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SUNDAY, JULY 23, 1978

COLOUR BOOKLET ON HIGH ISLAND WATER SCHEME ON SALE

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A COLOUR BOOKLET ON THE $1,348 MILLION HIGH ISLAND WATER SCHEME - THE LARGEST THAT HONG KONG HAS UNDERTAKEN - IS NOW ON SALE, AT THE GOVERNMENT PUBLICATIONS CENTRE AT GENERAL POST OFFICE BUILDING, CONNAUGHT PLACE.

THE 24-PAGE BOOKLET IS THE THIRD OF THE SERIES OF PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT'S BOOKLETS ON WATER PROJECTS. IT COSTS $9 PER COPY.

THE FIRST BOOKLET IN THE SERIES ON PLOVER COVE - WAS PUBLISHED IN JANUARY THIS YEAR, FOLLOWED IN APRIL BY ANOTHER BOOKLET ON THE LOK ON PAI DESALTING PLANT.

THE HIGH ISLAND RESERVOIR, CARVED OUT OF THE SEA, CAN HOLD 273 MILLION CUBIC METRES OF FRESH WATER. IMPOUNDING OF WATER STARTED LAST SUMMER AND THE RESERVOIR NOW HOLDS ABOUT 64 MILLION CUBIC METRES OF WATER.

THE BOOKLET. WITH SEVERAL AERIAL PHOTOGRAPHS AND PICTURES OF THE RESERVOIR UNDER CONSTRUCTION GIVES DETAILS OF THE WORKS CARRIED OUT AT VARIOUS STAGES OF THE PROJECT.

COMMENTING ON THE NEW BOOKLET, MR. TOMLINSON, ACTING DIRECTOR OF WATER SUPPLIES, SAID THAT HE HOPED THE PUBLICATION WOULD BE USEFUL TO THE MANY PEOPLE WHO HAVE EXPRESSED INTEREST IN THE DETAILS OF THE MOST SPECTACULAR WATER PROJECT THAT HONG KONG HAS UNDERTAKEN.

+1 WOULD PARTICULARLY LIKE YOUNG PEOPLE IN COLLEGES AND SCHOOLS TO KNOW MORE ABOUT THE PROJECT,+ HE SAID.

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