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SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 18, 1978

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MORE SERVICE RESERVOIRS TO BE BUILT ******

THE WATER SUPPLIES DEPARTMENT IN ITS CONTINUING EFFORT TO IMPROVE WATER SUPPLY TO VARIOUS AREAS THROUGHOUT HONG KONG HAS COMPLETED FIVE SERVICE RESERVOIRS IN THE LAST FEW MONTHS.

THEY ARE THE HATTON ROAD SALT WATER SERVICE RESERVOIR ON HONG KONG ISLAND, THE SECOND LION ROCK HIGH LEVEL FRESH WATER SERVICE RESERVOIR IN KOWLOON AND THE THREE FRESH WATER SERVICE RESERVOIRS IN TONG HANG, SHA TIN NORTH AND TUEN MUN EAST IN THE NEW TERRITORIES.

COSTING $30 MILLION, THE FIVE SERVICE RESERVOIRS HAVE A TOTAL CAPACITY OF 35,000 MILLION CUBIC METRES.

MR. LEUNG TAT-MING, CHIEF ENGINEER (CONSTRUCTION), SAID: *IN THE NEXT FEW MONTHS, FOUR MORE SERVICE RESERVOIRS WILL BE COMPLETED.

+THEY INCLUDE THE TWO SERVICE RESERVOIRS BEING BUILT ON TSING YI TO COPE WITH THE INCREASING DEMAND FOR BOTH FRESH AND SALT WATER FROM DEVELOPMENTS ON THE ISLAND.+

IN ADDITION, 15 FRESH WATER SERVICE RESERVOIRS - TWO ON HONG KONG ISLAND AND 13 IN THE NEW TERRITORIES - ARE BEING DESIGNED AND CONSTRUCTION WILL BEGIN IN THE NEXT TWO YEARS.

ALSO AT THE DESIGN STAGE ARE FOUR SALT WATER SERVICE RESERVOIRS ALL OF WHICH WILL BE BUILT IN THE NEW TERRITORIES.

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