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FRIDAY, AUGUST 22, 1986

REPAIRS TO THE DAMAGED FOOTBRIDGE TOOK A WHOLE MONTH. THE SAME FOOTBRIDGE HAD ALREADY BEEN HIT ONCE IN A SIMILAR ACCIDENT EARLIER ON APRIL 18 AND CONSTRUCTION WORK WAS DELAYED.

MOREOVER, ACCIDENTS HAD ARISEN AS A RESULT OF CONTAINERS BEING TRANSPORTED ON VEHICLES OTHER THAN THOSE SPECIFICALLY DESIGNED FOR THIS PURPOSE, SO THAT THE HEIGHT OF THE CONTAINER EXCEEDED THE 4.6-METRE LIMIT.

+ IT IS THEREFORE ESSENTIAL FOR GOODS VEHICLE OPERATORS TO ENSURE THAT THE CORRECT TYPE OF VEHICLE IS USED FOR THE TRANSPORTATION OF CONTAINERS, THE SPOKESMAN URGED.

LAST CONTRACT FOR WATER TREATMENT WORKS AWARDED ****

FOLLOWING THE SIGNING TODAY (FRIDAY) OF A 3113 MILLION CONTRACT ALL NINE CONTRACTS FOR THE PAK KONG TREATMENT WORKS PROJECT HAVE NOW BEEN AWARDED.

THE TREATMENT WORKS, WHICH WILL OCCUPY A NINE-HECTARE SITE IN SAI KUNG, WILL BE THE SECOND LARGEST OF THE 17 OPERATED BY THE WATER SUPPLIES DEPARTMENT.

THE CONTRACT WAS SIGNED BY THE ACTING DIRECTOR OF WATER SUPPLIES, MR WONG KWOK-LAI, AND THE DIRECTOR OF THE CONTRACTING FIRM, COSTAIN INTERNATIONAL LIMITED, MR G.C. TRAYLING.

WORK INVOLVES CONSTRUCTING INLET WORKS, METERING FACILITIES, FILTERS, AN ADMINISTRATION BUILDING, A PUMPING STATION, ELECTRICAL SUBSTATION AND OTHER ASSOCIATED BUILDINGS.

WORK WILL START AT THE END OF THE MONTH AND TAKE 20 MONTHS TO COMPLETE.

THE PAK KONG TREATMENT WORKS PROJECT WILL COST $475 MILLION, AND WILL SUPPLY FRESH WATER TO SAI KUNG, JUNK BAY NEW TOWN AND THE EASTERN PARTS OF KOWLOON AND HONG KONG ISLAND.

THE WHOLE PROJECT INCLUDES THE CONSTRUCTION OF A WATER TREATMENT WORKS, A PUMPING STATION, A PRIMARY SERVICE RESERVOIR, WATER TUNNELS OF 5.9 KILOMETRES IN LENGTH, 1.2 KILOMETRES OF PIPELINE AND LANDSCAPING WORK.

THE TREATMENT WORKS WILL HAVE AN ULTIMATE CAPACITY OF 727 000 CUBIC METRES PER DAY WITH AN INITIAL OUTPUT OF 273 000 CUBIC METRES PER DAY.

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