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"IN FACT THE YAU TONG PUMPING STATION WAS ALREADY COMMISSIONED LAST MONTH AND WE HAVE ELIMINATED THE DISCHARGE OF RAW SEWAGE FROM YAU TONG AREA INTO THE HARBOUR BY INTERCEPTING AND PUMPING THE FLOW INTO THE MAIN SEWERAGE SYSTEM, HE NOTED.
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SEWAGE IMPROVEMENTS ARE ALSO UNDERWAY IN OTHER URBAN AREAS LIKE TSUEN WAN, KWAI CHUNG AND NORTH WEST KOWLOON IN ACCORDANCE MASTER PLAN PROPOSALS.
"WE HAVE ALSO COMMENCED WORK IN THE RURAL AREAS SHELTER AND SHA TIN, TAI PO VILLAGES WITH A VIEW TO COMPREHENSIVE SEWERAGE FACILITIES," MR NG SAID.
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MEANWHILE, MR NG SAID HIS DEPARTMENT HAD CARRIED OUT SOME ADVANCE WORK ON THE PRINCIPAL COLLECTION AND TREATMENT SYSTEM OF THE STRATEGIC SEWAGE DISPOSAL SCHEME WITH THE ULTIMATE AIM OF REMOVING PER CENT OF THE POLLUTION IN VICTORIA BARBOUR BY MID-1997.
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THE OPERATIONS AND MAINTENANCE OF SEWAGE FACILITIES, MR STRESSED THAT IT WAS EQUALLY IMPORTANT TO OPERATE AND MAINTAIN EFFECTIVELY AND EFFICIENTLY THE FACILITIES THAT HAD BEEN CONSTRUCTED.
AT PRESENT, THE DSD MAINTAINS OVER 1,100 KILOMETRES OF SEWERS, SOME 35,000 SEWER CONNECTIONS TO DEVELOPMENTS THROUGHOUT THE TERRITORY.
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EACH YEAR, ABOUT 65 KILOMETRES OF NEW SEWERS AND 450 SEWER CONNECTIONS ARE ADDED TO THE GROWING SEWERAGE NETWORK.
"TO REDUCE BLOCKAGES AND THE CHANCE OF LOCAL FLOODING, WE HAVE PUT IN PLACE PREVENTIVE MAINTENANCE FOR THE PRINCIPAL SEWERS IN VARIOUS AREAS,' MR NG SAID.
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ON SEWAGE TREATMENT SIDE, HE SAID THE DSD OPERATED AND MAINTAINED ABOUT 130 SEWAGE TREATMENT WORKS, PUMPING STATIONS AND ANCILLARY FACILITIES SCATTERED THROUGHOUT THE TERRITORY.
"NEW SEWAGE TREATMENT FACILITIES ARE PROGRESSIVELY BROUGHT INTO OPERATION TO MEET THE GROWING NEEDS OF THE COMMUNITY.
"OUR PLEDGE то SERVE THE PUBLIC AT LARGE IS ΤΟ ATTEND EXPEDITIOUSLY TO COMPLAINTS ON DRAINAGE MATTERS, AND TO TAKE PROMPT ACTION ON APPLICATIONS FOR DRAINAGE CONNECTIONS, "MR NG STRESSED.
THE STANLEY UNDERGROUND SEWAGE TREATMENT PLANT IS BEING CONSTRUCTED IN A CAVERN AT A COST OF $163 MILLION.
THE TWO MAIN TREATMENT STREAMS OF THE PLANT ARE EACH ABOUT 120 METRES LONG, 12 METRES WIDE AND 11 METRES HIGH, AND CONTAINS THE AERATION TANKS AND THE FINAL SETTLING TANKS.
THE SERVICE AREAS WILL BE AT TWO LEVELS IN ORDER TO REDUCE THE SHEER SIZE OF THE EXCAVATED CAVERN, AND A TWO-KILOMETRE SUBMARINE OUTFALL HAS ALREADY BEEN COMPLETED.
ALTHOUGH THE SEWAGE TREATMENT PLANT IS ENTIRELY UNDERGROUND, IT IS EASILY ACCESSIBLE FROM WONG MA KOK ROAD, AND ITS FUTURE OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE ARE NOT SUBJECT TO WEATHER CONDITIONS.
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