NOTE TO EDITORS:
FRIDAY, MAY 9, 1980
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FINANCIAL SECRETARY RETURNS FROM CHINA ON SUNDAY
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THE FINANCIAL SECRETARY, SIR PHILIP HADDON-CAVE, WILL RETURN TO HONG KONG THIS SUNDAY (MAY 11) AFTER AN EIGHT-DAY VISIT TO CHINA,
SIR PHILIP. ACCOMPANIED BY LADY HADDON-CAVE AND THE POLITICAL ADVISER, DR DAVID WILSON, WILL RETURN BY THROUGH TRAIN SCHEDULED TO ARRIVE AT 2.06 PM.
A PRESS FACILITY HAS BEEN ARRANGED FOR THE MEDIA TO COVER HIS ARRIVAL. PRESS REPRESENTATIVES SHOULD ASSEMBLE OUTSIDE THE ENQUIRY COUNTER, KOWLOON STATION, HUNG HOM, AT 1.30 PM. THEY SHOULD BRING WITH THEM THE IR IDENTITY CARDS OR PASSPORTS TO FACILITATE THEIR ENTRY INTO THE RESTRICTED AREA. GIS OFFICERS WILL BE ON HAND TO ASSIST.
WATER SUPPLIES DIRECTOR TOURS NEW PROJECTS
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THE DIRECTOR OF WATER SUPPLIES, MR WILLIAM TUCKER, THIS (FRIDAY) MORNING VISITED WATERWORKS PROJECTS THAT ARE BEING CARRIED OUT IN TUEN MUN NEW TOWN.
THE NEW PROJECTS, COSTING A TOTAL OF $53 MILLION, INCLUDE THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE TUEN MUN NORTH FRESH-WATER AND SALT-WATER SERVICE RESERVOIRS AND EXTENSIONS TO THE TUEN MUN TREATMENT WORKS AND PUMPING STATION.
ON COMPLETION IN 1982, THEY WILL DOUBLE THE CAPACITY OF WATER SUPPLY TO THE FAST-GROWING NEW TOWN.
ACCOMPANIED BY MR LEE GUN-CHEUNG, CHIEF ENGINEER (CONSTRUCTION) OF THE WATER SUPPLIES DEPARTMENT, MR TUCKER WENT TO YEUNG SIU HANG AREA IN THE NORTH-WESTERN PART OF THE NEW TOWN WHERE THE TWO SERVICE RESERVOIRS ARE BEING BUILT AT A COST OF $22.8 MILLION.
THE FRESH-WATER RESERVOIR, THE FOURTH IN TUEN MUN, WILL HAVE A CAPACITY OF 61 000 CUBIC METRES. IT WILL SUPPLY AREAS WEST OF THE RIVER CHANNEL, INCLUDING THE NEW POWER STATION AND CEMENT PLANT AT TAP SHEK KOK.
THE SALT-WATER RESERVOIR IS THE FIRST IN THE NEW TOWN AND WILL HAVE A CAPACITY OF 12 000 CUBIC METRES.
WORK ON THE TWO RESERVOIRS BEGAN LAST SEPTEMBER AND WILL BE COMPLETED IN EARLY 1982.
/MR TUCKER
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