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TUESDAY, MARCH 29, 1994
GREEN SLOPES TO REPLACE SHEK O QUARRY FACES
A MAJOR ENVIRONMENTAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECT IN SHEK O GOT UNDER WAY TODAY (TUESDAY) WHEN CONTRACT DOCUMENTS WERE THE DIRECTOR OF CIVIL ENGINEERING, DREW BRAND.
THE 10-YEAR CONTRACT IS FOR THE REHABILITATION OF QUARRY, WHICH HAS BEEN OPERATED SINCE 1964 UNDER HONG KONG CONTRACTS.
OFFICIALLY
SIGNED BY
THE SHEK Q GOVERNMENT
THE
12 PER CENT OF IT HAS PROVIDED ABOUT OVER THIS PERIOD TERRITORY'S ANNUAL ROCK AND AGGREGATE REQUIREMENTS, BUT THE QUARRYING OTHERWISE PRISTINE OPERATIONS HAVE RESULTED IN A VISUAL SCAR ON THIS STRETCH OF THE CAPE D'AGUILAR COASTLINE.
IS A COMPONENT
OF
METROPLAN AND WILL NEXT
THE CONTRACT
THE GOVERNMENT LANDSCAPE STRATEGY FOR THE URBAN FRINGE AND COASTAL AREAS, RESULT IN THE PRESENT STEEP QUARRY FACES BEING REPLACED OVER THE DECADE BY WOODED SLOPES TO MATCH THE SURROUNDING NATURAL TOPOGRAPHY.
NATURAL-LOOKING
INLET MARINE AN ACCESS ROAD WILL BE MAKING THE AREA SUITABLE FOR
A CREATE THE SCHEME WILL ALSO WHERE THE FLOOR OF THE QUARRY IS NOW LOCATED. PROVIDED TO THE SHORES OF THE INLET, RECREATIONAL USE.
IT HAS BE EXTENDED
THE QUARRY LIES JUST OUTSIDE THE TAI TAM COUNTRY PARK. BEEN PROPOSED THAT THE COUNTRY PARK BOUNDARY COULD LATER TO INCLUDE THE RESTORED AREA.
SOME
THE REHABILITATION PROCESS WILL INVOLVE THE EXCAVATION OF
CUT BACK THE STEEP 10 MILLION CUBIC METRES OF MATERIAL IN ORDER TO QUARRY FACES TO A MORE NATURAL GRADIENT.
BY SHEK 0 QUARRY LIMITED, A LTD, WHO WILL HAVE THE FOR CONCRETE
THIS WORK WILL BE CARRIED OUT SUBSIDIARY OF PIONEER QUARRIES (HONG KONG) RIGHT TO CRUSH THE EXCAVATED ROCK TO PRODUCE AGGREGATES AND OTHER PRODUCTS.
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DR BRAND SAID AFTER THE "THE SCHEME HAS A NUMBER OF BENEFITS,
PIONEER GROUP, CONTRACT WAS SIGNED WITH THE MANAGING DIRECTOR OF THE MR J G MCDONALD,
WHICH ARE
HE SAID.
THE AREA AT NO DIRECT "APART FROM RESTORING THE SCENERY OF
A RELIABLE COST TO HONG KONG TAXPAYERS, THE EXCAVATIONS WILL PROVIDE
ESSENTIAL
HONG то
KONG'S OF AGGREGATES, SUPPLY INFRASTRUCTURE DEVELOPMENT,
THE WORKS WILL ALSO INCLUDE THE REALIGNMENT AND IMPROVEMENT
ΤΟ ADJACENT
ELIMINATING THE QUARRY, A SECTION OF SHEK O ROAD TIGHT HAIRPIN BEND AT WINDY GAP (TAI FUNG AU).
"WHEN THE RESTORATION IS FINISHED, THE PUBLIC WILL HAVE AREA FOR RECREATIONAL ACTIVITY IN THE MARINE INLET," HE SAID.
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THE
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