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WEDNESDAY, APRIL 5, 1978

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COLOURFUL BOOKLET ON DESALTING PLANT ON SALE

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A FULL COLOUR BOOKLET ON THE LOK ON PAI DESALTING PLANT IS ON SALE AT THE GOVERNMENT PUBLICATIONS CENTRE AT GENERAL POST OFFICE BUILDING, CONNAUGHT PLACE.

THE 24-PAGE BOOKLET, AT $6 EACH, IS THE SECOND OF A SERIES OF THREE PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT'S BOOKLETS ON WATER PROJECTS.

THE FIRST BOOKLET IN THE SERIES ON PLOVER COVE WAS PUBLISHED IN JANUARY THIS YEAR, AND THE LAST ONE ON HIGH ISLAND WATER SCHEME IS EXPECTED TO BE OUT IN THE NEXT FEW MONTHS.

THE LOK ON PAI DESALTER, ONE OF THE LARGEST OF ITS TYPE IN THE WORLD, NEAR TUEN MUN NEW TOWN, IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING 181,800 CUBIC METRES OF FRESH WATER A DAY BY USING THE MULTI-STAGE FLASH DISTILLATION TECHNIQUE.

THE BOOKLET STRESSES THE IMPORTANCE OF WATER AS A VITAL RESOURCE TO A COMMUNITY AND DESCRIBES THE GROWTH OF DESALINATION TECHNOLOGY IN THIS CENTURY. IT DESCRIBES IN SIMPLE TERMS HONG KONG'S EFFORTS IN THE FIELD OF DESALINATION AND THE GOVERNMENT'S DECISION TO BUILD THE PLANT. IT ALSO GIVES DETAILS OF CONSTRUCTION, AND THE PLANT AND EQUIPMENT INSTALLED.

THE PLANT HAS MODERN CONTROL AND COMPUTER FACILITIES AS WELL AS CLOSED-CIRCUIT T.V. SCANNING TO MINIMISE AIR POLLUTION. IT WAS OPENED BY THE GOVERNOR, SIR MURRAY MACLEHOSE, IN OCTOBER 1975.

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