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THURSDAY, MARCH 22, 1984

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MORE CHLORINATION EQUIPMENT FOR TSUEN WAN WORKS

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MORE CHLORINATION EQUIPMENT WILL BE INSTALLED AT TSUEN WAN WATER TREATMENT WORKS AS PART OF AN IMPROVEMENT SCHEME TO RAISE THE PLANT'S CAPACITY TO 317 000 CUBIC METRES PER DAY.

A CONTRACT, VALUED AT $650 000, HAS BEEN AWARDED TO ECCO ENGINEERING COMPANY LIMITED BY THE WATER SUPPLIES DEPARTMENT.

WORK ON THE CONTRACT INCLUDES MODIFYING THE CHLORINATION ROOMS AND INSTALLING MORE CHLORINATORS AND EVAPORATORS.

WORK WILL START NEXT WEEK AND TAKE ONE YEAR TO COMPLETE. THE IMPROVEMENT WORK IS NECESSARY TO COPE WITH THE INCREASED DEMAND FOR WATER RESULTING FROM NEW DEVELOPMENTS IN TSUEN WAN.

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TSUEN WAN TREATMENT WORKS, SITUATED AT SHING MUN ROAD NEAR LO WAI, STARTED OPERATION IN 1954 WITH A CAPACITY OF 182 000 CUBIC METRES PER DAY.

WAN CHAI AND CENTRAL ROAD WORKS ***.

A NUMBER OF ROADS IN WAN CHAI AND CENTRAL WILL BE TEMPORARILY CLOSED TO ALLOW WORKS TO BE CARRIED OUT.

HARBOUR ROAD BETWEEN FLEMING ROAD AND THE ENTRANCE OF EAGLE HARBOUR PUBLIC CAR PARK IN WAN CHAT WILL BE CLOSED TO TRAFFIC FROM MIDNIGHT TOMORROW (MARCH 23) TO 6 AM THE FOLLOWING DAY.

THE CLOSURE WILL BE REPEATED FROM MIDNIGHT ON SATURDAY (MARCH 24) TO 6 AM THE FOLLOWING DAY.

ALSO IN WAN CHAI, INNER GLOUCESTER ROAD WESTBOUND BETWEEN MARSH ROAD AND FLEMING ROAD WILL BE CLOSED FROM 8 PM TO 11 PM ON SATURDAY (MARCH 24), AND FROM 8 PM ON SUNDAY (MARCH 25) TO 6 AM THE FOLLOWING DAY.

DURING THE PERIODS, TONNOCHY ROAD BETWEEN GLOUCESTER ROAD AND JAFFE ROAD WILL BE RESTRICTED TO VEHICLES REQUIRING LOCAL ACCESS.

MEANWHILE IN CENTRAL, HARBOUR VIEW STREET BETWEEN CONNAUGHT PLACE AND THE ENTRANCE OF THE PUBLIC LIGHT BUS TERMINUS WILL CONTINUE TO BE RESTRICTED TO ONE-WAY EASTBOUND TRAFFIC FOR A FURTHER SIX WEEKS, PENDING THE COMPLETION OF PIPE LAYING WORKS.

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