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FRIDAY, AUST

BIG MAINS WATER PROJECT FOR LAMMA ISLAND

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FROM THE MIDDLE OF NEXT YEAR, RESIDENTS IN THE LOW-LEVEL AREAS IN YUNG SHUE WAN AND SOK KWU WAN WILL BE RECEIVING MAINS WATER SUPPLIES, THE ACTING DIRECTOR OF WATER SUPPLIES, MR WONG KWOK-LAI, SAID TODAY.

HE WAS SPEAKING DURING AN INSPECTION TOUR OF A MULTI-MILLION DOLLAR WATERWORKS PROJECT ON THE ISLAND.

MR WONG SAID THIS WOULD BE THE FIRST STAGE OF THE PROJECT TO SUPPLY MAINS WATER TO LAMMA. PLANNING WAS UNDERWAY ON THE SECOND STAGE, HE SAID.

WORK ON THE FIRST STAGE OF THE WATERWORKS PROJECT WILL

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LAYING OF A 300 MM DIAMETER SUBMARINE MAIN FROM SANDY BAY ON HONG KONG ISLAND TO PAK KOK ON LAMMA:

LAYING OF A SECOND 300 MM DIAMETER SUBMARINE MAIN FROM WAH FU ON HONG KONG ISLAND TO PAK KOK: CONSTRUCTION OF A 6 000-CUBIC-METRE CAPACITY SERVICE RESERVOIR NEAR YUNG SHUE WAN AND ANOTHER 250-CUBIC-METRE CAPACITY SERVICE RESERVOIR NEAR SOK KWU WAN;

* THE LAYING OF 1 050 METRES OF ASBESTOS CEMENT AND

MILD STEEL SUPPLY MAINS IN THE SANDY BAY AND WAH FU AREAS ON HONG KONG ISLAND AND

* THE LAYING OF 10.4 KILOMETRES OF SUPPLY AND

DISTRIBUTION MAINS ON LAMMA.

ACCOMPANIED BY THE CHIEF ENGINEER (CONSULTANTS MANAGEMENT) OF THE WATER SUPPLIES DEPARTMENT, MR GAMINI PERERA, MR WONG WENT TO PAK KOK IN THE NORTHERN PART OF LAMMA WHERE THE LANDING POINTS OF THE TWO SUBMARINE MAINS ARE LOCATED.

THE SUBMARINE MAIN FROM SANDY BAY MEASURES 3.7 KILOMETRES IN LENGTH AND THE SUBMARINE MAIN FROM WAH FU 2.1 KILOMETRES IN LENGTH.

WORK ON THE TWO MAINS, COSTING A TOTAL OF $25.4 MILLION, WAS COMPLETED LAST MONTH.

THE CONTRACTOR FOR THE SUBMARINE MAIN PROJECT IS MCCONNELL DOWELL CONSTRUCTORS LIMITED.

MR WONG THEN VISITED VARIOUS CONSTRUCTION SITES IN YUNG SHUE WAN, INCLUDING THAT OF THE 6 000-CUBIC-METRE CAPACITY SERVICE RESERVOIR, BEING UNDERTAKEN BY ANOTHER CONTRACTOR, WAN HIN AND CO. LTD. THE CONTRACTOR IS ALSO RESPONSIBLE FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE SECOND SERVICE RESERVOIR IN SOK KWU WAN AND THE LAYING OF THE SUPPLY AND DISTRIBUTION MAINS ON HONG KONG ISLAND AND ON LAMMA ISLAND.

COSTING A TOTAL OF $14.9 MILLION, NEW WORKS ON THE SERVICE RESERVOIRS AND SUPPLY AND DISTRIBUTION MAINS, WHICH STARTED IN APRIL 1981, WILL BE COMPLETED BY THE MIDDLE OF 1983.

KAMPSAX-KRUGER HONG KONG ARE THE CONSULTANT ENGINEERS FOR THE LAMMA ISLAND WATERWORKS SCHEME.

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