Thursday, March 7, 1974
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GOVERNOR VISITS HIGH ISLAND RESERVOIR
The Governor, Sir Murray MacLehose, this afternoon spent about
one and a half hours at Sai Kung to see for himself how work is progressing at High Island to build Hong Kong's largest reservoir.
At a cost of $1,348 million, the High Island Scheme will boost the local fresh water storage capacity to 128,000 million gallons by 1979, when its major construction works are completed.
Sir Murray was first briefed by the Senior Resident Engineer, Mr. Tony Vail, on the construction plans and the work that is being carried out.
From a vantage point overlooking the strait of Kun Mun, Sir Murray inspected the sea-bed between two coffer dams from which sea-water has been pumped out.
A concrete core base will be laid right across the bottom to form
the foundation for the 340 feet west dam.
The Governor then proceeded to the casting yard for dolosse, where
the giant concrete blocks are being cast in steel moulds.
Some 7,000 of these precast units will be locked together to form a breakwater at the eastern end of the fresh-water lake to withstand heavy
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dam,
Sir Murray next want to see the coffer dams being formed for the east
These coffer dans have not been closed yet, but in a few weeks, sea water will start to be pumped out to enable construction of the main east den to be carried out in the dry.
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