XN000022-1976-07-12 — Page 4

MONDAY, JULY 12, 1976

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THE NEXT STEP WAS TO CARVE THE QUARRY FACE INTO A SERIES OF TERRACES SO AS TO INCREASE EFFICIENCY AND ELIMINATE DANGER TO ROCK DRILLERS WHO AT SOME STAGES HAD TO WORK AT HEIGHTS OF UP TO 90 HETRES (300 FEET).

THIS WAS A LONG PROCESS INVOLVING THE REMOVAL OF LARGE QUANTITIES OF ROCK AS WELL AS FORMATION OF ROADS TO ENABLE VEHICLES TO REACH THE UPPER LEVELS OF THE QUARRY,

IN THE INITIAL STAGES UNSURFACED ROADWAYS WERE ADEQUATE FOR THE PURPOSE, BUT THE P.W.D. PLANNERS BEGAN DRAWING UP PLANS FOR A PROPER AND PERMANENT ROAD WHICH WOULD PROVIDE SAFE AND ALL-WEATHER ACCESS TO ALL LEVELS OF THE QUARRY FOR ITS ULTIMATE DEVELOPMENT.

IN 1970, THE OLD AND OBSOLETE ASPHALT MIXING PLANT WAS REPLACED BY A NEW ONE WITH A CAPACITY OF 35 TONNES PER HOUR, SUFFICIENT TO MEET ALL THE NEEDS FOR ROADWORKS ON HONG KONG ISLAND.

SHORTLY AFTER, A NEW AND EFFICIENT DUST COLLECTION UNIT WAS ALSO FITTED TO THE PLANT AND CONSIDERABLY IMPROVED ENVIRONMENTAL AND WORKING CONDITIONS.

THE LAST PHASES OF THE PROGRAMME WERE COMPLETED LAST MONTH WITH THE INSTALLATION OF A NEW CRUSHING AND SCREENING PLANT AND THE COMPLETION OF A NEW 800-METRE ROAD PROVIDING EASY ACCESS TO THE VARIOUS LEVELS OF THE QUARRY.

SAID MR. STEAD: +QUARRYING AT MT. COME A LONG WAY SINCE 1957 WHEN IT WAS DOUBT WILL CONTINUE TO IMPROVE.

BUTLER HAS CERTAINLY FIRST OPENED, AND NO

+QUARRY DEVELOPMENT, AS ANY OTHER INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT IS NECESSARILY A CONTINUOUS PROCESS, AND WHAT WE ARE COMMISSIONING TODAY IS A MAJOR LANDMARK RATHER THAN THE END OF THE ROAD.+

+MEET THE MEDIA+

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