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SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 25, 1984

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CHINA WATER PIPELINE WORK STARTS NOVEMBER

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A SUBMARINE PIPELINE IS TO BE LAID ACROSS TOLO CHANNEL IN CONNECTION WITH THE $1.75 BILLION SCHEME TO INCREASE WATER SUPPLY FROM CHINA.

THE WATER SUPPLIES DEPARTMENT IS INVITING PRE-QUALIFIED CONTRACTORS TO TENDER FOR THE WORK, WHICH WILL START IN NOVEMBER AND TAKE TWO YEARS TO COMPLETE.

THE TWO-METRE DIAMETER PIPELINE WILL BE LAID FROM HARBOUR ISLAND TO SAI 0, A DISTANCE OF 2.4 KILOMETRES.

THE SCHEME TO INCREASE WATER SUPPLY FROM CHINA IS BEING CARRIED OUT IN THREE STAGES UP TO 1992.

THE SUBMARINE PIPELINE PROJECT IS IN STAGE 11, WHICH,

AT $725 MILLION IS THE MOST COSTLY.

OTHER PROJECTS IN THIS STAGE INCLUDE CONSTRUCTING NEW PUMPING STATIONS AT PLOVER COVE AND AN AQUEDUCT BETWEEN PLOVER COVE RESERVOIR AND PAK KONG WHICH WILL SUPPLY ADDITIONAL WATER TO JUNK BAY NEW TOWN, SAI KUNG AND EASTERN AREAS OF KOWLOON AND HONG KONG.

TENDERS ARE BEING INVITED FROM A LIST OF PRE-QUALIFIED CONTRACTORS.

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CONTRACTORS ON THE LISTS WHO ARE INTERESTED SHOULD WRITE TO THE CHIEF ENGINEER, SOURCES DEVELOPMENT, WATER SUPPLIES DEPARTMENT, LEIGHTON CENTRE, 12/F., 77 LEIGHTON ROAD, HONG KONG, AS SOON AS POSSIBLE FOR DETAILS SO THAT THEY CAN SUBMIT THEIR APPLICATION FOR INCLUSION IN THE LIST OF SELECTED TENDERERS.

TRANSFER OF PRISONERS PLAN SUPPORTED

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THE HONG KONG GOVERNMENT HAS AGREED IN PRINCIPLE TO PARTICIPATE IN THE COUNCIL OF EUROPE CONVENTION ON THE TRANSFER OF SENTENCED PERSONS AND ANY SIMILAR BILATERAL AGREEMENTS TO WHICH THE BRITISH GOVERNMENT MAY BECOME A PARTY.

THE CONVENTION WAS SIGNED BY THE BRITISH GOVERNMENT IN AUGUST LAST YEAR.

THIS MEANS THAT IN CERTAIN CIRCUMSTANCES PRISONERS OF FOREIGN NATIONALITY SENTENCED IN HONG KONG MAY BE TRANSFERRED TO THEIR HOME COUNTRIES TO SERVE THEIR SENTENCES AND THAT HONG KONG RESIDENTS SERVING SENTENCES ABROAD MAY BE RETURNED TO HONG KONG.

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