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FRIDAY, MAY 8, 1981

MASSIVE PLAN UNDER WAY FOR MORE WATER SUPPLIES FROM CHINA

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THE WATER SUPPLIES DEPARTMENT IS TO AWARD CONTRACTS WORTH A TOTAL OF $150 MILLION IN THE SECOND HALF OF THIS YEAR AS PART OF A 12-YEAR SCHEME TO CATER FOR ADDITIONAL WATER SUPPLIES FROM CHINA,

THE CHIEF ENGINEER (RESOURCES DEVELOPMENT) OF THE WATER SUPPLIES DEPARTMENT, MR LEUNG KWOK-WAI, TODAY (FRIDAY) SAID: *THE CONTRACTS WILL INVOLVE THE CONSTRUCTION OF THREE PUMPING STATIONS AT MUK WU, TAI PO TAU AND FAN KAM ROAD RESPECTIVELY RECEPTION FACILITIES AT MUK WU, 5.2 KILOMETRES OF TUNNEL AND THE LAYING OF FIVE KILOMETRES OF PIPELINE.+

MR LEUNG WAS SPEAKING AFTER THE SIGNING OF A $14 MILLION CONTRACT WITH THE HONG KONG AREA MANAGER OF DRAGAGES ET TRAVAUX PUBLICS, MR MICHAEL PINAUD,

THE CONTRACT COVERS THE LAYING OF 2.1 KILOMETRES OF STEEL PIPELINE WITH A DIAMETER OF 200 MM FROM LOWER SHING MUN VALLEY TO JUBILEE CONDUIT.

WORK WILL START NEXT WEEK AND WILL TAKE ABOUT 17 MONTHS TO COMPLETE.

THE NEW PIPELINE TOGETHER WITH A NEW PUMPING STATION BEING BUILT AT THE LOWER SHING MUN VALLEY WILL BOOST THE DAILY SUPPLY OF RAW WATER FROM THE VALLEY TO TSUEN WAN AND SHEK LE! PUI TREATMENT WORKS BY FOUR TIMES TO ALMOST 182 000 CUBIC METRES BY EARLY 1983. HE SAID.

BARNETT APPOINTED SUPREME COURT REGISTRAR *****

THE GOVERNOR HAS APPROVED THE APPOINTMENT OF MR NICHOLAS JOHN BARNETT AS REGISTRAR, SUPREME COURT.

MR BARNETT WAS BORN IN BRISTOL, ENGLAND IN 1940 AND EDUCATED AT BRISTOL GRAMMAR SCHOOL AND KING'S COLLEGE, LONDON. HE OBTAINED HIS LAW DEGREE IN 1962 AND WAS ADMITTED AS SOLICITOR IN 1966.

HE WORKED AS ASSISTANT PROSECUTING SOLICITOR IN BRISTOL BEFORE JOINING THE HONG KONG JUDICIARY AS A MAGISTRATE IN 1969.

IN 1977, HE WAS APPOINTED ASSISTANT REGISTRAR, SUPREME COURT AND IN 1979 PRESIDENT, LANDS TRIBUNAL.

HE HAS ACTED AS REGISTRAR, SUPREME COURT ON MANY OCCASIONS.

MR BARNETT'S APPOINTMENT IS WITH EFFECT FROM SEPTEMBER 15, 1980.

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