SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 7, 1993
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FULL WATER SUPPLY TO TUEN MUN POSSIBLE BEFORE THURSDAY
FULL WATER SUPPLY TO TUEN MUN MIGHT BE RESUMED BEFORE (NOVEMBER 11), THE DIRECTOR OF WATER SUPPLIES, MR TONIGHT.
THURSDAY
HU MAN-SHTU, SAID
"OUR ORIGINAL PLAN IS TO RESTORE FULL SUPPLY ON THURSDAY, BUT I'M GLAD TO SAY THAT THE TARGETED DATE COULD BE ADVANCED BY AT LEAST ONE DAY, AND POSSIBLY EVEN EARLIER, HE NOTED AT A PRESS CONFERENCE.
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HE ATTRIBUTED THIS ENCOURAGING DEVELOPMENT TO THE HARD WORK, TEAM SPIRIT, DEDICATION AND DETERMINATION OF HIS STAFF, AND TO THE SUPPORT GIVEN BY THE CHINA LIGHT AND POWER COMPANY,
NOTING THAT HIS DEPARTMENT HAS BEEN MAKING EVERY EFFORT ΤΟ RESTORE THE PUMPING CAPACITY OF THE TUEN MUN PUMPING STATION SINCE LAST FRIDAY, MR HU POINTED OUT THAT TEMPORARY PIPE WATER SUPPLY WAS RESUMED FOR TWO HOURS FOR 160,000 PEOPLE ON SATURDAY EVENING, THE DAY AFTER THE INCIDENT.
WAS
WITH MORE PUMPS BACK IN SERVICE, PIPE WATER SUPPLY EXTENDED TONIGHT (SUNDAY) TO MORE AREAS, BENEFITTING ABOUT 80 PER CENT OF THE POPULATION AFFECTED THIS BEING ANOTHER IMPROVEMENT.
THE SUPPLY COULD BE EXTENDED ΤΟ COVER THE WHOLE OF TUEN MUN TOMORROW AND THE DURATION OF SUPPLY COULD BE EXTENDED ΤΟ FOUR HOURS FROM 6 PM TO 10 PM.
MR HU WENT ON TO SAY THAT SPECIAL ARRANGEMENTS HAD BEEN MADE TO TUEN MUN INDUSTRIALISTS TO DRAW EMERGENCY WATER SUPPLY FROM A FIRE HYDRANT AT SAN HEY TSUEN STREET, YUEN LONG TONG YAN SAN TSUEN (NEAR CALTEX PETROL STATION) FROM 9 AM TOMORROW (MONDAY) UNTIL RESUMPTION OF NORMAL SUPPLY.
"THIS WILL ALLEVIATE THE DIFFICULTIES BEING ENCOUNTERED BY THE INDUSTRIALISTS WHEN THEY RESUME WORK ON MONDAY, HE SAID.
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ON REPAIR WORK ON THE TWO DAMAGED WATERMAINS WHICH ARE AFFECTING SUPPLY TO CHEUNG CHAU, MR HU SAID THE WORK ALTHOUGH EXTREMELY DIFFICULT WAS PROGRESSING WELL WITH REPAIR то ONE MAIN COMPLETED TONIGHT (SUNDAY).
"IT IS HOPED THAT FULL SUPPLY TOMORROW (MONDAY) BECAUSE THE TESTED BEFORE RESUMING NORMAL OPERATION,
REPAIRED
COULD BE RESTORED SOMETIME WATERMAIN HAD STILL TO BE
HE ADDED.
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