TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 23, 1993
SAI KUNG SEWERAGE WORKS TO BEGIN NEXT MONDAY
THE DRAINAGE SERVICES DEPARTMENT WILL START WORKS ON THE CONSTRUCTION OF A PUBLIC SEWERAGE SYSTEM FOR TAN CHEUNG, PO LO CHE AND TUI MIN HOI IN SAI KUNG, NEXT WEEK TO IMPROVE THE HYGIENE OF VILLAGES IN THESE AREAS.
THE CONTRACT FOR THE $24.3 MILLION WORKS WAS SIGNED TODAY (TUESDAY) BY THE ASSISTANT DIRECTOR OF DRAINAGE SERVICES (PROJECTS AND DEVELOPMENT), MR TSE HON-SUM, AND A REPRESENTATIVE OF THE CONTRACTOR, CHIU HING CONSTRUCTION AND TRANSPORTATION COMPANY LIMITED.
OTHER AREAS COVERED BY THE MASTER PLAN INCLUDE TAI MONG TSAI, SAJ KUNG TOWN, TAL CHUNG HAU, HO CHUNG, TSENG LAN SHUE, TAI ра TSAI, SILVERSTRAND AND CLEAR WATER BAY PENINSULA.
MR TSE NOTED THAT AT
PRESENT THERE WAS NO PROPER SEWERAGE
SYSTEM IN TAN CHEUNG, PO LO CHE AND TUI MIN HOT.
THE CONTRACT WAS THE FIRST AWARDED UNDER THE COMPREHENSIVE LONG-TERM SEWERAGE MASTER PLAN FOR THE PORT SHELTER AREA.
THE CONTRACT WORKS COMPRISE THE CONSTRUCTION OF 5.2 KILOMETRES OF GRAVITY SEWERS WITH DIAMETERS RANGING FROM 225 MM TO 375 MM, WHICH WILL CONNECT WITH THE TERMINAL MANHOLES OF ABOUT 460 VILLAGE HOUSES WITHIN THE CATCHMENT.
THE WORKS ARE SCHEDULED TO BEGIN NEXT MONDAY (NOVEMBER 29) COMPLETION IN 24 MONTHS.
FOR
UPON COMPLETION, MR TSE SAID, SEWAGE GENERATED FROM TAN CHEUNG, PO LO CHE AND TUI MIN HOI AREAS WOULD BE COLLECTED AND CONVEYED то THE SAI KUNG SEWAGE TREATMENT WORKS FOR SECONDARY TREATMENT BEFORE DISPOSAL IN PORT SHELTER THROUGH A SUBMARINE OUTFALL.
"AS A RESULT, THE WATER QUALITY OF PORT SHELTER WILL ALSO BE IMPROVED BECAUSE THE POLLUTANTS CURRENTLY BEING DISCHARGED INTO IT WILL BE REDUCED, HE ADDED.
SALARY INDICES FOR MANAGERIAL AND PROFESSIONAL EMPLOYEES FOR JUNE
THE AVERAGE SALARY LEVEL FOR MANAGERIAL AND PROFESSIONAL EMPLOYEES AS INDICATED BY THE OVERALL NOMINAL SALARY INDEX (A),
I 9.7% HIGHER IN JUNE 1993 THAN IN JUNE 1992.
WAS
THE OVERALL, NOMINAL SALARY INDEX (B), WHICH MEASURES CHANGES IN THE AVERAGE SALARY LEVEL ONLY FOR THOSE MANAGERIAL AND PROFESSIONAL EMPLOYEES WHO REMAINED IN THE SAME OCCUPATION AND IN THE SAME COMPANY IN BOTH 1992 AND 1993, ROSE BY 14.5% OVER THE SAME PERIOD.
THE ABOVE RESULTS ARE SOME OF THE FINDINGS OF THE 1993 SURVEY OP SALARIES AND PMPLOYEE BENEFITS
MANAGERIAL AND PROFESSIONAL EMPLOYEES (EXCLUDING TOP MANAGEMENT) RELEASED TODAY (TUESDAY) BY THE CENSUS AND STATISTICS DEPARTMENT.
/BOTH SALARY