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THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 23. 1989

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ANOTHER MILESTONE IN HK'S WATER SUPPLY PROGRAMMF

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THE GOVERNMENT'S EFFORTS IN PROVIDING A TREATED

WATER SUPPLY

STEP FORWARD

TO EVERY COMMUNITY IN THE TERRITORY HAS TAKEN A NOTABLE WITH THE COMPLETION OF STAGE OF THE PAK KONG TREATMENT WORKS AND WATER TRANSFER FACILITIES PROJECT.

THIS WAS STATED BY THE CHIEF SECRETARY. SIR DAVID FORD. WHEN HE OFFICIATED AT THE INAUGURATION CEREMONY FOR THE PROJECT AT THE PAK KONG TREATMENT WORKS IN SAI KUNG TODAY (THURSDAY).

SIR DAVID SAID THE PROJECT. WHICH COSTS OVER $1,000 MILLION. WAS YET ANOTHER MILESTONE IN HONG KONG'S WATER SUPPLY PROGRAMME AS ONE OF THE MANY FAR-SIGHTED AND INNOVATIVE WATER WORKS PROJECTS OF WORLD CLASS STANDARD UNDERTAKEN BY THE GOVERNMENT. LIKE THE PLOVER COVE AND HIGH ISLAND RESERVOIRS.

STAGES, IS

THE PAK KONG PROJECT. WHICH IS IMPLEMENTED IN TWO TO PROVIDE A TREATED WATER SUPPLY TO THE SAI KUNG HINTERLAND AND THE TSEUNG KWAN O NEW TOWN AS WELL AS TO SUPPLEMENT THE SUPPLIES TO EAST KOWLOON AND HONG KONG ISLAND.

STAGE I OF THE PROJECT, WHICH IS NOW COMPLETED, COMPRISES THE TREATMENT WORKS. THE AQUEDUCT TO TSEUNG KWAN 0, THE PRIMARY SERVICE RESERVOIR AND THE TRUNK MAIN TO EAST KOWLOON.

THE SYSTEM INCLUDES A SEVEN-KILOMETRE AQURDUCT WHICH TAKES THE TREATED WATER TO THE PRIMARY SERVICE RESERVOIR IN TSEUNG KWAN O.

FROM THERE. THE MAIN AQUEDUCT FROM THE PRIMARY RESERVOIR EXTENDS FOR FIVE KILOMETRES TO EAST KOWLOON AND FURTHER LINKS UP WITH THE NORTHEAST OF HONG KONG ISLAND BY THE EASTERN CROSS HARBOUR SUBMARINE PIPELINE WHICH WILL SOON BE COMMISSIONED.

STAGE 11 OF THE PROJECT. WHICH IS SCHEDULED FOR COMPLETION IN 1991, WILL EXTEND THE CAPACITY OF THE PAK KONG WATER TREATMENT WORKS BY ABOUT THREE TIMES TO 800.000 CUBIC METRES PER DAY ΤΟ MEET ANTICIPATED INCREASE IN DEMAND.

THE CAPACITY OF TSEUNG KWAN O PRIMARY SERVICE RESERVOIR WILL ALSO BE INCREASED FROM 90.000 TO 150,000 CUBIC METRES.

SIR DAVID ALSO NOTED THAT THE WHOLE PROJECT, WHEN COMPLETED, WOULD SERVE AS A VITAL LINK AND ADD GREATER FLEXIBILITY TO THE WHOLE HONG KONG WATER SUPPLY SYSTEM.

RESERVOIR

"RAW WATER FROM CHINA DISCHARGING INTO PLOVER COVE CAN NOW BE CARRIED THROUGH A NEW SUBMARINE AQUEDUCT ACROSS THE TOLO CHANNEL AND A TUNNEL, FROM SAI O TO PAK KONG.

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'AFTER THE WATER IS TREATED. IT CAN BE CONVEYED TO THE RAPIDLY DEVELOPING AREAS OF EAST KOWLOON AND NORTHEAST HONG KONG ISLAND," SAID.

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