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MONDAY, DECEMBER 9,

1991

NEW THE

SYSTEM, THE DEPARTMENT

SYSTEM CAN BE

EXPANDED

ΤΟ

AFTER THE IMPLEMENTATION OF EXPECTS STAFF SAVINGS TO BE ACHIEVED.

THE SPOKESMAN EXPLAINED THAT THE ACCOMMODATE OTHER FUNCTIONS IN THE FUTURE.

STRATEGY STUDY

IS SCHEDULED

TO BE FURTHER

AN INFORMATION SYSTEMS CONDUCTED FOR THE R&V DEPARTMENT IN THE COMING MONTHS TO PLAN COMPUTER APPLICATIONS, HE ADDED.

CONTRACT FOR TSUEN/KWAI SEWAGE SCREENING PLANT AWARDED

* * * *

A

PLANT

SERVICES DEPARTMENT TODAY (MONDAY) AWARDED THE DRAINAGE $68 MILLION CONTRACT FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF A SEWAGE SCREENING

PROVIDE CENTRALISED ADJACENT TO TSING YI BRIDGE WHICH IS DESIGNED TO PRELIMINARY SEWAGE TREATMANT FACILITIES FOR TSUEN WAN AND DISTRICTS.

SIGNED

BY

THE

ASSISTANT

KWAI CHUNG

OF THE DIRECTOR THE CONTRACT WAS

OF THE CHINA ROAD DEPARTMENT, MR TSE HON-SUM, AND A REPRESENTATIVE AND BRIDGE ENGINEERING CO WHICH HAS BEEN AWARDED THE CONTRACT.

SERIES OF

WORKS ON THE PROJECT INCLUDE THE CONSTRUCTION OF A

OF SCREENING, A SOLID HANDLING SCREEN CHAMBERS FOR VARIOUS STAGES ROOM AND A PUMP CHAMBER,

UNITS

THE MOST OF

TREATMENT TO MINIMISE THE ODOUR PROBLEMS, MOST

BUILDING ΤΟ BE CONSTRUCTED WILL BE HOUSED IN A SINGLE MULTI-STOREY

EITHER ALSO UNDER THE CONTRACT WITH ALL TREATMENT UNITS WHICH WILL BE ROOFED OR COVERED.

COMMISSIONED

PLANT CAN PROVIDE METRES CUBIC 865,000

A POPULATION OF

MR TSE SAID THE FULLY

A MAXIMUM OF OVER PRELIMINARY TREATMENT TO SEWAGE DAILY, EQUIVALENT TO THE SEWAGE GENERATED BY ABOUT 1.2 MILLION.

CHUNG IS ONLY DISCHARGED

AT PRESENT, THE SEWAGE FROM TSUEN WAN AND KWAI SERVED BY A TEMPORARY COARSE SCREENING DEVICE BEFORE IT IS INTO THE RAMBLER CHANNEL THROUGH A TWIN SUBMARINE OUTFALL, HE NOTED.

SCREENING PLANT "AFTER COMPLETION OF THE CONTRACT, THE SEWAGE

FROM THE SEWAGE WILL PROVIDE REMOVAL OF ALL GROSS SOLIDS ABOVE 6 MM

SEA WHICH WILL GREATLY BEFORE THE SEWAGE IS DISCHARGED INTO THE IMPROVE THE QUALITY OF WATER ALONG THE TSUEN WAN SHORELINE.

FACILITIES

INCORPORATED INTO THIS "IN ADDITION, THE PUMPING

WAN AND PLANT WILL SOLVE THE CURRENT SEWER OVERLOAD PROBLEM IN TSUEN KWAI CHUNG," HE SAID.

WORKS ON THE PROJECT IS EXPECTED TO START LATER THIS MONTH BE COMPLETED IN EARLY APRIL 1994.

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