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TUESDAY, DECEMBER 6, 1977

OVERSEAS ENGINEERS VISIT DESALTING PLANT

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SOME 40 ENGINEERS WHO RECENTLY ATTENDED THE INTERNATIONAL CONGRESS ON DESALINATION AND WATER RE-USE IN TOKYO THIS (TUESDAY) AFTERNOON VISITED THE LOK ON PAI DESALTER, THE BIGGEST PLANT OF

ITS TYPE IN WORLD.

ACCOMPANYING THEM WAS MR. LAU TO-HIN, GOVERNMENT WATER ENGINEER (DEVELOPMENT AND PLANNING) OF THE WATER SUPPLIES DEPARTMENT OF THE P.W.D.

THE VISITORS WERE BRIEFED ON THE OPERATIONAL FEATURES OF THE DESALTER BY MR. E.J. EVANS, SUPERINTENDING ENGINEER OF LOK ON PAI DESALTER.

MR. EVANS POINTED OUT THAT SINCE SEPTEMBER THIS YEAR, THE DESALTER HAS PRODUCED ITS DESIGNED DAILY OUTPUT OF 181,800 CUBIC METRES (40 MILLION GALLONS) OF FRESH WATER EVERY DAY.

THE TOKYO CONGRESS WAS SPONSORED JOINTLY BY THE INTERNATIONAL DESALINATION AND ENVIRONMENTAL ASSOCIATION (IDEA), OF WHICH HONG KONG IS A MEMBER, AND THE MINISTRY OF INTERNATIONAL TRADE AND INDUSTRY OF JAPAN (MITI).

TWO SENIOR OFFICERS OF THE PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT REPRESENTED HONG KONG AT THE CONGRESS.

THEY ARE MR. WU YU-NGONG, CHIEF MECHANICAL ENGINEER (DESALTING) AND MR. PAU MAN-YUK, SENIOR MECHANICAL ENGINEER (DESALTING), OF THE WATER SUPPLIES DEPARTMENT.

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SOME 400 REPRESENTATIVES FROM VARIOUS PARTS OF THE WORLD, INCLUDING THE UNITED STATES, BRITAIN, WEST GERMANY, CANADA AND A NUMBER OF MIDDLE EAST COUNTRIES, ATTENDED THE MEETING DURING WHICH THEY EXCHANGED THEIR LATEST TECHNOLOGY AND EXPERIENCE ON DESALINATION.