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FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 11, 1992

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SIU SAI WAN TO GET NEW PUMPING STATION

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THE WATER SUPPLIES DEPARTMENT IS INVITING TENDERS FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF A SALT WATER PUMPING STATION AND THE LAYING OF ASSOCIATED PUMPING MAINS IN SIU SAI WAN.

THE CONTRACT CONSISTS OF SITE FORMATION WORKS, THE CONSTRUCTION OF A SALT WATER PUMPING STATION WITH A DAILY CAPACITY OF 22,000 CUBIC METRES, A POWER TRANSFORMER ROOM AND THE LAYING OF 900 METRES OF WATER MAINS WITH DIAMETER OF 800 MILLIMETRES.

WORKS ARE EXPECTED TO BEGIN THIS DECEMBER AND TAKE 19 MONTHS TO

COMPLETE.

EXISTING

UPON COMPLETION, THE PUMPING STATION WILL REPLACE THE ONE IN CHAI WAN. ITS CAPACITY WILL BE ADEQUATE TO MEET THE INCREASE IN SALT WATER DEMAND FROM CHAI WAN AND SIU SAI WAN IN THE COMING YEARS.

TENDER OFFER WILL CLOSE AT NOON ON OCTOBER 2.

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NEW BUS TERMINUS TO OPEN IN CHEUNG SHA WAN

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A NEW CHEUNG SHA WAN BUS TERMINUS ON THE GROUND FLOOR OF THE CHEUNG SHA WAN PLAZA AT THE JUNCTION OF CHEUNG SHA WAN ROAD WITH TAI NAN WEST STREET WILL BE OPEN FOR USE BY FRANCHISED BUSES ON SUNDAY (SEPTEMBER 12), THE TRANSPORT DEPARTMENT ANNOUNCED TODAY (FRIDAY).

IN ADDITION, A NEW TAXI STAND WILL BE PROVIDED IN CHEUNG SHUN STREET BETWEEN CHEUNG LAI STREET AND TAI NAN WEST STREET.

IN CONNECTION WITH THE OPENING OF CHEUNG SHA WAN BUS TERMINUS, KMB ROUTES 2B, 2F, 30, 60 AND 86C WILL BE RELOCATED ΤΟ TERMINATE AT THE NEW TERMINUS.

ALSO BUS STOPS FOR KMB ROUTES 60 AND 86C ON LAI CHI KOK ROAD, FAT TSEUNG STREET BUS TERMINUS, CHEUNG SHA WAN ROAD AND CASTLE ROAD WILL BE CANCELLED ON THE SAME DATE.

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