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MONDAY, NOVEMBER 23, 1992

CONSTRUCTION WORKS WILL BEGIN LATER THIS MONTH FOR COMPLETION BY MARCH 1995.

WHEN COMPLETED, THE PUMPING STATION WILL PUMP TREATED SEWAGE EFFLUENT FROM TAI PO SEWAGE TREATMENT WORKS THROUGH A SUBMARINE PIPELINE TO SHA TIN SEWAGE TREATMENT WORKS.

MR CHUNG SAID THE COMBINED TREATED SEWAGE FROM SHA TIN AND TAI PO WOULD THEN BE PUMPED THROUGH A TWIN PUMPING MAIN, GRAVITATE THROUGH A 7.4 KILOMETRES LONG TUNNEL TO KAI TAK NULLAH BEFORE FINALLY DISCHARGING TO VICTORIA HARBOUR.

THE TOLO HARBOUR EFFLUENT EXPORT SCHEME IS PART OF THE TOLO HARBOUR ACTION PLAN WHICH IS AIMED AT REDUCING POLLUTION CAUSED BY "RED TIDES" IN THE HARBOUR.

LONG AND MERITORIOUS AWARDS FOR ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICERS

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THERE WERE SMILES ALL AROUND AS SIX POLICY SECRETARIES AND DIRECTORATE OFFICERS WHO USED TO PRESENT LONG AND MERITORIOUS SERVICE CERTIFICATES ΤΟ THEIR STAFF BECAME PROUD RECIPIENTS OF SUCH CERTIFICATES THEMSELVES TODAY (MONDAY),

FOR

THE PRESENTATION CEREMONY, THE FIRST OF ITS KIND ORGANISED ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICERS, WAS JOINTLY OFFICIATED BY THE CHIEF SECRETARY, SIR DAVID FORD, AND THE SECRETARY FOR THE CIVIL SERVICE, MR BARRIE WIGGHAM.

THE STRENGTH OF THE ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICE HAS GROWN FROM A MEAGRE TOTAL OF 79 IN 1962 TO 460 AT PRESENT.

THIS EXPANSION REFLECTS THE INCREASING COMPLEXITIES OF THE PROCESS OF THE GOVERNMENT BROUGHT ABOUT BOTH BY THE RAPID DEVELOPMENT OF HONG KONG INTO A CITY OF WORLD STATURE AND THE INCREASING ASPIRATIONS OF THE LOCAL POPULATION.

TWELVE OFFICERS

DAVID.

RECEIVED THE 30-YEAR

CERTIFICATES

FROM SIR

THEY INCLUDED MR BARRIE WIGGHAM, SECRETARY FOR THE CIVIL SERVICE; MRS ANSON CHAN, SECRETARY FOR ECONOMIC SERVICES; MR JAMES SO, SECRETARY FOR RECREATION AND CULTURE; MR ANTHONY EASON, SECRETARY FOR PLANNING, ENVIRONMENT AND LANDS; AND MR DOMINIC WONG, DIRECTOR OF EDUCATION.

MR WIGGHAM, IN HIS DUAL CAPACITY AS A RECIPIENT AND OFFICIATING GUEST, LATER PRESENTED THE 20-YEAR OFFICERS.

CERTIFICATES то

33815

AN

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/AMONG THEM