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Friday, December 22, 1972

PLANT BUILDING FOR DESALTER

Steelwork To Be Put Up Next October

Hong Kong's desalting plant project at Castle Peak took another

step forward today when tenders were called for the design and supply

of the structural steelwork for the auxiliary plant building.

The auxiliary plant building consists of a main hall and a

two-storey annexe.

The main hall will house all the main pumping equipment and

six turbine generating sets.

The annexe will be subdivided into galleries for switchgear,

cables and boiler auxiliaries.

year.

Erection of the steelwork is expected to start in October next

The desalting plant will be the largest of its kind in the

world, with a daily output of 40 million gallons of fresh water.

The first of its six units is expected to be operational by

mid-1974.

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