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SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 13, 1981

WORK WILL START IN

AND FANLING/SHEK WU HUI

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NEW TOWN PROJECTS

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NOVEMBER ON TWO PROJECTS IN TUEN MUN NEW TOWNS.

FOR THE TUEN MUN PROJECT, TENDERS ARE BEING INVITED FOR CONSTRUCTION OF A PUMPING STATION TO TAKE OFFENSIVE WASTES FROM THE RIVER CHANNEL INTO AN EXISTING SEWER. THE WASTES WILL THEN BE TREATED AND DISCHARGED AT THE PILLAR POINT SUBMARINE OUTFALL.

THE WORK IS PART OF THE TUEN MUN NEW TOWN DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMME, AND IS EXPECTED TO BE COMPLETED BY EARLY 1983.

FOR THE SECOND PROJECT, TENDERS ARE BEING CALLED BY THE WATER SUPPLIES DEPARTMENT FOR THE LAYING OF ABOUT 5 900 METRES OF MILD STEEL AND ASBESTOS CEMENT FRESH WATER MAINS IN CASTLE PEAK ROAD, FAN KAM ROAD AND AREAS OF FANLING/SHEK WU HUI NEW TOWN.

THE WATER MAINS, OF DIAMETERS RANGING FROM 250 TO 900 MILLIMETRES, ARE PART OF A PROJECT TO INCREASE THE CAPACITY OF THE EXISTING WATER SUPPLY SYSTEM TO KWU TUNG, YING PUN AND THE NEW TOWN.

WORK IS EXPECTED TO TAKE ABOUT 18 MONTHS TO COMPLETE.

SNT GOES ON LEAVE TODAY ****

THE SECRETARY FOR THE NEW TERRITORIES, MR DAVID AKERS-JONES, GOES ON LEAVE TODAY (SUNDAY).

WHILE HE IS AWAY, THE DEPUTY SECRETARY FOR THE NEW TERRITORIES, MR AUGUSTINE CHUI KAM, WILL ACT IN HIS PLACE. DEPUTY SECRETARY POST WILL BE FILLED TEMPORARILY BY MR N.W.H. MACLEOD, WHO JOINED THE NEW TERRITORIES ADMINISTRATION ON SEPTEMBER 2.

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MR AKERS-JONES IS DUE TO RETURN TO HONG KONG ON OCTOBER 22.

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