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THURSDAY, AUGUST 27, 1992

CONTRACT SIGNED TO EXPAND TRANSFER CAPACITY FOR CHINA WATER

THE WATER SUPPLIES DEPARTMENT TODAY (THURSDAY) AWARDED A $194 MILLION CONTRACT FOR THE CIVIL ENGINEERING AND BUILDING WORKS OF THE TAI PO TAU 'D' PUMPING STATION IN TAI PO.

THIS IS THE FIFTH IN A SERIES OF CONTRACTS FOR THE CHINA WATER SUPPLY PROJECT WHICH PROVIDES FOR PHASED EXPANSION OF FACILITIES TO RECEIVE AND TRANSFER ADDITIONAL WATER SUPPLY FROM CHINA.

STAGE 1 OF THE PROJECT INCLUDES THE CONSTRUCTION OF A NEW PUMPING STATION AT MUK WU FOR CONNECTING WITH A NEW DELIVERY POINT AT THE NORTHERN BANK OF SHENZHEN RIVER, AS WELL AS UPGRADING THE TRANSFER AND PUMPING CAPABILITY AT STRATEGIC LOCATIONS ALONG THE DISTRIBUTION ROUTES.

ON COMPLETION OF THE EXPANSION, THE RECEPTION AND TRANSFER CAPACITY WILL BE INCREASED FROM THE EXISTING 620 MILLION CUBIC METRES TO 1,100 MILLION CUBIC METRES A YEAR.

TAI PO TAU PUMPING STATION 19 A FOCAL POINT IN ONE OF THE ROUTES WHICH RECEIVE WATER FROM MUK WU PUMPING STATION AND WHENCE DISTRIBUTES THE WATER TO PLOVER COVE AND SHA TIN TREATMENT WORKS.

THERE ARE THREE EXISTING PUMPING SYSTEMS AT TAI PO TAU, DESIGNATED AS TAI PO TAU 'A', 'B' AND 'C' PUMPING STATIONS, WHICH PROVIDE A COMBINED PUMPING CAPACITY OF 1.4 MILLION CUBIC METRES A DAY.

THE TAI PO TAU 'D' 14 PUMPS AND PROVIDE HOUSE MILLION CUBIC METRES A DAY, STATION IN HONG KONG.

PUMPING STATION, WHICH WILL ULTIMATELY AN ADDITIONAL PUMPING CAPACITY OF 3.1 WILL BE THE LARGEST RAW WATER

PUMPING

THE CONTRACT INCLUDES THE CONSTRUCTION OF A PUMPING STATION WILL PROVIDE BUILDING, A SCREEN HOUSE AND A POWER SUB-STATION, WHICH ELECTRICITY SUPPLY TO THE PUMPING STATION AND THE SCREEN HOUSE.

CONSTRUCTION OF TUNNELS AND PIPELINES ΤΟ CONNECT THE NEW

THE PUMPING STATION TO

EXISTING SYSTEM IS ALSO INCLUDED IN THE

CONTRACT.

WORKS ARE EXPECTED TO BE COMPLETED BY THE END OF 1994.

THE CONTRACT WAS SIGNED SUPPLIES, MR HỤ MAN-SHIU, ON REPRESENTATIVE OF AOKI CORPORATION.

BY THE ACTING BEHALF OF THE

DIRECTOR OF WATER GOVERNMENT AND A

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