XN000022-1982-12-11 — Page 2

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SATURDAY, DECEMBER 11, 1982

RECOVERY SYSTEM TO BOOST WATER CAPACITY

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A WASHWATER RECOVERY SYSTEM WILL SOON BE BUILT WITHIN THE COMPOUND OF THE TSUEN WAN TREATMENT WORKS AS PART OF A PROJECT TO RAISE THE EXISTING CAPACITY TO 317 000 CUBIC METRES PER DAY.

THE WATER SUPPLIES DEPARTMENT IS NOW INVITING TENDERS FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF THREE WASHWATER RECOVERY TANKS, EACH WITH A CAPACITY FOR 270 CUBIC METRES, A SMALL PUMP HOUSE, AND 500 METRES OF INLET AND DISCHARGE PIPES.

A DEPARTMENT SPOKESMAN SAID THAT ON COMPLETION OF THE PROJECT. FILTERED WASHWATER FORMERLY DISCHARGED AS WASTE WOULD BE RECOVERED AND UP TO 7 000 CUBIC METRES OF WATER COULD BE SAVED DAILY.

WORK IS EXPECTED TO START IN FEBRUARY NEXT YEAR AND BE COMPLETED IN ABOUT EIGHT MONTHS.

OLD GET TOGETHER WITH THE YOUNG

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MORE THAN 250 ELDERLY PEOPLE FROM FIVE CENTRES WERE TREATED TO AN AFTERNOON OF FUN AT A VARIETY SHOW HELD IN THE HONG KONG SZE YAP COMMERCIAL AND INDUSTRIAL ASSOCIATION WONG TAI SHAN MEMORIAL COLLEGE TODAY (SATURDAY).

ORGANISED BY THE COMMUNITY YOUTH CLUB SECTION OF THE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT AND SPONSORED BY THE ZONTA CLUB OF KOWLOON, THE VARIETY SHOW NOT ONLY PROVIDED ENTERTAINMENT FOR THE AGED, BUT ALSO GAVE THEM A CHANCE TO MIX WITH THE YOUNGSTERS,

SPEAKING AT THE OPENING CEREMONY, MRS LOUISE MOK, DEPUTY CHIEF INSPECTOR OF SCHOOLS SAID, IT IS HOPED THAT BETTER COMMUNICATION AND UNDERSTANDING BETWEEN THE TWO AGE-GROUPS CAN BE ACHIEVED AS A RESULT OF THIS GATHERING.+

THE PROGRAMME CONSISTED OF TEN PERFORMANCES RANGING FROM FOLK DANCE AND OPERA TO MARTIAL ART, ALL JOINTLY PRESENTED BY CYC MEMBERS AND THE ELDERLY PEOPLE THEMSELVES.

A 57-YEAR-OLD LADY BEAMING WITH EXCITEMENT AFTER TAKING PART IN THE PERFORMANCE SAID, IT'S A WONDERFUL EXPERIENCE BEING ABLE TO DO SOMETHING WITH THE YOUNGSTERS: IT MAKES ME YOUNG AND LIVELY AGAIN. +

TO CATER TO THE INTEREST OF THE AGED, THE ORGANISERS ALSO INVITED THE HON FUNG CANTONESE OPERA INSTITUTE TO GIVE A SPECIAL PERFORMANCE.

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