WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 8, 1993
THE
EDUCATING THE TWO MUNICIPAL
CONTINUE
BY MARKETS OPERATED
MR TONGSON SAID THE COMMITTEE WOULD
TARGETING AT WET PUBLIC, COUNCILS AND THE HOUSING AUTHORITY.
APART
FROM THE
WET MARKETS, SOME OF THE LOCAL MAJOR SUPERMARKETS AND RETAILERS ARE USING THE OLD SYSTEM.
BUT MR TONGSON SAID THE MAJORITY OF HONG KONG BUSINESSES ALREADY ADOPTED METRIC SYSTEM.
HAVE
OCTOBER AND
NOVEMBER, THE CHINESE ESSAY
HE
THAT ANNOUNCED
BETWEEN METRICATION COMMITTEE WOULD ORGANISE A TERRITORY-WIDE COMPETITION FOR BOTH PRIMARY AND SECONDARY STUDENTS.
THE THEME WILL BE ON WAYS TO PROMOTE METRICATION WITH EMPHASIS ON SUPPLIERS, RETAILERS AND WHOLESALERS.
THE
SPECIAL
AT THE SAME TIME,
COMMITTEE. IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE AT CUSTOMS AND EXCISE DEPARTMENT, WILL INSTALL METRIC SCALE COUNTERS VARIOUS WET MARKETS AND SUPERMARKETS TO EDUCATE THE PUBLIC, MR TONGSON SAID.
CONTRACT SIGNED FOR WEST KOWLOON DRAINS
* *
THE WATER QUALITY IN THE HARBOUR FURTHER IMPROVED AFTER DRAINAGE WORKS AT COMPLETED IN EARLY 1996.
OFF WEST KOWLOON WILL BE THE RECLAMATION AREA ARE
THE $188 MILLION CONTRACT FOR THE SECOND PACKAGE OF THE WEST KOWLOON RECLAMATION NORTHERN HINTERLAND DRAINAGE IMPROVEMENT WORKS WAS SIGNED TODAY (WEDNESDAY) BY THE TERRITORY DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT'S PROJECT MANAGER FOR URBAN AREA, MR KEITH AUSTIN, AND A REPRESENTATIVE OF THE CONTRACTOR, AOKI CORPORATION.
THE WORKS FORM PART OF THE CONTINUING PROGRAMME FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE WEST KOWLOON RECLAMATION WHICH IS AN AIRPORT CORB PROGRAMME PROJECT.
THE DRAINAGE SYSTEM IN THE HINDERLAND OF WEST KOWLOON BETWEEN ARGYLE STREET IN THE SOUTH AND HING WAH STREET IN THE NORTH WILL BE REBUILT.
MR AUSTIN SAID APART FROM IMPROVING THE CAPACITY OF THE DRAINAGE SYSTEM, THE WORKS WOULD ALSO ENSURE THAT THE RISK OF FLOODING IN WEST KOWLOON WAS NOT INCREASED AS A RESULT OF THE MAJOR DRAINAGE EXTENSION BEING CONSTRUCTED ACROSS THE RECLAMATION.
NEW SEWERS AND DRY WEATHER FLOW INTERCEPTORS WILL BE BUILT TO INTERCEPT THE POLLUTED STORM WATER IN THE EXISTING DRAINAGE SYSTEM.
"WHEN CONSTRUCTION IS COMPLETED, THE WATER QUALITY IN HARBOUR OFF WEST KOWLOON WILL BE FURTHER IMPROVED, MR AUSTIN SAID.
THE WORKS WILL BEGIN NEXT WEEK.
THE
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