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香港政府

GIS 新聞處

DAILY INFORMATION BULLETIN

PRH 7

SUNDAY, JANUARY 30, 1977

PERMANENT SEWAGE TREATMENT PLANT AT SHA TIN WORK TO BEGIN LATER THIS YEAR ******

THE PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT WILL BEGIN WORK LATER THIS YEAR ON THE FIRST STAGE OF THE NEW $175 MILLION PERMANENT SEWAGE TREATMENT PLANT AT SHA TIN.

THE PLANT, THE BIGGEST OF ITS TYPE EVER UNDERTAKEN IN HONG KONG, IS A MAJOR PART OF A COMPREHENSIVE SEWERAGE SYSTEM DESIGNED TO PROTECT SHA TIN NEW TOWN FROM ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION.

WHEN FULLY DEVELOPED, IT WILL SERVE THE NEW TOWN'S ENTIRE POPULATION OF SOME 500,000.

TENDERS HAVE ALREADY BEEN RECEIVED FOR MOST OF THE 17 ELECTRICAL AND MECHANICAL CONTRACTS, AND SOME ARE EXPECTED TO BE SIGNED NEXT MONTH.

IT IS ENVISAGED THAT TENDERS FOR THE HUGE CIVIL ENGINEERING WORKS CONTRACTS WILL BE INVITED BY THE END OF FEBRUARY.

MR. WONG KWOK-CHOY, CHIEF P.W.D. ENGINEER OF THE CIVIL ENGINEERING OFFICE'S CONSULTANTS MANAGEMENT DIVISION, SAID TODAY THE PLANT HAD ATTRACTED INTERNATIONAL INTEREST WITH BIDS HAVING BEEN RECEIVED FROM SOME OF THE BEST KNOWN FIRMS IN THE U.K.. JAPAN, SCANDINAVIA, WEST GERMANY AND AUSTRALIA.

SOME OF HONG KONG'S TOP ESTABLISHED FIRMS HAD ALSO PUT IN BIDS, HE SAID, AND THESE WERE NOW BEING CONSIDERED TOGETHER WITH THE OTHERS.

+NATURALLY, WE ARE VERY PLEASED WITH THE RESPONSE SO FAR AND WE HOPE TO BEGIN ACTUAL DEVELOPMENT OF THE TREATMENT WORKS BY SEPTEMBER OR OCTOBER THIS YEAR, HE SAID.

'+ THE SEWAGE

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