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MONDAY, OCTOBER 18, 1976

+ON COMPLETION, THE OUTFALL WILL DISCHARGE AT A POINT OFF MIDDLE ISLAND AND AWAY FROM THE BATHING BEACHES, SAID MR. WONG.

+AT THE DISCHARGE POINT THERE ARE DEEP WATERS AND STRONG CURRENTS TO ENSURE ADEQUATE DILUTION OF THE TREATED EFFLUENT AND ITS SUBSEQUENT DISPERSION TOWARDS OPEN SEA,

MR. WONG SAID CONSTRUCTION WAS DUE TO COMMENCE IN DECEMBER AND WOULD TAKE ABOUT 20 MONTHS TO COMPLETE.

AT SHAU KEI WAN, ABOUT 330 METRES OF STORMWATER DRAINS WILL BE LAID FROM SAI WAN TERRACE TO TAI CHEONG STREET VIA KING'S ROAD. THE DRAINS WILL SERVE THE TAIKO0 DOCKYARD REDEVELOPMENT AND ADJACENT AREAS.

ANOTHER 300 METRES OF DRAINS AND SEWER WILL BE LAID IN CHAI WAN ROAD NEAR CHINA MOTOR BUS CO. DEPOT TO SERVE THE RAPIDLY DEVELOPING CHAI WAN AREA.

SIGNING OF CONTRACT FOR SAN SHAN INTERCHANGE

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NOTE TO EDITORS:

A MULTI-MILLION-DOLLAR CONTRACT FOR A MAJOR INTERCHANGE AT TO KWA WAN WILL BE SIGNED IN THE PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT HEADQUARTERS AT 3 P.M. TOMORROW (TUESDAY).

THE CONTRACT IS FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF SAN SHAN INTERCHANGE WHICH FORMS PART OF A FAST NEW ROUTE LINKING KWUN TONG AND HUNG HOM.

YOU ARE CORDIALLY INVITED TO SEND YOUR REPRESENTATIVES TO COVER THE SIGNING CEREMONY. IT WILL BE HELD IN THE P.W.D.'S CONFERENCE ROOM, 21ST FLOOR, MURRAY BUILDING, GARDEN ROAD, HONG KONG.

MR. WOO IU-KOK, PROJECT ENGINEER, WILL BE AVAILABLE AFTER THE CEREMONY TO GIVE DETAILS OF THE PROJECT.

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