SUNDAY, APRIL 19, 1981
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WORKS TO BOOST WATER SUPPLY TO SAI KUNG AND KOWLOON BAY
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THE WATER SUPPLIES DEPARTMENT HAS INVITED TENDERS FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF A TEMPORARY WATER TREATMENT WORKS AND STAFF QUARTERS NEAR PAK KONG VILLAGE IN SAI KUNG.
THE TREATMENT WORKS WILL BE REQUIRED TO COPE WITH THE INCREASED DEMAND IN WATER SUPPLIES IN THE AREA PENDING FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF A PERMANENT SA! KUNG WATER TREATMENT WORKS.
IT WILL HAVE AN OUTPUT OF 12 000 CUBIC METRES A DAY. WORK ON THE PROJECT WILL BEGIN IN JUNE AND TAKE ABOUT 11 MONTHS TO COMPLETE.
THE DEPARTMENT IS ALSO INVITING TENDERS FOR THE LAYING OF ABOUT 8 KILOMETRES OF MAINS FOR THE TRANSMISSION OF FRESH AND SALT WATER TO THE KOWLOON BAY RECLAMATION AREA.
A SPOKESMAN SAID THE PROJECT FORMS PART OF THE SCHEME TO PROVIDE WATER SUPPLY TO THE RECLAMATION AREA WHICH WILL BE DEVELOPED IN THE NEAR FUTURE.
WORK ON THIS PROJECT WILL START IN JULY AND TAKE ABOUT 18 MONTHS TO COMPLETE.
EAST KOWLOON WAY OPENS TO TRAFFIC
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THE RECENTLY COMPLETED EAST KOWLOON WAY, AN ELEVATED ROADWAY PROVIDING A NEW LINK BETWEEN HUNG HOM AND TO KWA WAN IN KOWLOON. WILL BE OPENED TO TWO-WAY TRAFFIC FROM 10 AM ON WEDNESDAY (APRIL 22), A TRANSPORT DEPARTMENT SPOKESMAN ANNOUNCED TODAY (SUNDAY).
AT THE SAME TIME, THE SECTION OF SAN SHAN ROAD BETWEEN TO KWA WAN ROAD AND EAST KOWLOON WAY WILL ALSO BE OPEN TO ONE-WAY WESTWARD TRAFFIC.
THE NEW ROAD WHICH IS BUILT OVER CHATHAM ROAD AND PART OF KOWLOON CITY ROAD, BETWEEN THE WUHU STREET INTERCHANGE AND SAN SHAN ROAD, TOTALS SOME 1 200 METRES IN LENGTH.
IT WILL PROVIDE AN ALTERNATIVE TO MOTORISTS TRAVELLING TO AND FROM KA! TAK AIRPORT.
THE EAST KOWLOON WAY, TOGETHER WITH THE SECTION OF SAN SHAN ROAD BETWEEN TO KWA WAN ROAD WILL, HOWEVER, BE PROHIBITED TO PUBLIC LIGHT BUSES.
TRAFFIC SIGNS AND SIGNALS WILL BE ERECTED ON KOWLOON CITY ROAD AT ITS JUNCTIONS WITH MA TAU KOK ROAD, MOK CHEONG STREET AND SUNG WONG TOI ROAD TO GUIDE MOTORISTS.
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