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FRIDAY, JANUARY 12, 1979

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SEWAGE TREATMENT PLANT FOR SHEK WU HUT

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THE GOVERNMENT IS TO BUILD A SEWAGE TREATMENT PLANT AS PART OF THE ESSENTIAL SERVICES FOR THE 170,000 PEOPLE WHO ARE TO LIVE IN THE FAN LING-SHEUNG SHUI-SHEK WU HÜ! AREA.

SITE FORMATION WORK HAS ALREADY STARTED AND CONSTRUCTION OF THE FIRST PHASE, COSTING ABOUT $83 MILLION, IS EXPECTED TO GET UNDER WAY LATER THIS YEAR.

THE NEW PLANT IS TO BE INSTALLED NORTH-WEST OF THE PILOT TREATMENT PLANT BUILT AT SHEUNG SHUI FOUR YEARS AGO.

A SPOKESMAN FOR THE TAI PO AND FAN LING DEVELOPMENT OFFICE SAID TODAY (FIRDAY) THE FIRST PHASE, DUE FOR COMPLETION IN TWO YEARS, HAD BEEN DESIGNED TO CATER FOR THE INITIAL DEVELOPMENT IN THE AREA, INCLUDING PUBLIC HOUSING ESTATES AT FAN LING AND SHEK WU HUI AS WELL AS PRIVATE RESIDENTIAL AND INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT.

+EVENTUALLY, A PLANT WILL BE OPERATING TO SERVE THE NEEDS OF THE DEVELOPMENT AREA'S PROJECTED POPULATION OF 170,000 BY THE MID-80'S,+ HE ADDED.

TO PROVIDE SUFFICIENT LAND FOR THE PROJECT, THE GOVERNMENT WILL RESUME ABOUT 170,000 SQUARE METRES OF PRIVATE AGRICULTURAL LAND NORTH OF THE EXISTING PLANT AT SHEUNG SHUI, SAID A SPOKESMAN FOR THE TAI PO DISTRICT OFFICE.

HE SAID LAND EXCHANGE AND COMPENSATION AT CURRENT RATES WOULD BE OFFERED ALONG WITH EX-GRATIA PAYMENTS FOR CROPS, FENCES, IRRIGATION PIPES AND OTHER MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS.

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