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WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 13, 1978

LAND TO BE FORMED FOR SEWAGE PLANT'S EXPANSION

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THE PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT IS TO FORM ABOUT SIX HECTARES OF LAND NEXT TO THE SHEK WU HUI SEWAGE TREATMENT PLANT FOR ITS FUTURE EXPANSION.

CONTRACT FOR THE WORK, COSTING ABOUT $24 MILLION, WAS FORMALLY SIGNED TODAY AT THE SHA TIN GOVERNMENT OFFICES.

MR. BOSCO KEOWN, CHIEF ENGINEER OF THE TAI PO AND FAN LING DEVELOPMENT OFFICE, SIGNED ON BEHALF OF THE P.W.D. AND MR. MAKOTO UZAWA FOR THE CONTRACTOR, SHIMIZU CONSTRUCTION CO. LTD. OF JAPAN.

MR. KEOWN SAID: THE CONTRACT, WHICH INCLUDES DRAINAGE WORKS IN THE AREA SOUTHEAST OF SO KWUN PO VILLAGE, IS PART OF THE $1,300 MILLION PROJECT OF THE PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT TO DEVELOP THE MARKET TOWNS OF SHEK WU HUI AND FAN LING.+

THE DRAINAGE WORKS, HE ADDED, WERE PART OF A MAJOR DRAINAGE IMPROVEMENT SCHEME FOR THE TOWN.

MR. KEOWN SAID THAT A TEMPORARY HOUSING AREA WOULD BE BUILT AT THE LONG VALLEY AREA TO ACCOMMODATE 6,500 PEOPLE WHO WOULD BE AFFECTED BY DEVELOPMENTS IN THE TOWN.

WORK ON THE CONTRACT WILL BEGIN LATER THIS MONTH AND WILL TAKE ABOUT ONE YEAR TO COMPLETE.

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