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Tuesday, May 15, 1973

In Siu Lek Yuen, for example, 36 diversion dams, 18,000 feet of

irrigation channels and 10,000 feet of irrigation pipeline will be built

at a cost of about $760,000,

Diversion dams, built across rivers, will raise the water level

enabling the water to flow into the fields along channels or through pipelines.

The dams are equipped with check gates and floodways to regulate

the flow of water to meet the varying irrigation neods throughout the year.

Each irrigation system consists of a diversion dam, a channel

and a pipeline or simply a pipeline on its own. The dams and the channels

are built in concrete and the pipelines consist of galvanized iron piping.

Surveys are continuing for further irrigation improvements for other

areas in the two districts.

WATER INTERRUPTION IN CAUSEWAY BAY

A number of premises in the Causeway Bay area will be without a

water supply for five hours from 1 a.m. to 6 a.m. on Thursday (May 17).

The temporary stoppage is to allow staff of the Waterworks Office

to carry out a leakage test in the area.

The area affected will be bounded by Link Road, Hoi Ping Road, Hysan

Avenue, Yun Ping Road, Pennington Street, Irving Street, Keswick Street,

Leighton Road from Yee Wo Street to Caroline Hill Road, Haven Street, Caroline

Hill Road and part of Eastern Hospital Road including Tung Wah Eastern Hospital

and the Hong Kong Stadium.

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