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+EVER SINCE 1981, THE COUNCIL IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE ONG KONG SQUASH RACKETS ASSOCIATION (SRA), ORGANISES AN ANNUAL SQUASH CHAMPIONSHIP FOR MEN AND LADIES UNDER 23 YEARS OF AGE.

IN ADDITION, THE SRA ALSO SPONSORS A SCHOOL TOURNAMENT EVERY YEAR TO STIMULATE YOUNGSTERS' INTEREST IN THE SPORT, AND A SQUASH LEAGUE BETWEEN SEPTEMBER AND MARCH EACH YEAR, WINNERS OF WHICH WILL REPRESENT HONG KONG IN THE SOUTHEAST ASIAN SQUASH CHAMPIONSHIP.+

LOCAL PROMOTERS ALSO PLAY AN IMPORTANT ROLE IN MAINTAINING PUBLIC INTEREST IN THE SPORT BY ATTRACTING SOME > THE WORLD'S TOP-CLASS SQUASH PLAYERS TO COMPETE HERE.

WITH MORE MODERN SQUASH COURTS COMING ON STREAM IN THE FUTURE, THE SPOKESMAN ADDED, THE URBAN COUNCIL WILL ALSO CONSIDÉR INVITING INTERNATIONAL SQUASH PLAYERS TO HOLD EXHIBITION MATCHES IN HONG KONG,

SCHEME TO IMPROVE WATER QUALITY

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CONSTRUCTION WORK IS EXPECTED TO START IN ABOUT THREE MONTHS TIME ON A SCHEME TO IMPROVE THE QUALITY OF WATER IN KAI TAK NULLAH AND KOWLOON BAY TYPHOON SHELTER.

THE ENGINEERING DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT IS INVITING TENDERS FOR THE CONSTRUCTION WORK WHICH IS EXPECTED TO TAKE A YEAR TO COMPLETE.

THE POLLUTED CONDITION OF KAI TAK NULLAH AND KOWLOON BAY TYPHOON SHELTER NEAR THE AIRPORT HAS REACHED AN UNSATISFACTORY STATE WITH THE RELEASE OF OBNOXIOUS HYDROGEN SULPHIDE GAS.

AS PART OF AN IMPROVEMENT PROJECT TO TACKLE THE PROBLEM, THREE PUMPING STATIONS, AN OXYGEN STORAGE COMPOUND, A CONTROL HOUSE, › TRANSFORMER HOUSE AND ASSOCIATED PIPEWORKS WILL BE CONSTRUCTED

NLER THE PRESENT CONTRACT.

THESE WORKS WILL BE BUILT ON LAND ALONG THE SEAWALL AT THE PSTREAM END OF THE TYPHOON SHELTER FOR INJECTING PURE OXYGEN INTO

★ATER TO REDUCE OXYGEN DEPLETION AND TO RAISE THE OXYGEN TENT IN THE WATER, THUS PREVENTING THE FORMATION OF THE FOUL

190 GAS.

THE WORKS HAVE BEEN DESIGNED BY THE PLANNING DIVISION AND CONSTRUCTION WORK WILL BE SUPERVISED BY THE CONSTRUCTION DIVISION F THE LIQUID AND SOLID WASTES SECTION OF THE DEPARTMENT.

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