XN000022-1981-02-24 — Page 8

TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 24, 1981

+ IT WILL BE CONSTRUCTED NEXT TO THE EXISTING ONE BELOW THE SHING MUN DAM AND WILL CONVEY PART OF THE RAW WATER FROM THE MAJOR AQUEDUCT SYSTEM FROM TAI PO TAU TO SHA TIN TREATMENT WORKS, WHICH IS CURRENTLY BEING UP-RATED TO A CAPACITY OF 1.36 MILLION CUBIC METRES A DAY.

MR LEUNG WAS SPEAKING AFTER THE SIGNING OF A CONTRACT FOR THE NEW STATION WITH THE MANAGING DIRECTOR OF WO HING CONSTRUCTION CO. LTD., MR YU YUEN-HING, AT THE WATER SUPPLIES DEPARTMENT HEADQUARTERS IN LEIGHTON CENTRE.

HE SAID THE NEW PUMPING STATION FORMED PART OF THE $1 300 MILLION SCHEME WHICH WILL BE CARRIED OUT IN THREE STAGES OVER THE NEXT 12 YEARS TO CATER FOR ADDITIONAL SUPPLIES OF WATER FROM CHINA.

THE NEW PUMPING STATION WAS THE SECOND MAJOR CONTRACT FOR WORK ON STAGE ONE.

THE FIRST CONTRACT, COSTING $11.7 MILLION, WAS AWARDED TO VIANINI S.P.A. RECENTLY, IT WAS FOR THE LAYING OF ABOUT 1.8 KILOMETRES OF MILD STEEL PIPE-LINES FROM FU TEI AU TO SHEUNG SHUI.

MR LEUNG SAID THE DEPARTMENT WILL AWARD FIVE MORE MAJOR CONTRACTS FOR WORK ON STAGE ONE THIS YEAR.

ILLEGAL GRAVES TO BE CLEARED

****

THIRTY ILLEGAL GRAVES IN THE KWONG SHAN AREA IN TUEN MUN DISTRICT LYING WITHIN THE BOUNDARY OF THE CASTLE PEAK FIRING RANGE WILL BE CLEARED BY GOVERNMENT STAFF AFTER SATURDAY (FEBRUARY 28).

WHERE RELATIVES CAN BE TRACED BEFORE EXHUMATION, THEY HAVE BEEN APPROACHED AND GIVEN THE OPPORTUNITY TO REMOVE THE GRAVES THEMSELVES.

UNDER SECTION 118 OF THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND URBAN SERVICES ORDINANCE, BURIALS OUTSIDE AUTHORISED CEMETERIES ARE NOT PERMITTED AS THE PRACTICE IS CONTRARY TO THE PROPER DEVELOPMENT OF THE COUNTRYSIDE AND COULD CONSTITUTE A HEALTH HAZARD.

VISITORS TO ILLEGAL GRAVES IN THE KWONG SHAN AREA ALSO PUT THEIR LIVES AT RISK BY ENTERING THE DANGER AREA OF THE CASTLE PEAK FIRING RANGE.

EXHUMED REMAINS OF THESE BURIALS WILL BE RE-INTERRED IN SANDY RIDGE CEMETERY.

18