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THURSDAY, APRIL 23, 1992

"IN ORDER TO MEET THE CHALLENGE OF PROVIDING WATER TO A RAPIDLY DEVELOPING AREA, THE

HAS UNDERTAKEN THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE AU TAU TREATMENT WORKS PROJECT," MR WONG SAID.

THE STAGE I WORKS,

DEPARTMENT

VALUED AT $425 MILLION, HAVE A DAILY

CAPACITY OF 110,000 CUBIC METRES.

FOR 10 MONTHS OF EACH YEAR, THE SOURCE OF RAW WATER FOR THE TREATMENT PLANT WILL BE COMING FROM CHINA VIA THE MUK WU PUMPING STATION, WITH THE REMAINING SHUT-DOWN PERIOD, FROM THE PLOVER COVE RESERVOIR.

WORKS, A 30,000 CUBIC PLATFORM, A FROM 600 ΤΟ

THE PROJECT INVOLVES THE CONSTRUCTION OF A TREATMENT PRIMARY SERVICE RESERVOIR WITH AN INITIAL CAPACITY OF METRES, AN ACCESS ROAD LEADING ΤΟ THE RESERVOIR TRIPLE-CELL CULVERT AND WATER MAINS RANGING IN DIAMETER

1,200 MILLIMETRES.

STAGE II OF THE PROJECT SCHEDULED TO BE COMPLETED BY THE END OF 1994 WILL EXTEND THE DAILY CAPACITY OF THE TREATMENT PLANT TO 330,000 CUBIC METRES.

THE CAPACITY OF THE SERVICE RESERVOIR WILL ALSO BE INCREASED TO 102,000 CUBIC METRES.

HK IMBUES WITH SHARING AND GIVING SPIRIT

HONG KONG IS A CARING AND SERVING COMMUNITY WHERE PEOPLE ARE MOTIVATED BY A SPIRIT OF SHARING AND GIVING, THE CHIEF SECRETARY, SIR DAVID FORD, SAID TODAY (THURSDAY).

SPEAKING AT THE HONG KONG RED CROSS BLOOD TRANSFUSION SERVICE ANNUAL AWARD CEREMONY, SIR DAVID SAID THIS WAS DESPITE HONG KONG WAS OFTEN DESCRIBED AS A HIGHLY SUCCESSFUL CAPITALIST SOCIETY AND A TOUGH BUSINESS ORIENTATED PLACE WHERE MATERIALISM WAS RIPE.

HE SAID OPPORTUNITIES FOR VOLUNTEER SERVICE WERE VARIED AND

EXCITING.

"AND ARE OF COURSE MUCH APPRECIATED,

"

HE ADDED.

THE SERVICE IS NOT SIMPLY DONATING MONEY TO HELP THE POOR OR GIVING ESSENTIAL ASSISTANCE IN EMERGENCY SITUATIONS. IT HAS MANY FACETS.

FOR EXAMPLE, IT PROVIDES DIRECT SERVICES то VARIOUS GROUPS, VISITS SICK CHILDREN IN HOSPITALS AND ELDERLY PERSONS IN HOMES FOR THE AGED AND REACHES OUT TO PERSONS WHO ARE LONELY AND DESPERATE.

/NDURT PROK