THURSDAY, AUGUST 26, 1993
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"THE CONTRACT PRICE IS WITHIN BUDGET ESTIMATES, DESPITE SOME INEVITABLE INCREASES IN COSTS WHICH HAVE BEEN CAUSED BY THE DELAY IN MAKING THE CONTRACT AWARD."
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PHASE ONE OF THE CENTRAL RECLAMATION COMPRISES A 20-HECTARE FROM RUMSEY STREET TO BLAKE PIER, AND INCLUDES SIX HECTARES FOR THE AIRPORT RAILWAY STATION SITE. IT FORMS THE WESTERN SECTION OF THE CENTRAL AND WANCHAI RECLAMATION, LATER PHASES OF WHICH STRETCH EASTWARD TO CAUSEWAY BAY.
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DRAGAGES-PENTA-BSG JOINT VENTURE COMPRISES DRAGAGES ET TRAVAUX PUBLICS OF FRANCE, PENTA OCEAN CONSTRUCTION CO LTD OF JAPAN, AND BACHY SOLETANCHE GROUP OF FRANCE.
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WSD REFUTES REPORTS ON EAST RIVER WATER
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SUPPLIES DEPARTMENT HAS DISMISSED THE REPORTS PUBLISHED IN SOME NEWSPAPERS TODAY (THURSDAY) THAT COMPLAINTS OF DISCOLOURATION OF WATER LODGED BY SOME CONSUMERS IN TSING YI PUBLIC HOUING ESTATES MIGHT BE DUE TO POOR QUALITY OF THE RAW WATER FROM EAST RIVER AND THE PURIFICATION PROCESS OF THE RAW WATER IN SHENZHEN.
A SPOKESMAN FOR THE DEPARTMENT SAID THE REPORTS WERE TOTALLY WRONG AND MISLEADING.
THE SPOKESMAN FURTHER POINTED OUT THAT ALL THE RAW WATER FROM EAST RIVER WAS TREATED AND PURIFIED IN THE VARIOUS TREATMENT WORKS IN HONG KONG AND THAT THERE WAS NO PURIFICATION OF THE RAW WATER IN SHENZHEN BEFORE IT WAS TRANSFERRED TO THE TERRITORY.
"BESIDES, THE ADDITION OF MANGANESE TO WATER FOR PURIFICATION PURPOSES, AS REPORTED IN THE NEWSPAPERS, HAS NEVER BEEN A PRACTICE IN THE WATER SUPPY INDUSTRY ALL OVER THE WORLD, HE NOTED.
THE SPOKESMAN WENT ON TO SAY THAT THE WATER SUPPLIES DEPARTMENT HAD RECEIVED A TOTAL OF ONLY FIVE COMPLAINTS ABOUT DISCOLOURED WATER FROM THE RESIDENTS OF CHEUNG ON ESTATE AS WELL AS CHING TAI AND CHING NGA COURTS IN TSING YI IN THE PAST FEW DAYS.
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"THESE COMPLAINTS HAVE ALL BEEN INVESTIGATED AND FOUND ΤΟ BE ISOLATED CASES. TESTS ON THE WATER SAMPLES COLLECTED FROM COMPLAINANTS' PREMISES HAVE INDICATED THAT MOST LIKELY DISCOLOURATION HAS BEEN CAUSED BY THE RUSTY PIPES WITHIN CONSUMER'S BUILDING, HE ADDED.
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"IF ANYONE IS IN DOUBT ABOUT THE QUALITY OF THE WATER, HE SHOULD REPORT THIS TO THE WATER SUPPLIES DEPARTMENT'S TECHNICAL COMPLAINTS CENTRE SO THAT PROPER INVESTIGATIONS CAN BE MADE BY THE DEPARTMENT," THE SPOKESMAN CONCLUDED.
THE TELEPHONE NUMBERS OF THE TECHNICAL COMPLAINTS 811 0788 FOR HONG KONG AND OUTLYING ISLANDS AND 396 0210 AND THE NEW TERRITORIES.
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