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TUESDAY, JANUARY 17, 1989

WATER IS DISTRIBUTED FROM IT THROUGH A NETWORK OF DISTRIBUTION MAINS TOTALLING ABOUT THREE KILOMETRES AND RANGING IN

SIZES FROM 75

то SUPPLY

ALL

TO 200 MILLIMETRES IN VILLAGES ON THE ISLAND.

DIAMETER, PROVIDING

FILTERED

AND THE PROJECT COST WAS ABOUT $60 MILLION JUST OVER 18 MONTHS.

CONSTRUCTION

TOOK

REGARDING THE

SUPPLY TO REMOTE AREAS IN THE NEW TERRITORIES, PROGRESS WAS BEING MADE.

GOVERNMENT'S EFFORTS ΤΟ PROVIDE MAINS WATER STEADY SAID

MR

CHAN

"OUR EFFORTS SO FAR HAVE ENABLED EXTENSION OF MAINS WATER

NEW SUPPLY TO COVER MOST PARTS OF THE

TERRITORIES, LEAVING ONLY A OF VERY RELATIVELY SMALL NUMBER

REMOTE VILLAGES WHICH ARE STILL DEPENDENT ON LOCAL SOURCES OF SUPPLY," HE SAID.

SUPPLY TO 33 OF THESE REMOTE VILLAGES IS CURRENTLY UNDER DESIGN WITH A VIEW TO PROVIDING MAINS SUPPLY TO THEM IN EARLY 1991.

"PLANNING IS ALSO IN HAND FOR ADDITIONAL LOCAL SUMP AND PUMP

BE COMPLETED BY 1992 SYSTEMS AND TREATMENT FACILITIES TO

FOR THE PROVISION OF FILTERED WATER ΤΟ ANOTHER 50 SUCH REMOTE VILLAGES, MR CHAN ADDED.

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MR CHAN THANKED THE CONSULTANTS, CONTRACTORS AND OTHER GOVERNMENT DEPARTMENTS INVOLVED IN THE MA WAN SUPPLY PROJECT, AND CONGRATULATED THEM ON THEIR ACHIEVEMENTS ON A JOB WHICH HE DESCRIBED AS "NO SIMPLE ENGINEERING WORKS".

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GREEN ISLAND RECLAMATION STUDY ON DB AGENDA

I JANUARY 19) TO STUDY.

THE CENTRAL AND WESTERN DISTRICT BOARD WILL

DISCUSS THE GREEN ISLAND

MEET ON THURSDAY FEASIBILITY RECLAMATION

CONSULTANTS UNDERTAKING THIS STUDY WILL BRIEF PRELIMINARY REPORT.

MEMBERS ON THE

AN AREA OF

170

ABOUT

HECTARES, 210,000

IF

COVERING THE ISLAND RECLAMATION, WOULD EVENTUALLY ACCOMMODATE A TOTAL POPULATION OF CARRIED OUT.

/MEMBERS WILL