XN000022-1983-11-18 — Page 5

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LPAY, NOVEMBER 18, 1983

+I AM GLAD TO SAY THAT YOU WERE ABLE TO PERSUADE GOVERNMENT THAT YOU SHOULD TAKE UP THIS CHALLENGE, HE TOLD THE DIRECTORS OF THE COMPANY.

THE SLAUGHTERHOUSE IS BUILT TO AN INITIAL CAPACITY OF 2 000 PIGS PER DAY, AND WILL TAKE SOME OF THE PRESSURE OFF THE GOVERNMENT'S ABATTOIRS AT CHEUNG SHA WAN, MR HEYWOOD SAID,

REFERRING TO A FLEET OF THE COMPANY'S NEW VEHICLES WHICH HAVE BEEN DESIGNED TO MEET THE GOVERNMENT'S HEALTH STANDARDS, MR HEYWOOD SAID THE VEHICLES WOULD ENABLE THE SLAUGHTERHOUSE TO DELIVER THEIR PRODUCT QUICKLY AND HYGIENICALLY TO TSUEN WAN AND OTHER PARTS OF THE NEW TERRITORIES,

MR HEYWOOD SAID THE SLAUGHTERING FACILITIES WOULD HAVE TO WORK FROM ABOUT MIDNIGHT TO DAWN TO PROVIDE THE HOUSEWIFE WITH FRESHLY KILLED MEAT ON THE MARKET SLAB IN TIME FOR HER EARLY MORNING SHOPPING.

PLAN TO EXTRACT FILL FOR PROPOSED TOWN

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CONTRACTORS ARE BEING INVITED TO SUBMIT APPLICATIONS TO EXTRACT FILL FROM UNDER THE SEABED AND FORM THE SITE FOR A PLANNED NEW TOWN AT TIN SHUI WAL.

NOTING THAT THIS METHOD OF OBTAINING FILL HAD NEVER BEEN TRIED IN HONG KONG, A GOVERNMENT SPOKESMAN SAID THAT CONTRACTORS WOULD NEED TO HAVE EXPERIENCE IN ALL ASPECTS OF THE WORK AND BE ABLE TO DEMONSTRATE ADEQUATE FINANCIAL RESOURCES.

AN ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT STUDY WOULD BE CARRIED OUT.

HE SAID THAT BETWEEN 13 AND 30 MILLION CUBIC METRES OF FILL WILL BE NEEDED TO FORM THE TIN SHUI WAI SITE. IT HAS BEEN DECIDED THE FILL WILL BE OBTAINED FROM SAND AND GRAVEL DEPOSITS BENEATH THE SEABED UP TO 37 KILOMETRES FROM THE PROJECT AREA.

BESIDES EXTRACTING THE FILL MATERIAL AND DELIVERING IT TO THE SITE AT THE RATE OF 750 000 CUBIC METRES PER MONTH. THE CONTRACTOR WILL ALSO HAVE TO DIG CHANNELS TO GIVE ACCESS TO DREDGING AND OTHER PLANT AND DUMP SPOIL AT SEA.

THE CONTRACT ALSO INCLUDES CONSTRUCTION OF DRAINAGE CHANNELS AND ANCILLARY WORKS AT TIN SHUI WAT,

THE SPOKESMAN SAID THAT THE FEASIBILITY OF FORMING LAND FOR URBAN DEVELOPMENT AT TIN SHUT WAT IS AT PRESENT BEING STUDIED.

WHEN DECISION IS MADE TO GO AHEAD WITH THE PROJECT, WILL BE INVITED IN THE LATTER HALF OF NEXT YEAR.

TENDERS

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