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SATURDAY, APRIL 10, 1982

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NEW TERRITORIES MUSIC CENTRE, 167-173 CASTLE PEAK ROAD, CHEUNG YIU BUILDING, 1/F, TSUEN WAN.

THE CLOSING DATE FOR THE RECEIPT OF APPLICATIONS IS APRIL 26, 1982. ENQUIRY TELEPHONE NUMBER 1 5-283257 EXT. 28.

SHA TIN SEWAGE TREATMENT PLANT

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CONSTRUCTION WILL START SHORTLY ON THE SECOND STAGE OF THE SHA TIN SEWAGE TREATMENT PLANT ON THE RECLAMATION JUST NORTH OF THE NEW RACECOURSE TO PROVIDE FULL SEWAGE TREATMENT FACILITIES TO SHA TIN NEW TOWN.

TENDERS FOR THE WORK ARE BEING INVITED BY THE SHA TIN NEW TOWN DEVELOPMENT OFFICE OF THE NEW TERRITORIES DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT.

WORK ON THE PROJECT INCLUDES THE CONSTRUCTION OF SEWAGE AND SLUDGE TREATMENT UNITS, PUMPING STATIONS, ACCOMMODATION BLOCKS AND PIPELINES ALL ON PILED FOUNDATIONS, TOGETHER WITH ASSOCIATED ROADS AND OTHER APPURTENANCES.

AN NTDD SPOKESMAN SAID THAT THE PROJECT, WHICH HAD BEEN DESIGNED TO THE HIGHEST INTERNATIONAL STANDARDS, REPRESENTED PART OF THE ONGOING COMMITMENT TO POLLUTION CONTROL MEASURES FOR DISCHARGES INTO TOLO HARBOUR AND WAS COMPLEMENTED BY WORK PRESENTLY BEING UNDERTAKEN AS PART OF THE TOLO HARBOUR WATER QUALITY STUDY.

MEANWHILE, CIVIL ENGINEERING AND BUILDING WORKS FOR STAGE ONE OF THE PLANT, INCLUDING THE CONSTRUCTION OF PRIMARY SEDIMENTATION TANKS, AERATION TANKS, FINAL SETTLING TANKS AND AN ADMINISTRATION BUILDING, HAVE BEEN SUBSTANTIALLY COMPLETED.

THE ELECTRICAL AND MECHANICAL EQUIPMENT, INCLUDING ELECTRICAL GENERATORS, IS NOW BEING INSTALLED.

IT IS EXPECTED THAT STAGE ONE OF THE PLANT WILL BE COMMISSIONED LATER THIS YEAR, THE SPOKESMAN SAID.

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+BY THAT TIME, HE SAID, IT WILL BE CAPABLE OF SERVING ABOUT 230 000 PEOPLE IN THE NEW TOWN.+

ADDITIONAL TREATMENT FACILITIES TO BE PROVIDED IN STAGE TWO WILL BE ABLE TO COPE WITH A FURTHER INCREASE IN POPULATION OF ABOUT 270 000, BRINGING THE TOTAL SERVICE CAPACITY OF THE TREATMENT PLANT TO 505 000.

+ULTIMATELY, THE PLANT CAN BE EXPANDED TO TREAT FLOWS FROM A POPULATION OF ABOUT 900 000 IN SHA TIN NEW TOWN AND AT MA ON SHAN WHICH IS NOW BEING DEVELOPED, THE SPOKESMAN ADDED.

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