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MONDAY, JUNE 19, 1973

15 MILLION CONTRACT FOR TRUNK SEWER SIGNED

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A TRUNK SEWER WILL BE LAID IN THE RECLAIMED AREA OF CASTLE PEAK SAY LATER THIS MONTH TO SERVE THE SOUTHEASTERN SECTION OF TUEN UM NEW TOWN.

CONTRACT FOR THE WORK COSTING MORE THAN $14.9 MILLION WAS FORMALLY SIGNED TODAY.

R. K.K. TANG, ACTING CHIEF ENGINEER OF THE TUEN MUN NEW TOWN DEVELOPMENT OFFICE, SIGNED ON BEHALF OF THE GOVERNMENT AND

R. H. CHARITON SIGNED FOR LEIGHTON CO TRACTORS PTY. LTD.

THE WORK ON THE CONTRACT WOULD TAKE ABOUT 12 MONTHS TO COMPLETE.

VR. TANG SAID THE TRUNK SEWER WAS DESIGNED TO CARRY THE SEWAGE PRODUCED BY THREE PUBLIC HOUSING ESTATES NOW UNDER CONSTRUCTION IN SAM SHING HUI AND ON THE RECLAIMED LAND AT CASTLE PEAK PAY.

IT WOULD ALSO CARRY SEWAGE FROM INDUSTRIAL AND PRIVATE DEVELOPMENT AREAS IN THE SOUTHEASTERN PART OF THE NEW TOWN,

MR. TANG SAID: THE SEWER, WHICH IS THE MAJOR PART OF THE SEWERAGE NETWORK SERVING A POPULATION OF 140,000, WOULD BE APOUT 1,500 METRES LONG.

+ IT WILL RUN FROM SAM SHING PUI ALONG THE TUEN MUN ROAD EXTENSION TO JOIN A TRUNK SEWER NOW BEING BUILT ON THE WEST SIDE OF TUEN MUN,+

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MEANWHILE WORK ON THE COMPREHENSIVE SEWERAGE SYSTEM IN TUE" MUN NEW TOWN IS WELL UNDERWAY.

THE 16 MILLION PROJECT, WHICH INVOLVES THE CONSTRUCTION OF ABOUT 5,000 METRES OF SWERAGE PIPES WITH THE NEW TOWN, IS EXPECTED TO BE COMPLETED EARLY NEXT YEAR.

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