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FRIDAY, AUGUST 31, 1979

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NEW FRESH, SALT WATER RESERVOIRS

FOR TUEN MUN NEW TOWN

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TO KEEP PACE WITH DEVELOPMENTS IN TUEN MUN NEW TOWN, THE WATER SUPPLIES DEPARTMENT WILL BUILD ANOTHER FRESH WATER SERVICE RESERVOIR AND A SALT WATER RESERVOIR TO PROVIDE ADEQUATE SUPPLY TO THE AREA.

THE CONTRACT FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE TWO RESERVOIRS VALUED AT $22.8 MILLION, WAS AWARDED TO THE HARBOUR ENGINEERING CO. LTD.

IN A CEREMONY HELD AT THE HEADQUARTERS OF THE WATER SUPPLIES DEPARTMENT IN LEIGHTON CENTRE TODAY (FRIDAY), MR. LI KUT-WAI, THE DEPARTMENT'S CHIEF ENGINEER (CONSTRUCTION) SIGNED THE CONTRACT WITH MR. HUGH COOPER, MANAGING DIRECTOR OF THE HARBOUR ENGINEERING CO. LTD.

THE TWO RESERVOIRS WILL BE LOCATED NORTH OF THE YEUNG SIU HANG AREA IN THE NORTH-WESTERN PART OF THE NEW TOWN.

THE FRESH WATER RESERVOIR WILL HAVE A CAPACITY OF 61 000 CUBIC METRES. IT WILL SUPPLY FRESH WATER TO AREAS WEST OF THE EXISTING RIVER CHANNEL, MORE THAN HALF OF TUEN MUN NEW TOWN.

IT WILL CONSIST OF TWO COMPARTMENTS, THE FIRST OF WHICH WILL BE COMPLETED IN ABOUT 18 MONTHS TIME.

THE SALT WATER RESERVOIR WILL HAVE A CAPACITY OF 12 000 CUBIC METRES.

WORK ON THE TWO RESERVOIRS WILL BEGIN SOME TIME NEXT MONTH AND SHOULD TAKE ABOUT 30 MONTHS TO COMPLETE.

LAND TO BE RESUMED FOR M.T.R.

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THE GOVERNMENT WILL RESUME EIGHT PLOTS OF PRIVATE LAND IN KOWLOON IN CONNECTION WITH THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE MASS TRANSIT RAILWAY, IT WAS ANNOUNCED IN THE GAZETTE TODAY (FRIDAY).

A GOVERNMENT SPOKESMAN SAID MOST OF THE CONSTRUCTION WORK WAS UNDERGROUND AND OCCUPIERS OF THE SITES WERE UNLIKELY TO BE SUBSTANTIALLY AFFECTED.

851, 844, 4479, 843,

THE RESUMED LOTS INCLUDE NKILS 4805, 851, 844 2714, 2639, 2633 AND 2742-2745 AND KTIL 84 (PORTION).

ANY CLAIM FOR COMPENSATION MAY BE SUBMITTED BY THE OWNERS OF THE AFFECTED LOTS IN WRITING TO THE DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC WORKS WITHIN ONE YEAR FROM THE DATE OF RESUMPTION IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE PROVISIONS OF THE MASS TRANSIT RAILWAY (LAND RESUMPTION AND RELATED PROVISIONS) ORDINANCE (CHAPTER 276).

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