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THURSDAY, AUGUST 29, 1991

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OF

THE

WITH

PROJECT WOULD COMPRISE A TOTAL PUMPING CAPACITY

OF

WORKS STAGE I HE SAID THE SEVERAL MAJOR PUMPING STATIONS, 7.6 MCM PER DAY.

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IT ALSO INCLUDES CONSTRUCTION OF TUNNELS AND LAYING OF OVER

DIAMETER FROM MUK WU (A KILOMETRES OF PIPES OF OVER TWO METRES IN PLACE AT THE BORDER ADJACENT TO MAN KAM TO) TO TAI PO TAU.

FIRST THE END OF

STAGE AND THE DESIGN DETAILED UNDER ARE THE WORKS CONTRACT FOR THE CONSTRUCTION WORKS IS TO BE GAZETTED BY THIS YEAR.

CLUB, MR SPEAKING AT A DINNER MEETING OF THE KWUN TONG ROTARY

WAS ONE OF THE MAJOR WONG SAID THE NEW CHINA WATER SCHEME PROJECT

WATER SUPPLIES DEPARTMENT PROJECTS WHICH WOULD BE UNDERTAKEN BY THE IN THE COMING YEARS TO MEET THE INCREASE IN DEMAND FOR WATER.

THE DAILY FROM 1.39 MCM CENT PER

THE DIRECTOR POINTED OUT THAT IN THE LAST 10 YEARS, CONSUMPTION OF FRESH WATER IN HONG KONG HAD INCREASED IN 1980 TO 2.39 MCM IN 1990, AN AVERAGE INCREASE OF 5.6 PER YEAR.

THE NUMBER OF METERS INSTALLED ALSO INCREASED FROM 1980 TO 1,810,000 IN 1990.

920,000 IN

WATER INTENSIVE MR WONG SAID: "IT IS EXPECTED THAT UNLESS THE

ELECTROPLATING ETC WERE TO RECEDE ON INDUSTRIES SUCH AS DYEING,

CONTROL ACCOUNT OF LIKELY PROBLEMS TO COMPLY WITH THE WATER POLLUTION

ΤΟ INCREASE AT A REQUIREMENTS, THE WATER CONSUMPTION WILL CONTINUE RATE OF 3.5 PBR CENT PER YEAR.

"THIS MEANS THAT BY 2001 THE

DAILY AVERAGE

DEMAND OF FRESH

WATER WILL BE 3.23 MCM.

M

33 PER CENT OF THE MR WONG ALSO NOTED THAT SINCE MORE THAN

HAD ALREADY BEEN TERRITORY'S AREA, VIRTUALLY ALL THE SUITABLE LAND,

ANOTHER DEVELOPED AS WATERWORKS CATCHMENT, IT WAS IMPOSSIBLE TO BUILD RESERVOIR OF SUBSTANTIAL SCALE.

KONG '9 UNDER THE AVERAGE RAINFALL CONDITION, THE YIELD OF HONG

MCM PER DAY, THAT 18 CATCHMENT IS ONLY 342 MCM PER YEAR, OR 0.937 ONLY 39 PER CENT OF LAST YEAR'S AVERAGE DAILY CONSUMPTION.

THAT

WE

HAVE

ΤΟ LOOK FOR "THIS MEANS SOURCES TO COPE WITH THIS INCREASING DEMAND.

ALTERNATIVE

SUPPLY

FOR WHICH A LONG "THIS IS PROVIDED FOR BY SUPPLY FROM CHINA

FOR SUPPLY WITH ANNUAL INCREASING TERM AGREEMENT HAS BEEN SECURED

11 HE SAID. QUANTITIES UP TO THE TURN OF THE NEXT CENTURY,

WAS

RECEIVE, TREAT AND

MR WONG SAID ONE OF THE MAJOR ACTIVITIES OF HIS DEPARTMENT TO EXPAND THE EXISTING WATER SYSTEM IN ORDER TO DISTRIBUTE ADDITIONAL WATER SUPPLY FROM CHINA.

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