES,' MR LAU
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RESEARCH GRANTS FOR TERTIARY INSTITUTIONS FOR 1993/94
THE RESEARCH GRANTS COUNCIL (RGC) TODAY (TUESDAY) ANNOUNCED ITS DECISIONS ON THE ALLOCATION OF THE $156 MILLION FOR RESEARCH GRANTS TO THE SEVEN INSTITUTIONS FUNDED BY THE UNIVERSITY AND POLYTECHNIC GRANTS COMMITTEE (UPGC) IN 1993/94.
THE SEVEN UPGC-FUNDED INSTITUTIONS ARE CITY POLYTECHNIC OF HONG KONG, HONG KONG BAPTIST COLLEGE, HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC, LINGNAN COLLEGE, THE CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG, THE HONG KONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY, AND UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG.
THE RGC CONSIDERED 336 APPLICATIONS FOR A TOTAL OF $296 MILLION FOR ACADEMIC RESEARCH PROJECTS IN A WIDE RANGE OF SUBJECT DISCIPLINES.
/EACH APPLICATION