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THURSDAY, DECEMBER 31, 1992

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NORTH LANTAU TO GET WATER AND GAS SUPPLY

GAS

SUPPLYING ARISING FROM THE

THE WATER SUPPLIES DEPARTMENT AND THE HONG KONG AND CHINA COMPANY LIMITED PLAN TO CONSTRUCT SUBMARINE PIPELINES FOR WATER AND GAS TO NORTH LANTAU TO COPE WITH DEMANDS NEW AIRPORT AT CHEK LAP KOK AND FUTURE DEVELOPMENTS OF THE AREA.

1,800 CHỨNG

GAS PIPELINES TAI LAM CHUNG

A 4.4-KILOMETRE-LONG STEEL WATER PIPE MEASURING MILLIMETRES IN DIAMETER WILL BE LAID FROM THE NULLAH AT TAI LAM TO TA PANG PO ON NORTH LANTAU, WHILE 1.5 KILOMETRES OF WITH A DIAMETER OF 750 MILLIMETRES WILL ALSO RUN FROM TO A GAS PIGGING STATION AT SIU LAM KOK, WHICH WILL OCCUPY ABOUT HECTARE OF FORESHORE TO BE RECLAIMED.

0.18

LENGTHS OF

4.2 PANG

T

TWO GAS PIPES OF 300 MILLIMETRES DIAMETER AND KILOMETRES EACH WILL THEN RUN IN PARELLEL FROM SIU LAM KOK TO TA

PO.

ΤΟ BE ERECTED ALONG THE

TEMPORARY WORKING

AT FORESHORE

SIU LAM PIPE-LAYING WORKS.

PLATFORMS HAVE KOK AND ΤΑΙ LAM

KOK

TO

FACILITATE

THE

ABOUT 227 HECTARES OF FORESHORE

AND SEABED BETWEEN ΤΑΙ

LAM

CHUNG AND TA PANG PO WILL BE AFFECTED BY THE WORKS.

THE LAYING OF BOTH WATER AND GAS PIPES IS ANTICIPATED TO

YEAR FOR COMPLETION IN 1995 IN THE LATTER HALF OF NEXT RESPECTIVELY.

BEGIN AND 1996

AREA THE EXTENT OF THE

AFFECTED

IS

DESCRIBED

IN A

NOTICE

GAZETTED TODAY (THURSDAY).

HAS AN

INTEREST,

RIGHT

OR SUBMIT A BEFORE

ANY PERSON WHO CONSIDERS THAT HE

INVOLVED MAY EASEMENT IN OR OVER THE FORESHORE AND SEABED WRITTEN OBJECTION TO THE DIRECTOR OF BUILDINGS AND LANDS ON OR FEBRUARY 28.

THE

AND CHINESE, TOGETHER THE GOVERNMENT NOTICE, IN BOTH ENGLISH WITH THE PROJECT'S PLAN, CAN BE SEEN ON NOTICE BOARDS POSTED NEAR SITE.

BUILDINGS AND

PLAN THE

CAN ALSO BE SEEN AT THE

LANDS

14TH

MURRAY FLOOR, DEPARTMENT SURVEY AND MAPPING OFFICE,

BUILDING, AT THE GARDEN ROAD, HONG KONG (WHERE COPIES CAN BE BOUGHT ON ORDER),

GOVERNMENT OFFICES, TUEN MUN DISTRICT OFFICE, SECOND FLOOR, TUEN MUN

NEW TERRITORIES, AND AT THE TSUEN 1 TUEN HI ROAD, TUEN MUN,

WAN MULTI-STOREY CARPARK DISTRICT OFFICE, FIRST FLOOR, TSUEN WAN STATION BUILDING, 174-208 CASTLE PEAK ROAD, TSUEN WAN, NEW TERRITORIES.

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