Thursday, October 12, 1972
IMPROVED WATER SUPPLY FOR TSING YI ISLAND
Work will begin soon on connecting the fresh water mains in the
Kwai Chung area to the water supply system on Tsing Yi Island to improve the supply to people living on the island.
The project will involve the laying of some 5,000 feet of 15-inch
diameter mains from the junction of Texaco Road and Gin Drinkers Bay Road
in Kwai Chung to the Tsing Yi Bridge, now under construction.
The new water supply will become operative only after the completion
of the bridge which links Tsing Yi and Kwai Chung, and along which the mains
will run.
The project, costing about $320,000, will be the second phase of
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a plan to improve the water supply to Tsing Yi the first was the recent
installation of a number of public stand-pipes.
The work is expected to be completed in May, next year.
QUARANTINE RESTRICTIONS LIFTED
The Port Health Authority has lifted quarantine restrictions imposed
against arrivals from Saigon and the port of Danang in South Vietnam and Phnom Penh (port and airport) the capital of the Khmer Republic.
plague.
The restrictions had earlier been imposed because of an outbreak of
However, quarantine restrictions are still in force on arrivals from
the port of Saigon because of cholera.
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