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FRIDAY, MARCH 26, 1982

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APPOINTMENT OF DIRECTOR OF WATER SUPPLIES

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THE SECRETARY OF STATE FOR FOREIGN AND COMMONWEALTH AFFAIRS HAS APPROVED THE APPOINTMENT OF MR T.H. TOMLINSON, JP, AS DIRECTOR OF WATER SUPPLIES TO SUCCEED MR W.D.A. TUCKER, OBE, JP, WHO IS NOW ON LEAVE PRIOR TO RETIREMENT.

MR TOMLINSON IS 53 YEARS OLD.

HE FIRST JOINED THE HONG KONG GOVERNMENT IN 1954 AS AN ENGINEER IN THE THEN WATERWORKS OFFICE OF THE PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT. HIS CAREER TO DATE HAS BEEN SPENT IN THIS FIELD AND HIS EXPERIENCE OF WATER SUPPLY ENGINEERING AND ADMINISTRATION IS EXTENSIVE.

HE WAS, BEFORE HIS PRESENT PROMOTION, PRINCIPAL GOVERNMENT WATER ENGINEER AND HAD ACTED AS DIRECTOR OF WATER SUPPLIES ON A NUMBER OF OCCASIONS SINCE 1977.

NEW WATER WORKS PROJECTS INSPECTED

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THE DIRECTOR OF WATER SUPPLIES, MR TOM TOMLINSON. TODAY (FRIDAY) INSPECTED NEW WATERWORKS PROJECTS COSTING A TOTAL OF $150 MILLION FOR THE RECEPTION AND DISTRIBUTION OF ADDITIONAL SUPPLIES OF WATER FROM CHINA.

THE NEW PROJECTS INCLUDE THE CONSTRUCTION OF A THIRD PUMPING STATION AND ASSOCIATED RECEPTION FACILITIES AT MUK WU NEAR THE BORDER, TO BOOST THE DAILY RECEPTION CAPACITY BY THREE TIMES TO 2 100 000 CUBIC METRES BY 1984.

ACCOMPANIED BY THE CHIEF ENGINEER (RESOURCES DEVELOPMENT) OF THE WATER SUPPLIES DEPARTMENT, MR ERIC BOWLER, MR TOMLINSON WENT TO MUK WU TO LOOK AT THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE PUMPING STATION AND TWO LARGE PIPELINES BEING LAID ACROSS THE SHENZHEN RIVER TO JOIN UP WITH THE DELIVERY SYSTEM FROM CHINA.

MR TOMLINSON ALSO VISITED OTHER NEW PROJECTS FORMING PART OF THE MAJOR AQUEDUCT SYSTEM IN WEST NEW TERRITORIES.

THESE INCLUDE THE CONSTRUCTION OF A TUNNEL FROM TSING TAM TO YAU KOM TAU, MEASURING 5.2 KILOMETRES IN LENGTH AND 2.5 METRES IN DIAMETER, WHICH WILL BE CONNECTED TO AN EXISTING PIPELINE FROM SHEUNG SHUI, THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE NEW FANLING PUMPING STATION AT FAN KAM ROAD AND SITE FORMATION WORK FOR THE YAU KOM TAU TREATMENT WORKS.

THE AQUEDUCT SYSTEM, TOGETHER WITH THE NEW YAU KOM TAU TREATMENT WORKS TO BE CONSTRUCTED, WILL PROVIDE A DAILY SUPPLY OF 250 000 CUBIC METRES OF WATER TO THE WESTERN TSUEN WAN AREAS BY 1985.

MR TOMLINSON TOOK THE OPPORTUNITY TO DISCUSS VARIOUS ASPECTS OF WORKS WITH RESIDENT STAFF ON THE WORK SITES AND WAS PLEASED WITH THE PROGRESS OF THE WORKS.