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THURSDAY, APRIL 19, 1984

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FURTHER STEP TO IMPROVE NULLAH WATER

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GOVERNMENT EFFORTS TO IMPROVE THE WATER QUALITY AT KAI TAK NULLAH HAVE TAKEN A STEP FORWARD WITH THE AWARD OF A CONTRACT TO BUILD A BOX CULVERT AT KWUN TONG ROAD.

THE CIVIL ENGINEERING OFFICE OF THE ENGINEERING DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT HAS AWARDED THE $1.4 MILLION CONTRACT TO GAR WING HUNG KEE CONSTRUCTION COMPANY TO CARRY OUT THE WORK.

THE 50-METRE LONG BOX CULVERT WILL BE LAID ACROSS JORDAN NULLAH, BETWEEN CHOI HUNG, WONG TAI SIN AND TSZ WAN SHAN ESTATES AND KWUN TONG.

WORK ON THE PROJECT COMMENCED THIS WEEK AND WILL BE COMPLETED IN ONE YEAR.

CONSTRUCTION OF THE BOX CULVERT FORMS PART OF STAGE I OF IMPROVEMENT WORKS AT THE NULLAH.

THIS STAGE CONSISTS OF MODIFYING THE DRAINAGE SYSTEMS IN SOME OF THE OLD RESETTLEMENT ESTATES UPSTREAM OF KAI TAK NULLAH AND DIVERTING THE POLLUTED FLOW FROM THE NULLAH TO THE PROPER SEWERAGE SYSTEM.

THIS STAGE IS SCHEDULED FOR COMPLETION BY MID-1985.

WORK IN THE SECOND STAGE INVOLVES DREDGING ORGANIC SEDIMENT WHICH HAS ACCUMULATED AT KOWLOON BAY TYPHOON SHELTER AND INSTALLING OXYGEN-INJECTION EQUIPMENT NEAR THE OUTFALL FROM KAI TAK NULLAH TO INCREASE THE OXYGEN CONTENT OF THE WATER.

DREDGING WORK IS EXPECTED TO START IN AUGUST AND THE OXYGEN INJECTION EQUIPMENT WILL BE INSTALLED TOWARDS THE END OF THIS YEAR.

1986.

THE SECOND STAGE IS EXPECTED TO BE COMPLETED BY THE END OF

TRADE, INDUSTRY CHIEF ON VISITS ***

THE SECRETARY FOR TRADE AND INDUSTRY, MR E.P. HO, WILL LEAVE HONG KONG ON SUNDAY (APRIL 22) ON A PROGRAMME OF VISITS TO EUROPE AND THE UNITED STATES.

HE WILL VISIT THE INDUSTRY DEPARTMENT'S INDUSTRIAL PROMOTION OFFICE IN SAN FRANCISCO BEFORE PROCEEDING TO NEW YORK, WHERE HE WILL VISIT THE HONG KONG GOVERNMENT OFFICE IN NEW YORK. WHILE IN WASHINGTON, MR HO WILL MEET SENIOR U.S. GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS.

/HE WILL