FRIDAY, MARCH 6, 1992
FUND APPROVED FOR WORKS TO DRAW MORE WATER FROM CHINA
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FOLLOWING THE NEGOTIATIONS BETWEEN HONG KONG GOVERNMENT THE QUANGDONG PROVINCIAL BUREAU OF WATER CONSERVANCY AND HYDRO-POWER LAST WEEK, THE FINANCE COMMITTEE TODAY (FRIDAY) APPROVED $27 MILLION FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF EMERGENCY WATER PUMPING WORKS IN GUANGDONG,
705 MILLION
"WITH THIS ADDITIONAL PUMPING CAPACITY A TOTAL OF CUBIC METRES OF WATER WILL BE DELIVERED TO HONG KONG BY THE FEBRUARY NEXT YEAR," A GOVERNMENT SPOKESMAN SAID.
CONSTRUCTION OF THE PUMPING WORKS BY THE GUANGDONG WILL START IMMEDIATELY AND WILL BE COMPLETED BY JUNE IN COLLECT MORE WATER FOR DELIVERY TO HONG KONG THIS WET SEASON,
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THE WORKS WILL INCLUDE THE CONSTRUCTION OF TWO EMERGENCY PUMPING STATIONS AT SHANGPU AND YANTIAN, THE IMPROVEMENT OF THE REGULATING CAPACITY OF THE SHENZHEN AND YANTIAN RESERVOIRS AND THE UPGRADING OF THE ELECTRICAL AND MECHANICAL EQUIPMENT AT EXISTING PUMPING STATIONS.
BY INCREASING THE MAXIMUM PUMPING RATE OF THE EAST RIVER SCHEME TO 705 MILLION CUBIC METRES, THERE WILL BE EXTRA AVAILABILITY OF WATER NEXT YEAR SHOULD THAT BE ANOTHER DRY YEAR.
HK FLOWER SHOW POPULAR WITH THE PUBLIC
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THE HONG KONG FLOWER SHOW, JOINTLY PRESENTED BY THE URBAN AND REGIONAL COUNCILS EACH YEAR SINCE 1987, HAD BECOME A POPULAR EVENT WHEN AMONGST THE PEOPLE OF HONG KONG, LADY WILSON SAID TODAY (FRIDAY) SHE OFFICIALLY OPENED THIS YEAR'S FLOWER SHOW IN VICTORIA PARK.
THIS WAS INDICATED BY THE FACT THAT THE FLOWER SHOW ATTRACTED OVER 300 000 PEOPLE LAST YEAR AND THE YEAR BEFORE, LADY WILSON SAID.
"I HOPE IT ALSO REFLECTS AN INCREASING AWARENESS AND COUNCILS IN APPRECIATION OF THE EXCELLENT WORK BEING DONE BY THE TWO THE GREENING OF HONG KONG.
"NEW PARKS ARE PRIORITY PROJECTS. SINCE THE LAST FLOWER SHOW, WE HAVE SEEN THE OPENING OF THE HONG KONG PARK AND THE TOWN PARK IN YUEN LONG," SHE ADDED.
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LADY WILSON ALSO POINTED OUT THAT THE LANDSCAPE PLANTING PROGRAMMES, WHICH WERE REGULARLY CARRIED OUT ALL
THE TERRITORY, HAD ALSO HELPED TO BEAUTIFY THE ENVIRONNENT FOR THE BENEFIT AND ENJOYMENT OF THE COMMUNITY.
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