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FRIDAY, JANUARY 10, 1986

THREE KILOMETRES OF THE PIPELINE ARE BEING LAID BY THE BOTTOM TOW METHOD IN A PREPARED TRENCH ON THE SEA BED. THE 12-METRE SECTIONS OF 1.3-METRE DIAMETER PIPE ARE BEING ASSEMBLED INTO FO-METRE LENGTHS ON SHORE AT JUNK BAY AND THEN PULLED INTO POSITION BY A WINCH SET UP ON THE OPPOSITE SHORE AT SIU CHAI WAN ON HONG KONG ISLAND.

TOWING AND POSITIONING OF THE PIPE IS EXPECTED TO TAKE TWO WEEKS WITH ENGINEERS AND CONSTRUCTION STAFF WORKING ROUND THE CLOCK.

AT TODAY'S CEREMONY SIR DAVID DOTTED THE EYE OF A DRAGON PLACED AT THE HEAD OF THE PIPE AND THEN SMASHED A BOTTLE OF CHAMPAGNE ON THE FIRST 180-METRE SECTION BEFORE IT WAS TOWNED INTO PLACE.

THIS FIRST SECTION INCLUDES THE DIFFUSER MANIFOLD THROUGH WHICH THE TREATED EFFLUENT WILL EVENTUALLY BE DISCHARGED INTO TATHONG CHANNEL THROUGH ONE-WAY VALVES.

ONCE THE 180-METRE DIFFUSER LENGTH HAD LEFT THE LAUNCH RAMP THE FIRST 60-METRE LENGTH OF PIPE WAS PLACED INTO POSITION AND WELDED TO THE TAIL OF THE FIRST SECTION. SUBSEQUENT LENGTHS WILL BE WELDED ON OVER THE NEXT FORTNIGHT UNTIL THE WHOLE PIPELINE IS IN PLACE.

THE PIPELINE PROJECT IS BEING CARRIED OUT BY LEIGHTON CONTRACTORS PTY LTD. AND MOTT HAY AND ANDERSON FAR EAST ARE THE CONSULTANT ENGINEERS. THE CONTRACT STARTED IN APRIL LAST YEAR AND IS EXPECTED TO BE COMPLETED IN AUGUST.

THE OTHER TWO CONTRACTS FOR THE PROJECT - THE $30 MILLION TUNNEL LINKING THE MAIN SEWER FROM THE HEAD OF THE BAY AND HANG HAU TO THE TREATMENT WORKS, AND THE $57 MILLION TREATMENT WORKS THEMSELVES - ARE PROGRESSING ON SCHEDULE AND WILL BE READY TO SERVE JUNK BAY'S FIRST RESIDENTS.

ALSO ATTENDING TODAY'S CEREMONY WERE THE FORMER DIRECTOR OF NEW TERRITORIES DEVELOPMENT, MR BRYAN O'RORKE HIS SUCCESSOR, MR KENNETH KWOK; THE DEPUTY DIRECTOR OF NTDD, MR C.K. CHOW; MR JOHN MCNAUGHT, A DIRECTOR OF LEIGHTON CONTRACTORS; AND MR JOHN WHITEFIELD, A PARTNER OF MOTT HAY AND ANDERSON FAR EAST.

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