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WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 18, 1982

REVIEW OF DRAINAGE SYSTEM IN KWAI CHUNG

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THE ACTING DIRECTOR OF ENGINEERING DEVELOPMENT MR BRYAN O'RORKE, HAS ORDERED A COMPREHENSIVE REVIEW OF THE DRAINAGE SYSTEM IN KWAI CHUNG AND TSUEN WAN AREAS TO SEE WHETHER EXISTING AND PROPOSED WORKS ARE ADEQUATE.

THE MOVE CAME AFTER THE SEVERE FLOODING IN THESE TWO AREAS ON MONDAY WHEN TRAFFIC WAS BROUGHT TO A STANDSTILL FOLLOWING THE DOWNPOURS.

THE REVIEW IS BEING CARRIED OUT BY THE CIVIL ENGINEERING OFFICE OF THE ENGINEERING DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE TSUEN WAN NEW TOWN DEVELOPMENT OFFICE OF THE NEW TERRITORIES DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT.

ACCOMPANIED BY THE PRINCIPAL GOVERNMENT HIGHWAY ENGINEER, MR T.S. NG THE CHIEF HIGHWAY ENGINEER (NEW TERRITORIES), MR C.K. AUYEUNG AND THE SENIOR HIGHWAY ENGINEER (NEW TERRITORIES),

MR RAYMOND YEUNG, MR O'RORKE TOURED THE TSUEN WAN AND KWAI CHUNG AREAS THIS MORNING TO SEE THE EXTENT OF DAMAGE CAUSED BY THE RAIN.

HE DESCRIBED THE RAINFALL DURING THE PAST FEW DAYS AS

EXTREMELY HEAVY, PARTICULARLY SO IN TSUEN WAN AREA.

MR O'RORKE SAID SOME 400 STAFF AND WORKERS FROM HIS DEPARTMENT AND GOVERNMENT CONTRACTORS HAD BEEN WORKING ROUND THE CLOCK TO CLEAR THE ROADS AFFECTED OR FLOODED AS A RESULT OF THE RAINSTORMS.

+OF THE 520 REPORTS OF FLOODING RECEIVED UP TO NOON TODAY, MORE THAN 430 CASES HAVE BEEN DEALT WITH. WORK IS CONTINUING ON CLEARING DEBRIS FROM MUDSLIPS IN ABOUT A HUNDRED SPOTS THROUGHOUT THE TERRITORY, HE SAID.

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