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FRIDAY, AUGUST 16, 1991

CONSULTANCY AGREEMENT FOR SEWERAGE SCHEME SIGNED

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$10 MILLION CONSULTANCY AGREEMENT WAS AWARDED BY THE DRAINAGE SERVICES DEPARTMENT TODAY (FRIDAY) TO PAVE THE WAY FOR THE IMPLEMENTATION OF STAGE I, PHASE I OF THE TOLO HARBOUR CATCHMENT

SEWERAGE SCHEME.

THE AGREEMENT WAS SIGNED BY THE ASSISTANT DIRECTOR OF THE DEPARTMENT, MR TSE HOM-SUM, AND REPRESENTATIVES OF AN ENGINEERING CONSULTANCY FIRM WHO WILL UNDERTAKE THE INVESTIGATION AND DESIGN OF THE SCHEME.

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IN JUNE 1990, THE GOVERNMENT COMPLETED A STUDY OF UNSEWERED DEVELOPMENTS IN TOLO HARBOUR, WHICH RECOMMENDED ACTIONS IMPROVING THE WATER QUALITY IN THE HARBOUR THROUGH A SEWAGE MASTER PLAN.

THE TOLO HARBOUR CATCHMENT SEWERAGE SCHEME IS BEING IMPLEMENTED AS PART OF THE MASTER PLAN AIMED AT PROVIDING A SYSTEM OF SEWERS AND PUMPING STATIONS TO CARRY SEWAGE AND WASTE WATER FROM EXISTING UNSEWERED DEVELOPMENTS AROUND TOLO HARBOUR ΤΟ TREATMENT WORKS IN SHA TIN AND TAT PO.

THESE DEVELOPMENTS INCLUDE MOSTLY VILLAGES WHICH ARE ON THE OUTSKIRTS OF TAI PO AND SHA TIN NEW TOWNS, AND IN SOUTHWEST OF KEI LING HA HOI.

SCATTERED

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THE CONSTRUCTION WORK IS EXPECTED TO START AT THE END OF THIS YEAR AND TO BE COMPLETED IN 1996 AT A COST OF ABOUT $102 MILLION.

WORKS ON THE SCHEME WILL INCLUDE THE CONSTRUCTION OF GRAVITY

45 SEWERS, PUMPING STATIONS, PUMPING MAINS TO CONNECT SOME

UNSEWERED DEVELOPMENTS IN SHA TIN AND TAI PO CATCHMENT AREAS то PUBLIC SEWERAGE SYSTEM AND CONVEY THE WASTE WATER ΤΟ TREATMENT WORKS FOR TREATMENT.

THE EXISTING THE NEAREST

THE PROJECT WILL ALSO REQUIRE THE CONSTRUCTION OF COMMUNAL SEPTIC TANKS FOR LOCAL TREATMENT OF WASTE WATER IN PLACES WHERE CONNECTION TO THE PUBLIC SEWERAGE SYSTEM IS NOT FEASIBLE.

UNDER THE SEWERAGE MASTER PLAN THE SEWERAGE SCHEME WILL SUBSEQUENTLY BE EXTENDED TO COVER MORE VILLAGES AND DEVELOPMENTS ONCE THE EFFECTIVENESS OF THE ABOVE CONSTRUCTION WORKS HAVE BEEN FULLY

EVALUATED.

IT IS EXPECTED THAT SUCH WORKS WILL BRING ABOUT A SIGNIFICANT

AND REDUCTION IN THE ADVERSE IMPACTS OF RAW SEWAGE

OTHER POLLUTANTS ON PUBLIC HEALTH AND THE IMPROVEMENT IN THE WATER

ENVIRONMENT IN GENERAL. CONSEQUENTLY, QUALITY IN TOLO HARBOUR CAN BE ACHIEVED.

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