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FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 21, 1979

HONG KONG-U.S. TEXTILE TALKS RESUME

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TALKS ON THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE CURRENT FIVE-YEAR HONG KONG- U.S. TEXTILE AGREEMENT WILL CONTINUE IN HONG KONG NEXT MONTH, A SPOKESMAN FOR THE TRADE, INDUSTRY AND CUSTOMS DEPARTMENT SAID TODAY (FRIDAY).

THE TALKS WILL BEGIN ON OCTOBER 1.

A DELEGATION OF U.S. NEGOTIATORS LED BY AMBASSADOR MICHAEL SMITH WILL ARRIVE HERE AT THE END OF NEXT WEEK.

LEADING THE HONG KONG TEAM WILL BE THE DIRECTOR OF TRADE, MR. PETER TSAO.

FIRST CONTRACT FOR SHEK WU HUI SEWAGE PLANT SIGNED

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THE PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT TODAY (FRIDAY) AWARDED THE FIRST IN A SERIES OF CONTRACTS FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF A MAJOR NEW SEWAGE TREATMENT WORKS AT SHEK WU HUI IN THE NEW TERRITORIES.

PHASE ONE OF THE WORKS WILL BE CARRIED OUT UNDER 11 SEPARATE CONTRACTS TO BE LET OVER THE NEXT SEVEN MONTHS, AND WILL INVOLVE THE CONSTRUCTION OF CIVIL ENGINEERING AND BUILDING WORKS AND THE SUPPLY OF ELECTRICAL AND MECHANICAL EQUIPMENT.

TODAY'S CONTRACT, COSTING JUST UNDER $3 MILLION IS FOR THE SUPPLY AND INSTALLATION OF SCREENS AND SCRAPERS, AND WAS AWARDED TO HAWKER SIDDELEY WATER ENGINEERING LTD. OF THẺ U.K.

THE CONTRACT WAS SIGNED BY MR. BOSCO KEOWN, CHIEF ENGINEER OF THE TAI PO AND FANLING DEVELOPMENT OFFICE OF THE PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT AND MR. MICHAEL CORKE OF HUTCHISON-BOAG ENGINEERING LTD., THE LOCAL AGENT FOR HAWKER SIDDELEY WATER ENGINEERING LTD.

THE SEWAGE TREATMENT WORKS FORMS PART OF THE NEW DEVELOPMENT BEING UNDERTAKEN IN FANLING AND SHEK WU HUI, AND WILL BE CONSTRUCTED ON A SITE OF ABOUT 10 HECTARES IMMEDIATELY ADJACENT TO AND INCORPORATING THE EXISTING SHEK WU HUI PILOT SEWAGE TREATMENT PLANT.

THE WORKS WILL SERVE A POPULATION OF ABOUT 127 000 TOGETHER WITH THE ASSOCIATED INDUSTRIES IN THE NEW DEVELOPMENT, AND WILL TREAT SEWAGE BROUGHT BY A NEW SYSTEM OF SEWERS AND PUMPING STATIONS FROM THE URBAN AREAS OF FANLING AND SHEK WU HUI.

THE LATEST METHODS OF SEWAGE TREATMENT WILL BE INCORPORATED IN THE WORKS AND WILL ENABLE THE PRODUCTION OF A HIGH STANDARD OF EFFLUENT.

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