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SUNDAY, APRIL 24, 1977
NEW SAND DEPOT IN KWUN TONG OPENED
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THE PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT HAS OPENED A NEW DEPOT IN KOWLOON FOR THE SALE OF MANUFACTURED SAND A CHEAPER YET SUPERIOR ALTERNATIVE TO MARINE SAND FOR USE IN PLASTERS, MORTARS AND CONCRETE.
THE NEW DEPOT IS LOCATED IN THE HEART OF KWUN TONG ON THE KOWLOON BAY RECLAMATION OFF SHUN YIP STREET AND SHOULD PROVE A BOON TO BUSY KOWLOON CONTRACTORS, PARTICULARLY MASS TRANSIT RAILWAY CONTRACTORS WHO HAVE EXTENSIVE WORKS IN THE KOWLOON BAY AREA.
UP TO NOW, CONTRACTORS WORKING IN KOWLOON HAD TO TRANSPORT MANUFACTURED SAND ACROSS THE HARBOUR FROM THE NORTH POINT SAND MONOPOLY DEPOT WHERE IT WAS FIRST INTRODUCED IN OCTOBER LAST YEAR.
MR. DICK PILLING, SENIOR ENGINEER OF THE P.W.D.'S QUARRIES SECTION, SAID TODAY A PLENTIFUL SUPPLY OF MANUFACTURED SAND WAS NOW AVAILABLE AT THE KOWLOON BAY DEPOT AND HE WAS CONFIDENT THAT IT COULD MEET THE EXPECTED HEAVY DEMAND.
THE NEW PRODUCT IS SELLING FOR $36.80 PER CUBIC METRE INCLUDING THE COST OF MECHANICAL LOADING - COMPARED WITH ABOUT $40.50 PER CUBIC METRE, INCLUDING LOADING, FOR MARINE SAND.
MR. PILLING SAID MANUFACTURED SAND WAS BASICALLY MADE BY CRUSHING GOOD QUALITY GRANITE AND EMPLOYING SPECIAL SCREENS TO GIVE THE REQUIRED GRADING CHARACTERISTICS.
+BESIDES BEING CHEAPER, THE NEW PRODUCT OFFERS CERTAIN DISTINCT ADVANTAGES OVER MARINE SAND, HE SAID.
+ IN THE FIRST PLACE IT HAS THE ADVANTAGE OF CONSISTENT GRADING, IT CONTAINS NO SALT, SHELLS OR OTHER DELETERIOUS MATTER AND ITS COLOUR TOO IS CONSISTANT - MAKING IT AN IDEAL SUBSTITUTE FOR MARINE SAND, HE SAID.
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+TESTS CARRIED OUT BY THE P.W.D. MATERIALS TESTING LABORATORIES AND THE MASS TRANSIT RAILWAY CORPORATION HAVE SHOWN THAT MANUFACTURED SAND IS SUITABLE FOR ITS INTENDED USES AND, IN GENERAL, IS SUPERIOR TO MARINE SAND WHICH HAS THE DISADVANTAGES OF INCONSISTENCY OF GRADING, AND SALT AND SHELL CONTENT, HE ADDED.
MANUFACTURED SAND IS SOLD THROUGH THE GOVERNMENT SAND MONOPOLY SALES OFFICES IN KOWLOON AND HONG KONG ISLAND IN THE SAME WAY AS MARINE SAND.
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