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TUESDAY, JUNE 13, 1978

EXTENSION OF TUEN MUN WATER TREATMENT PLANT

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WORK ON THE EXTENSION OF THE WATER TREATMENT PLANT IN TUEN MUN HAS BEEN COMPLETED, BOOSTING THE DAILY CAPACITY OF THE PLANT FROM 45,500 TO 91,000 CUBIC METRES.

A SPOKESMAN FOR THE WATER SUPPLIES DEPARTMENT SAID TODAY THE ADDITIONAL SUPPLY AIMS AT MEETING THE INCREASED DEMAND RESULTING FROM RESIDENTIAL AND INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENTS IN TUEN MUN AND YUEN LONG AREAS.

UNTREATED WATER, WHICH WILL BE PURIFIED IN THIS PLANT, WILL BE DRAWN FROM THE TAI LAM CHUNG RESERVOIR, THE SPOKESMAN SAID,

AFTER PURIFICATION, HE ADDED, THE WATER WILL BE PUMPED INTO SERVICE RESERVOIRS IN TUEN MUN AND YUEN LONG AND TO A NEW SERVICE RESERVOIR NOW UNDER CONSTRUCTION IN TUEN MUN EAST.

THE EXTENSION, COSTING ABOUT $5 MILLION, WILL COME INTO OPERATION ON FRIDAY (JUNE 16) FOLLOWING AN INAUGURATION CEREMONY AT WHICH THE ACTING DIRECTOR OF WATER SUPPLIES, MR. TOM TOMLINSON, WILL OFFICIATE.

NOTE TO EDITORS:

YOU ARE INVITED TO SEND A REPORTER AND/OR

PHOTOGRAPHER TO COVER THE INAUGURATION CEREMONY WHICH WILL BE HELD AT THE TUEN MUN TREATMENT WORKS OFF CASTLE PEAK ROAD, FU TEI, TUEN MUN, AT 11 A.M. ON FRIDAY (JUNE 16).

OFFICIAL TRANSPORT WILL BE PROVIDED. PRESS REPRESENTATIVES WISHING TO MAKE USE OF THE TRANSPORT SHOULD ASSEMBLE OUTSIDE THE RECEPTION OFFICE ON THE GROUND FLOOR OF MURRAY BUILDING GARDEN ROAD, NOT LATER THAN 9.20 A.M. TWO VANS WILL LEAVE FÖR TUEN MUN AT 9.30 A.M. SHARP.

OFFICERS OF THE P.W.D.'S PUBLICITY UNIT WILL BE ON HAND TO ASSIST THE PRESS.

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