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Monday, December 17, 1973
NEW RESERVOIR FOR NEW KOWLOON BAST
A fresh water service reservoir is to be built shortly on the
hillside off Anderson Road in Kowloon to cope with future water demand
brought about by the development in the area.
The reservoir will have a storage capacity of two million gallons
and will be situated about 2,000 feet from Clear Water Bay Road.
It is part of a scheme to extend fresh water supply to the high
level areas in New Kowloon East, including Shun Lee Tsuen.
To facilitate traffic flow in the area during construction work,
a section of Anderson Road from Clear Water Bay Road to the site, measuring
about 1,600 feet, will be rebuilt.
Work on the reservoir project will begin in the middle of next
month and will take about two years to complete.
Commenting on the project, a spokesman for the Public Works Department
said that public housing planned for the area would attract an additional
population of 106,000 to the area in the next few years.
In addition, private development in the area is also expected to
bring in more people.
The spokesman said that a pumping station would later be built at
Shun Lee Tsuen to transfer water from the existing Kwun Tong High Level Fresh
Water Service Reservoir to the new service reservoir.
This pumping station will be equipped to meet the demand anticipated
over the next decade with provision for further extension, he said.
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