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THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 26, 1991

SUCH CONNECTIONS

MAY

HAVE

BEEN

DELIBERATELY BECAUSE OF BASE OF CONNECTIONS OR

OF FOUL SEWERS.

MADE ACCIDENTALLY

OR

INSUFFICIENT CAPACITY

EXPEDIENT

TO

RAFID IS ALSO

IT IS ESTIMATED THAT THERE ARE ABOUT 1,350 TO 2,000

MOSTLY

KWUN IN

TONG AND YAU CONDITIONS,

TONG. OWING DEVELOPMENT IN EAST KOWLOON, THE CAPACITY OF EXISTING SEWERS

OVERFLOW OF LIMITED AND

SEWAGE INTO STORMWATER DRAINS SOMETIMES

OCCURS.

THE

THAT FOUND

ABOUT 50 PER ON THE WHOLE IT WAS

OF CENT AND IS DISCHARGED WASTEWATER GENERATED ENTERS THE STORMWATER SYSTEM WITHOUT ANY TREATMENT, CAUSING SIGNIFICANT

TO VICTORIA POLLUTION

HARBOUR.

SITUATION, MR TO IMPROVE THE

SIU SAID MAINTAINED A SEWER GANG FOR THE REGULAR INSPECTION SEWERS AND MANHOLES IN EAST KOWLOON.

DEPARTMENT HIS

HAD AND DESILTING OF

COMMISSIONED CONSULTANTS IN IN ADDITION, THE DEPARTMENT ALSO 1990 то DESIGN AND

THR CONSTRUCT

IMPROVE ENGINEERING WORKS TO EXISTING SEWERAGE SYSTEM AND CONTROL POLLUTION IN THE AREA.

STAGE 1

THE MEASURES ARE TO BE IMPLEMENTED IN TWO STAGES. THE WORKS TO BE EMBARKED ON NEXT YEAR ARE IMMEDIATE MEASURES WHICH OF OLD INCLUDE THE CONSTRUCTION OF NEW SEWERS AND THE REHABILITATION ONES TO INCREASE THE CAPACITY OF THE SEWERAGE SYSTEM IN EAST KOWLOON.

POLLUTION FLOWS IN STORMWATER DRAINS ARE ALSO

DIVERTED BACK INTO THE SEWERAGE SYSTEM.

THE MAIN ELEMENTS OF WORK ARE:

INTERCEPTED AND

CONSTRUCTION OF NEW SEWERS ALONG HOL ROAD, EAST AIRPORT ROAD AND KILOMETRES IN LENGTH);

BUN

ROAD,

CHOI

WANG KWONG ROAD (ABOUT

HUNG FIVE

REHABILITATION OF THE EXISTING TRUNK SEWER ALONG ROAD (ABOUT TWO KILOMETRES IN LENGTH);

KWUN TONG

CONSTRUCTION OF TWO SEWAGE PUMPINGS AT TONG AND THE RELATED RISING MAINS TO TRANSFER SEWAGE TO EXISTING KWUN TONG SCREENING PLANT; AND

YAU TONG AND

KWUN

THE

CONSTRUCTION OF DRY-WEATHER-FLOW

SEVEN LOCATIONS TO DIRECT THE POLLUTED FLOW FROM DRAINS INTO THE SEWERAGE SYSTEM.

CHAMBERS INTERCEPTION

STORMWATER

AT

THESE

PLANS

WORKS, WHICH

MR SIU SAID THE GOVERNMENT WOULD IMPLEMENT COMPREHENSIVE FOR TRAFFIC DIVERSION DURING THE CONSTRUCTION OF WERE EXPECTED TO LAST UNTIL 1993.

ALSO

BE PLANNED THE CONSTRUCTION SEQUENCE WILL INCONVENIENCE TO THE PUBLIC WITH ROAD OPENINGS FOR SEWER AND SO ON TO BE LIMITED TO ABOUT 50 METRES AT A TIME.

ΤΟ

MINIMISE CONSTRUCTION

/EAST KOWLOON

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