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WEDNESDAY, JULY 5, 1978

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SEWAGE PUMPING STATION EXTENSION

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THE PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT IS INVITING TENDERS FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF A SEWAGE PUMPING STATION EXTENSION AT PAK KOK TSUI, TUEN MUN.

MR. CHE PING-DOON, ACTING CHIEF ENGINEER, DRAINAGE WORKS, CIVIL ENGINEERING OFFICE, SAID THAT THE PROJECT WHEN COMPLETED WILL PROVIDE PUMPING FACILITIES TO CARRY SEWAGE FROM TUEN MUN NEW TOWN TO THE PROPOSED SEWAGE TREATMENT WORKS AT PILLAR POINT.

+THE ENGINEERING WORKS AT THE EXTENSION WILL CONSIST OF THE CONSTRUCTION OF A SCREW PUMP CHAMBER, A CONTROL ROOM, AND AN ANCILLARY ROAD AND DRAINAGE WORKS,+ HE SAID.

THE WORK AT THE PUMPING STATION EXTENSION IS PART OF THE OVERALL SEWERAGE SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT OF THE NEW TOWN.

THEY ARE SCHEDULED TO COMMENCE IN AUGUST AND WILL TAKE ABOUT A YEAR TO COMPLETE.

A SCREENING PLANT WITH A SUBMARINE OUTFALL HAS ALREADY BEEN CONSTRUCTED AT PAK KOK.

THE PLANNED PERMANENT SEWAGE TREATMENT WORKS AT PILLAR POINT WILL INCORPORATE MODERN SEWAGE PURIFICATION SYSTEMS AND COME INTO OPERATION BY 1979-80.

CONTRACT FOR PASSENGER BOARDING BRIDGES

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THE PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT TODAY AWARDED A $6.18 MILLION CONTRACT FOR THE SUPPLY OF FOUR PASSENGER BOARDING BRIDGES AT KAI TAK AIRPORT. IT IS ONE OF THE TERMINAL BUILDING MODIFICATIONS FOR BAY 1 AND 2.

SIGNING THE CONTRACT TODAY WERE MR. T. TAKEMASA, CHAIRMAN AND MANAGING DIRECTOR OF MITSUBISHI CORPORATION (H,K,) LTD., THE CONTRACTOR, AND MR. G.J. OSBORNE, PRINCIPAL GOVERNMENT ELECTRICAL AND MECHANICAL ENGINEER, FOR THE PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT.

THE CONTRACT COVERS THE COMPLETE DESIGN, SUPPLY, DELIVERY, INSTALLATION, TESTING AND COMMISSIONING TWO SETS (TOTAL FOUR) OF PURPOSED DESIGNED PASSENGER BOARDING BRIDGES.

THE PASSENGER BOARDING BRIDGES WILL BE DESIGNATED AS NO. 1 AND NO. 3 BRIDGES ON EACH OF THE PARKING BAYS. THEY WILL PROVIDE THERMAL-INSULATED, WEATHER-PROOFED, COVERED PASSAGES BETWEEN THE TERMINAL BUILDING AND AIRCRAFTS OF VARIOUS SIZES.

TO PREVENT VERTICAL CIRCULATION IN THE TERMINAL BUILDING, THE BUILDING END OF THE PASSENGER BRIDGES CAN BE MOVED IN A VERTICAL PLANE ON THE FRONT SURFACE OF THE BUILDING TO LOCATE WITH ANY ONE OF THE TWO DOORS CORRESPONDING TO THE ARRIVAL AND DEPARTURE FLOOR LEVELS, RESPECTIVELY.

ERECTION OF THE BRIDGES ON SITE IS EXPECTED TO COMMENCE AROUND JULY 1979 AND THEIR OPERATION WILL BEGIN ABOUT SIX MONTHS LATER.

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