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"THE ENGINEERING WORK FOR THIS SECOND PACKAGE, ESTIMATED AT OVER $500 MILLION, IS AN INTEGRAL PART OF THE $2.8 BILLION CHINA WATER PROJECT SCHEDULED FOR STAGED IMPLEMENTATION UP TILL 2001," MR WONG SAID.
"THIS PACKAGE CONSISTS OF THE CONSTRUCTION OF TAI PO TAU PUMPING STATION AND SAI O PUMPING STATION AND THE UPRATING OF EXISTING TAI MEI TUK PUMPING STATION.
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"FOLLOWING THE SIGNING OF THE AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE HONG KONG GOVERNMENT AND THE GUANGDONG PROVINCIAL PEOPLE'S GOVERNMENT ON THE SUPPLY OF WATER TO HONG KONG FROM THE EAST RIVER ON DECEMBER 21, 1989, THE WATER SUPPLIES DEPARTMENT HAS COMPLETED THE CONCEPTUAL PLANNING FOR THE WORKS REQUIRED ΤΟ RECEIVE AND TRANSFER ADDITIONAL WATER SUPPLY FROM CHINA TO COPE WITH THE ANTICIPATED DEMAND BEYOND 1994.
"THE CONSULTANCY AGREEMENT FOR THE FIRST PACKAGE OF THE STAGE I WORKS WAS SIGNED ON OCTOBER 8. THE PRESENT CONSULTANCY AGREEMENT IS THE SECOND ONE OF THE TWO PACKAGES FOR THE STAGE I WORKS OF THE CHINA WATER PROJECT AND IS SCHEDULED FOR COMPLETION BY 1995.
THAI WOMAN ARRESTED IN CONNECTION WITH DRUG CASE
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OFFICERS OF THE CUSTOMS DRUG INVESTIGATION BUREAU IN A JOINT OPERATION WITH THE U.S. DRUG ENFORCEMENT ADMINISTRATION (DEA), AND ASSISTED BY THE INTERPOL, HAVE ARRESTED A THAI WOMAN FOR THE PURPOSE OF EXTRADITION TO THE U.S. TO STAND TRIAL IN A DRUG CONSPIRACY CASE.
THE WOMAN, AGED 46, WAS ARRESTED IN A HOTEL IN HONG KONG DECEMBER 8 (SATURDAY) FOLLOWING A FOUR-MONTH INVESTIGATION.
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SHE IS WANTED IN CONNECTION WITH THE EXPORTING OF 3.5 KILOGRAMS OF NO.4 HEROIN FROM THAILAND TO THE U.S. IN NOVEMBER THIS YEAR.
THE DRUG CAN FETCH US$1.2
MILLION AT THE RETAIL LEVEL IN
THE U.S.
THE WOMAN APPEARED IN THE CENTRAL MAGISTRACY THIS (MONDAY) MORNING AND WAS REMANDED IN JAIL CUSTODY UNTIL FEBRUARY 4, 1991.
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