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SUNDAY, OCTOBER 30, 1977

GOVERNMENT APPROVES TWO WATER SCHEMES FOR SAI KUNG

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THE GOVERNMENT HAS APPROVED TWO SEPARATE WATER SCHEMES COSTING 11.6 MILLION TO PROVIDE FRESH WATER MAINS SUPPLY TO ABOUT TEN AREAS IN THE SAI KUNG DISTRICT.

ACCORDING TO THE SAI KUNG ASSISTANT DISTRICT OFFICER MR. LEO KWAN, VILLAGERS OF TSENG LAN SHUE, PAK SHEK WO AND PIK UK ARE AT PRESENT RELYING ON WELLS AND STREAMS FOR THEIR WATER SUPPLIES.

+THEY SHOULD HAVE WATER MAINS SUPPLY FAIRLY SOON AS GOVERNMENT HAS RECENTLY APPROVED TWO WATER SCHEMES TO IMPROVE THE PRESENT WATER SITUATION IN THE SAI KUNG DISTRICT, HE ADDED.

+CONSTRUCTION WORK IS EXPECTED TO START SOON AND BE COMPLETED IN TWO OR THREE YEARS.+

SPEAKING ON RTHK'S +N.T. WEEKLY+ PROGRAMME ON THE CHINESE CHANNEL, MR. KWAN SAID THE FIRST SCHEME WILL COST $7 MILLION AND WILL LEAD WATER FROM KOWLOON EAST TO FEI NGO SHAN FROM WHERE WATER WILL FLOW DOWN TO THE THREE VILLAGES, WHICH HAVE A COMBINED POPULATION OF 5,000 PEOPLE.

THE SECOND SCHEME, MR. KWAN SAID, IS TO BOOST THE AMOUNT OF WATER AVAILABLE WITHIN THE EXISTING WATER SUPPLY SCHEME IN SAI KUNG INCLUDING PLACES LIKE SHA HA, KAU SAI SUN TSUEN, THE PAK WAI RESIDENTIAL AND YACHTING AREA, TUI MIN HOT, MANG KUNG UK AND IN THE VICINITY OF SILVER STRAND.

+THIS SCHEME IS NEEDED BECAUSE OF THE VAST DEVELOPMENT NOW UNDERWAY IN SAI KUNG AND IT IS FELT THAT THE EXISTING

WATER SUPPLY SYSTEM IS NOT ADEQUATE, HE SAID.

MR. KWAN SAID THIS WATER SCHEME WILL COST GOVERNMENT $4.6 MILLION AND ABOUT 6,670 MILLIMETRES OF WATER PIPES WOULD NEED TO BE LAID FROM KOWLOON EAST.

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