XN000022-1977-05-26 — Page 6

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TUEN MUN

THURSDAY, MAY 26, 1977

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NORTH BOUNDED BY ROAD D5 (NEW ROAD)

EAST BOUNDED BY RIVER CHANNEL

SOUTH BOUNDED BY HUNG CHEUNG ROAD

WEST BOUNDED BY PILLAR POINT ROAD

MR. TUCKER SAID IT WAS UNLIKELY THAT INDIVIDUAL FACTORIES OUTSIDE THE MAIN INDUSTRIAL ZONES WOULD BE GREATLY AFFECTED BY THE RESTRICTIONS BECAUSE MOST, IF NOT ALL, HAD CONSIDERABLE WATER STORAGE FACILITIES TO TIDE THEM OVER THE NIGHT-TIME CUT.

+IN ANY EVENT, WE HAVE ASKED THE INDUSTRIAL ASSOCIATIONS TO CONTACT US IF ANY DIFFICULTY IS EXPERIENCED BY THE IR MEMBERS SO THAT SOME ARRANGEMENTS CAN BE WORKED OUT,+ HE SAID.

CHEUNG CHAU RECREATION GROUND ******

DEVELOPMENT OF THE SECOND STAGE OF THE CHEUNG CHAU RECREATION GROUND MAY BE SPEEDED UP FOLLOWING THE SUBSIDENCE OF A SMALL PART OF THE SURFACE AND AN EARTH BANK ON LAND FORMED TO EXTEND THE EXISTING RECREATION AREA.

PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT GOVERNMENT ARCHITECT MR. W.T. MOK, SAID TODAY THAT THE GROUND HAD BEEN EXTENDED TO COVER ABOUT 10,000 SQUARE METRES BY EXCAVATING SURROUNDING EMBANKMENTS AND RECLAIMING FORMER TERRACED AGRICULTURAL LAND.

+ THE AREA WHICH HAS SUBSIDED IS ABOUT 100 SQUARE METRES OF THE NEW MINI-SOCCER PITCH BUILT ON THE FORMED LAND,+ MR. MOK SAID.

+A SIMILAR AREA OF CHUNAM SURFACING ON THE TEMPORARY EARTH BANK ON THE SOUTHEAST CORNER OF THE RECREATION GROUND FAILED DUE TO THE PRESSURE OF UNDERGROUND WATER.

+IN THE SECOND STAGE OF THE DEVELOPMENT, SPECIAL SURFACE AND SUB-SURFACE DRAINS WILL BE INSTALLED AND RETAINING WALLS WILL BE BUILT AROUND THE SITE,+ HE SAID.

CONTRACT DOCUMENTS FOR THE SECOND STAGE ARE BEING DRAWN UP AND TENDERS WILL BE CALLED IN JULY.

+ BUT IN VIEW OF WHAT HAS HAPPENED, MR. MOK SAID, +SOME WORK THAT WE WERE GOING TO DO IN THE SECOND STAGE ON THE AFFECTED AREAS WILL NOW BE CARRIED OUT AS SOON AS POSSIBLE.+

AN INVESTIGATION CARRIED OUT BY THE PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT HAS INDICATED THAT THE SUBSIDENCE COULD HAVE BEEN CAUSED BY RAIN WATER DRAINING INTO TWO PONDS AND AN OLD AGRICULTURAL DITCH FROM THE TERRACED FARMLAND THAT HAS BEEN RECLAIMED.

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