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FRIDAY, MAY 23, 1975

OTHER ANCILLARY WORKS INCORPORATED INTO THE PROJECT WILL BE THE BUILDING OF OPEN DRAINAGE CHANNELS ALONG THE LINE AND RETAINING WALLS OUTSIDE THE TWO PORTALS OF BEACON HILL TUNNEL.

THE WHOLE PROJECT IS MADE EASIER BY THE FACT THAT A LARGE SECTION OF THE EXISTING LINE AND THE THREE OTHER BRIDGES SPANNING BUSY ROADS IN KOWLOON CAN TAKE DOUBLE TRACKING WITHOUT ANY MAJOR CONVERSION.

NOTE TO EDITORS.

COPIES OF A SKETCH MAP SHOWING THE SECTIONS OF TRACK TO BE WIDENED ARE AVAILABLE FOR COLLECTION FROM THE GIS NEWS ROOM, 6TH FLOOR, BEACONSFIELD HOUSE.

WORK ON KWAI CHUNG INCINERATOR TO START SOON

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WORK ON HONG KONG'S LARGEST INCINERATION PLANT IN KWAI CHUNG IS EXPECTED TO START WITHIN THE NEXT FEW MONTHS.

A GOVERNMENT SPOKESMAN' SAID TODAY THAT WORK ON THE FOUNDATIONS WAS DUE TO BEGIN SOON, AND TENDERS WOULD SHORTLY BE INVITED FOR THE SUPPLY, FABRICATION AND DELIVERY OF THE STRUCTURAL STEELWORK SUPERSTRUCTURE TO THE INCINERATION BUILDING.

THE INCINERATOR SITE LIES NORTH OF THE TSING YI BRIDGE ON THE RECLAIMED AREA AT THE SOUTH END OF RAMBLERS CHANNEL.

A MULTI-MILLION-DOLLAR CONTRACT FOR THE SUPPLY AND INSTALLATION OF THE PLANT AND EQUIPMENT WAS SIGNED IN NOVEMBER 1973.

THE INCINERATOR IS EXPECTED TO BE FULLY OPERATIONAL BY LATE 1978 AND WILL HANDLE 900 TONS OF REFUSE A DAY. IT IS SO DESIGNED THAT GAS PRODUCED WILL BE DISPERSED AT A HIGH LEVEL FROM A 150-METRE CHIMNEY, WHILE DUST EMMISSION WILL BE KEPT TO A MINIMUM BY DUST · EXTRACTION EQUIPMENT OF HIGH EFFICIENCY.

MEANWHILE, TENDERS ARE INVITED IN TODAY'S GAZETTE FOR CONSTRUCT- ION OF A TWO-STOREY STORAGE BUILDING WHICH WILL FORM PART OF THE INCINERATOR PLANT,

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