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TUESDAY, AUGUST 9, 1994
"GOOD PROGRESS HAS BEEN MADE ON WORKS FOR THE SERVICES BEING PROVIDED BY THE DSD, MR NG STRESSED.
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VARIOUS SEWAGE
AND
MR NG
OUTLINING THE SEWAGE SERVICES PROVIDED BY HIS DEPARTMENT THE PROGRESS MADE BY THE DEPARTMENT DURING THE PAST 15 MONTHS, NOTED THAT THE SERVICES COULD BE BRIEFLY CATEGORISED INTO TWO AREAS.
"THE FIRST IS TO IMPLEMENT SEWAGE PROJECTS, THAT IS TO EXPAND PLANTS THE SEWERAGE NETWORK, BUILD PUMPING STATIONS, SEWAGE TREATMENT AND SUBMARINE OUTFALLS,
"THE SECOND IS TO OPERATE AND MAINTAIN THE SEWAGE FACILITIES ALREADY PROVIDED," MR NG SAID.
ON SEWAGE PROJECTS, MR NG POINTED OUT THAT A NUMBER OF THEM HAD ALREADY BEEN COMPLETED AND COMMISSIONED.
"THE $1.35
BILLION NORTH WEST KOWLOON SEWAGE TREATMENT AND DISPOSAL SCHEME WAS PUT INTO OPERATION IN AUGUST 1992.
"THIS
WAS A MAJOR REGIONAL SERVICE THAT HAS HELPED TO IMPROVE
THE WATER QUALITY IN THE WESTERN HARBOUR.
"THE SAN WAI SEWAGE TREATMENT PLANT AND THE HA TSUEN PUMPING OPERATION STATION SERVING THE NORTH WEST NEW TERRITORIES HAVE BEEN IN SINCE EARLY 1993," HE ADDED.
MR CONSTRUCTING INCLUDE
NG FURTHER POINTED OUT THAT HIS DEPARTMENT WAS AT PRESENT
BILLION. A NUMBER OF PROJECTS VALUED AT SOME $9
THESE
THE TOLO
AND HARBOUR EFFLUENT EXPORT SCHEME
THE SEWERAGE
MASTER PLAN SCHEME (SMP).
PUMP THE $880 MILLION TOLO HARBOUR EFFLUENT EXPORT SCHEME WILL
AWAY FROM THE THE TREATED SEWAGE EFFLUENT FROM SHA TIN AND TAI PO ENCLOSED TOLO HARBOUR.
"THIS WILL HELP TO PREVENT THE OCCURRENCE OF RED TIDES IN HARBOUR. THE ENTIRE PROJECT IS DUE TO BE COMPLETED IN MID-1995," NG NOTED.
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TOLO
MR
SEWERAGE
UNDER THE SMP SCHEMES, WHICH ARE TERRITORY-WIDE NETWORK IMPROVEMENT SCHEMES, MR NG SAID CONSTRUCTION WORK WAS NOW WELL UNDERWAY IN THE SOUTHERN PART OF HONG KONG ISLAND.
SEWERAGE KONG
"AT A COST OF $770 MILLION, THIS PROJECT WILL IMPROVE FACILITIES AND ALSO PROTECT THE POPULAR BATHING BEACHES IN HONG ISLAND SOUTH AREA," HE ADDED.
MR NG NOTED THAT THE CAVERN SEWAGE TREATMENT PLANT AT WONG KOK ROAD, STANLEY WAS AN IMPORTANT COMPONENT OF THE PROJECT.
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"IT WILL TREAT AND DISINFECT SEWAGE FROM THE STANLEY TAM AREAS BEFORE DISCHARGING EFFLUENT TO THE SEA, AND THIS WORKS WILL BE PUT INTO OPERATION BY THE END OF THIS YEAR,
AND ΤΑΙ TREATMENT
H HE SAID.
WORKS ON STAGE 1 OF THE EAST KOWLOON SEWERAGE IMPROVEMENT WOULD BE COMPLETED IN EARLY 1995, MR NG CONTINUED.
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