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Village flood protection works
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The Government plans to construct an earth bund, a pumping station, a flood storage pond and a drainage channel at Chuk Yuen Tsuen and Ha San Wai, Yuen Long, in order to protect the villages from flooding.
The works will be carried out within an area of 0.89 hectares of foreshore and sea-bed, beginning in late 1996 for completion by mid-1999.
The extent of the area affected is notified in the Gazette today (Friday).
The notice and its related plan can be seen at the Lands Department's Survey and Mapping Office, 14th floor, Murray Building, Garden Road; and at the Yuen Long District Office, Ground Floor, Yuen Long District Branch Office Building, 269 Castle Peak Road, Yuen Long.
The plan can also be purchased at the Survey and Mapping Office.
Any person who considers that his interest, right or easement in or over the foreshore and sea-bed involved will be affected by the works may submit a written objection to the Director of Lands on or before September 21, 1995.
End/Friday, July 21, 1995
Laying of submarine cable system at Deep Water Bay
The Government will grant a licence to Hong Kong Telecom Limited to lay a submarine cable system at Deep Water Bay in order to extend telecommunication services among Hong Kong, Thailand and Vietnam.
The works will be carried out within an area of 595,000 square metres of foreshore and sea-bed at Deep water Bay, beginning in August for completion in about two months.
The extent of the area affected is described in a notice of authorisation published in the Gazette today (Friday).