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MONDAY, OCTOBER 18, 1976

COMPREHENSIVE SEWERAGE SYSTEM FOR TUEN MUN

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THE PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT WILL BEGIN WORK IN DECEMBER ON A COMPREHENSIVE SEWERAGE SYSTEM TO SERVE TUEN MUN NEW TOWN.

TENDERS ARE NOW BEING INVITED FOR THE PROJECT WHICH WILL INVOLVE CONSTRUCTION OF ABOUT 6,000 METRES OF SEWERAGE PIPES WITHIN THE NEW TOWN.

MR. S.K. KWEI, CHIEF ENGINEER OF THE P.W.D.'S TUEN MUN NEW TOWN DEVELOPMENT OFFICE SAID TODAY THE TRUNK SEWER WAS DESIGNED TO CARRY FLOWS FROM ALL THE RESIDENTIAL, INDUSTRIAL AND COMMERCIAL DEVELOPMENTS OF THE NEW TOWN,

+ IT WILL ALSO BE CAPABLE OF CARRYING THE INCREASED FLOWS FROM ALL THESE AREAS WHEN THE POPULATION REACHES THE HALF-MILLION MARK, + HE SAID.

+ THE NEW TRUNK SEWER WILL BE CONTRIBUTING TO THE IMPROVEMENT OF THE ENVIRONMENT IN THE AREA BECAUSE, DURING THE DRY SEASON, THE POLLUTED FLOW IN THE MAIN NULLAH OF TUEN MUN WILL BE INTERCEPTED AND DIVERTED INTO THE NEW SEWER,+ HE ADDED.

MR. KWET SAID THE NEW SEWER WOULD BE THE MAJOR ELEMENT IN THE WHOLE FOUL SEWERAGE NETWORK AT TUEN MUN NEW TOWN WHICH WILL HAVE AN ESTIMATED POPULATION OF 480,000 BY THE MID-80'S.

HE SAID THE LAYING OF THE SEWERAGE TRUNK LINE WOULD BEGIN IN DECEMBER AND WOULD TAKE ABOUT 21 MONTHS TO COMPLETE.

A MODERN SEWERAGE SYSTEM IS BEING PROGRESSIVELY INSTALLED IN THE NEW TOWN, AND A SCREENING PLANT WITH A SUBMARINE OUTFALL HAS ALREADY BEEN CONSTRUCTED AT PAK KOK, A LARGE SEWAGE TREATMENT PLANT, INCORPORATING MODERN SEWAGE PURIFICATION SYSTEMS, IS ALSO PLANNED AT PILLAR POINT.

MEANWHILE, THE PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT IS ALSO INVITING TENDERS FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF SEWAGE TREATMENT AND DISPOSAL FACILITIES FOR THE DEEP WATER BAY AND REPULSE BAY AS WELL AS FOR DRAINS AND SEWERS AT CHAI WAN AND SHAU KEI WAN.

THE WORKS AT DEEP WATER BAY AND REPULSE BAY COMPRISE MAINLY THE CONSTRUCTION OF SEWERS ALONG THE FORESHORE TO PICK UP THE SETTLED EFFLUENT FROM EXISTING TANKS IN THE AREA AND A SUBMARINE CUTFALL, ABOUT 450 METRES LONG, FOR THE DISPOSAL OF THE EFFLUENT.

THE P.W.D.'S CHIEF ENGINEER FOR DRAINAGE WORKS, MR. WONG WAN- MING SAID TODAY A SMALL RECLAMATION WOULD BE FORMED AT THE LANDWARD END OF THE SUBMARINE OUTFALL TO ACCOMMODATE THE INLET WORKS, AN ADMINISTRATION BUILDING, A CONTROL ROOM AND ADDITIONAL TREATMENT FACILITIES.

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