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MONDAY, AUGUST 5, 1991

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FOR FURTHER INFORMATION REGARDING THE COURSES OPERATED BY ADULT EDUCATION CENTRES, STUDENTS COULD CONTACT THE ADULT EDUCATION SECTION OF THE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT DIRECT.

IN THE EVENT OF A TROPICAL CYCLONE AFFECTING HONG KONG OR PERSISTENT HEAVY RAIN DURING THE REGISTRATION PERIOD, HEADS OF SCHOOLS AND PARENTS ARE ADVISED TO WATCH OUT FOR ANNOUNCEMENTS IN THE MEDIA FOR ALTERNATE ARRANGEMENTS.

ALL ENQUIRIES CONCERNING ALLOCATION RESULTS SHOULD BE REFERRED TO THE EDUCATION RECORDS AND JUNIOR SECONDARY EDUCATION ASSESSMENT SECTION OF THE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT ON TEL. 891 9099.

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THE BREAKTHROUGH OF HK'S LONGEST SEWER TUNNEL

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FOR WORKS, MR KENNETH KWOK, TODAY (MONDAY) PERFORMED THE BREAKTHROUGH CEREMONY FOR A NINE-KILOMETRE SEWER TUNNEL AT SAN WAI, YUEN LONG, SIGNIFYING WORKS ON THE $1 BILLION NORTHWEST NEW TERRITORIES SEWERAGE SCHEME HAD ENTERED AN ADVANCED STAGE.

THE LONGEST SEWER TUNNEL EVER BUILT IN HONG KONG, THE TUNNEL IS A MAJOR COMPONENT OF THE SEWERAGE SCHEME BEING UNDERTAKEN BY THE TERRITORY DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT AS ONE OF THE CURRENT DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMMES IN THE NEW TERRITORIES.

THE SEWERAGE SCHEME HAS BEEN DESIGNED TO SERVE THE DEVELOPMENT AREAS IN THE NORTHWESTERN PART OF THE NEW TERRITORIES INCLUDING THE YUEN LONG AND TIN SHUI WAI NEW TOWNS.

UNDER THE SCHEME, SEWAGE GENERATED IN THE REGION WILL BE COLLECTED THROUGH A NETWORK OF SEWERS AND CHANNELLED TO A NEW SEWAGE TREATMENT PLANT AT SAN WAI.

THE TREATED EFFLUENT WILL THEN BE CONVEYED THROUGH THE SEWER TUNNEL UNDERNEATH THE CASTLE PEAK FIRING RANGE FOR DISPOSAL VIA A 3.2 – KILOMETRE SUBMARINE OUTFALL OFF THE COAST OF LUNG KWU SHEUNG TAN, TUEN MUN TO THE DEEP SEA AT URMSTON ROAD.

THE THREE-METRE DIAMETER TUNNEL. EXTENDS FROM SAN WAI, LONG TO LUNG KWU SHEUNG TAN, TUEN MUN.

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IT WAS DRIVEN FROM FOUR POINTS NAMELY THE INLET PORTAL AT SAN THE OUTLET PORTAL AT LUNG KWU SHEUNG TAN AND THE TWO INTERMEDIATE ADITS AT PO TONG HA AND LEUNG TIN.

SPEAKING AT THE BREAKTHROUGH CEREMONY, MR KWOK SAID THE WORKS FOR THE SEWAGE TREATMENT AND DISPOSAL SYSTEM WHICH STARTED IN OCTOBER 1989 HAD BEEN PROGRESSING SMOOTHLY AND THAT THE WHOLE SYSTEM WAS SCHEDULED FOR COMMISSIONING BY THE END OF NEXT YEAR.

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