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NEW QUARRY IN NEW TERRITORIES

Friday, August 18, 1972

A new quarry at Lam Tei in Yuen Long will be opened tomorrow (Saturday)

by the Government Civil Engineer, Mr. H.D. Stead.

The quarry is operated by the Asia Stone Company Ltd. under a 10-year

contract from the Public Works Department.

The letting of the new quarry contract is part of the Government's

policy to concentrate stone production in large modern quarries on long-term

contracts.

The Lam Tei Quarry is designed and developed for modern, efficient and

safe operation. The rock will be extracted by deep-hole drilling in benches

which limit the height of rock face and make the work of the rock-drillers much

easier and safer.

The crushing and screening plant can produce up to 2,000 tons of

aggregates a day, which is more than sufficient to meet the demands of the

construction industry in Yuen Long and Castle Peak.

The Civil Engineering Office of the Public Works Department is now

investigating possible sites for more new quarries on Lamma Island, in Anderson

Road, at Lei Yue Mun and at Sha Tin.

If investigations show that sites are suitable, it is expected that

at least two more modern quarries will be developed over the next three years.

This will ensure that there is adequate production capacity to meet the demands

of the construction industry for crushed stone aggregates for concreting in the

next decade.

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