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SUNDAY, JANUARY 13, 1980

PIPELINES TO BE LAID

FOR DEVELOPMENT OF TSING YI ISLAND

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A SYSTEM OF PIPELINES WILL BE LAID ON TSING YI ISLAND TO IMPROVE THE FRESH AND SALT WATER SUPPLY TO THE MAJOR INDUSTRIAL AND RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENTS ON THE ISLAND.

TENDERS FOR THE WORK ARE BEING INVITED BY THE PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT.

A SPOKESMAN FOR THE DEPARTMENT SAID THE WORK INVOLVED THE LAYING OF 1 100 METRES OF MILD STEEL PIPELINE OF 600 MM IN DIAMETER BETWEEN CHEUNG CHING ESTATE AND THE RECLAMATION ON THE NORTHERN PART OF THE ENTRANCE OF TSING YI BRIDGE.

THIS PIPELINE WOULD PROVIDE SALT WATER FOR FLUSHING PURPOSES TO THE ESTATE FROM THE PROPOSED SALT WATER PUMPING STATION NEXT TO THE BRIDGE.

+THE CONTRACT WILL ALSO INCLUDE THE LAYING OF 4 900 METRES OF SIMILAR PIPELINES OF DIFFERENT SIZES BETWEEN CHEUNG CHING ESTATE AND NAM WAN, WESTERN PART OF TSING YI, FOR THE SUPPLY OF FRESH WATER TO NEW LARGE-SCALE INDUSTRIAL CONCERNS, THE SPOKESMAN SAID.

+ADDITIONAL SMALLER DISTRIBUTION PIPELINES WILL ALSO BE LAID TO AUGMENT EXISTING FRESH AND SALT WATER SUPPLIES AND

IMPROVE FIRE FIGHTING FACILITIES.+

WORK IS EXPECTED TO START IN MARCH AND WILL TAKE ABOUT 12 MONTHS TO COMPLETE.

LUNAR NEW YEAR FAIR STALLS AVAILABLE IN NT

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LUNAR NEW YEAR FAIR STALLS IN THE NEW TERRITORIES WILL BE ALLOCATED TO THE PUBLIC THROUGH OPEN AUCTIONS THIS YEAR.

A SPOKESMAN FOR THE NEW TERRITORIES SERVICES DEPARTMENT SAID THERE WILL BE FOUR FAIR SITES IN THE NEW TERRITORIES ONE EACH AT TAI PO, YUEN LONG, SHEUNG SHUI AND TSUEN WAN.

+THE FAIRS WILL BE HELD BETWEEN FEBRUARY 9 AND 16 AT TAI PO PLAYGROUND, YUEN LONG SPORTS GROUND, SHEK WU HUI PLAYGROUND AT SHEUNG SHUI AND SHA TSUI ROAD SPORTS GROUND AT TSUEN WAN,+ THE SPOKESMAN SAID.

/ HOWEVER,