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TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 8, 1977

SEWAGE SCREENING PLANT FOR AP LEI CHAU

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A SEWAGE SCREENING PLANT IS TO BE BUILT SHORTLY ON AP LEI CHAU TO COPE WITH THE DEVELOPMENT ON THE ISLAND.

TENDERS FOR THE WORK, WHICH FORMS PART OF A MAJOR SEWAGE SCHEME FOR THE AP LEI CHAU AREA, ARE BEING INVITED BY THE CIVIL ENGINEERING OFFICE OF THE PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT.

MR. CHAN YAN, CHIEF ENGINEER OF THE P.W.D.'S DRAINAGE WORKS DIVISION, SAID TODAY THAT A HOUSING ESTATE CAPABLE OF ACCOMMODATING 19,000 PEOPLE, WAS BEING BUILT ON THE FORMER FISHING ISLAND.

IN THE NEXT THREE TO FIVE YEARS, HE ADDED, THERE WOULD BE CONSIDERABLE RESIDENTIAL AND INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT ON AP LEI CHAU, ALONG WITH THE NECESSARY SUPPORTING GOVERNMENT INSTITUTIONS, COMMUNITY AND WELFARE CENTRES, SCHOOLS AND MARKETS.

MR. CHAN SAID THE WORK ON THE NEW SEWAGE SCREENING PLANT COMPRISED THE CONSTRUCTION OF AN ADMINISTRATION BUILDING, A STATION CONTROL ROOM, COARSE AND FINE SCREEN CHANNELS AND +CONSTANT VELOCITY GRIT REMOVAL+ CHANNELS.

+A 270-METRE-LONG PIPELINE, MEASURING 900 MM IN DIAMETER, WILL ALSO BE LAID IN À TRENCH TO BE DREDGED IN THE SEABED TO THE SOUTH-EAST OF AP LEI CHAU,+ MR. CHAN SAID.

+ON COMPLETION, SEWAGE FROM AP LEI CHAU WILL BE TREATED THROUGH THE MECHANICAL COARSE AND FINE SCREENS AND GRIT REMOVAL DEVICES BEFORE IT IS DISCHARGED VIA THE SUBMARINE OUTFALL INTO DEEPER WATER WHERE ADEQUATE DILUTION AND SATISFACTORY DISPERSION CAN BE ACHIEVED.+

THE PROJECT HAS BEEN DESIGNED AND CONSTRUCTION WILL BE SUPERVISED BY THE DRAINAGE WORKS DIVISION OF THE CIVIL ENGINEERING OFF ICE OF THE PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT.