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WEDNESDAY, JUNE 18, 1980

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PING CHAU GENERATORS IN AIR, SEA AND LAND JOURNEY

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TWO DIESEL GENERATORS, EACH WEIGHING ABOUT 1.3 TONNES, TODAY (WEDNESDAY) BEGAN A TWO-DAY AIR, SEA AND LAND JOURNEY FROM THE PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT DEPOT IN SEK KONG TO THE POWER STATION OF THE POLICE/MILITARY CAMP ON PING CHAU IN MIRS BAY.

MEASURING ABOUT 2.3 M IN LENGTH, 1.3 M IN WIDTH AND 1 M IN HEIGHT EACH, THE GENERATORS AIM TO IMPROVE THE ELECTRICITY SUPPLY ON THE ISLAND.

THEY ARE TO REPLACE THE TWO EXISTING ONES WHICH HAVE BEEN THERE FOR MORE THAN 10 YEARS.

A SPOKESMAN FOR PWD SAID THE TRIP STARTED THIS MORNING WHEN THREE MILITARY LORRIES LOADED WITH THE TWO GENERATORS AND CONTROL EQUIPMENT LEFT SEK KONG FOR WONG CHUK TSUEN NEAR TAI MEI TUK, TAI PO.

ON ARRIVAL AT WONG CHUK TSUEN, THE LORRIES WERE DRIVEN ONTO A WAITING ARMY LANDING CRAFT WHICH THEN BEGAN THE SECOND LEG OF THE JOURNEY TO PING CHAU,

AFTER A THREE-HOUR VOYAGE, THE LANDING CRAFT BEACHED AT A PRE-SELECTED SPOT AT PING CHAU WHERE THE LORRIES WILL STAY FOR THE NIGHT.

A WESSEX HELICOPTER FROM THE ROYAL AIR FORCE WILL TOMORROW MORNING LIFT THE EQUIPMENT ITEM BY ITEM FROM THE LORRIES TO THE POWER STATION WHICH IS ABOUT 400 METRES AWAY,

THE SPOKESMAN SAID THAT THE NEW GENERATORS WOULD BE INSTALLED BY WORKSHOP STAFF OF THE ELECTRICAL AND MECHANICAL OFFICE OF THE PWD.

ON COMPLETION, ELECTRICITY SUPPLY ON THE ISLAND, INCLUDING FOOTPATH LIGHTING, WILL BE GREATLY IMPROVED, HE ADDED.

WATER SUPPLIES TO HOLD MINI-EXHIBITION

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THE WATER SUPPLIES DEPARTMENT WILL BE HOLDING A MINI- EXHIBITION FROM TOMORROW.

THE EXHIBITION, TO BE HELD IN THE LIFT LOBBY, GROUND FLOOR, OF THE DEPARTMENT HEADQUARTERS IN LEIGHTON CENTRE, WILL LAST THREE WEEKS.

IT TELLS THE DIFFICULTIES ENCOUNTERED AND ACHIEVEMENTS MADE IN THE PAST 120 YEARS BY THE PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT IN ITS EFFORTS TO KEEP PACE WITH THE GROWING NEED FOR WATER.

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