XN000022-1993-01-17 — Page 2

SUNDAY, JANUARY 17, 1993

LEACHATE TREATMENT WORKS CONTRACT AWARDED

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THE DRAINAGE SERVICES DEPARTMENT (DSD) HAS RECENTLY AWARDED $23 MILLION CONTRACT FOR THE SUPPLY AND INSTALLATION OF ELECTRICAL AND MECHANICAL EQUIPMENT REQUIRED FOR THE NORTHEAST NEW TERRITORIES (NENT) LANDFILL LEACHATE TREATMENT WORKS AND THREE PUMPING STATIONS ALONG THE LEACHATE PIPELINE.

THE CONTRACT FORMS PART OF THE WORKS FOR THE NENT LANDFILL LEACHATE TREATMENT AND VILLAGE SEWERAGE SCHEME.

"UNDER THE SCHEME, WORKS WILL BE CARRIED OUT TO PROVIDE FACILITIES FOR TREATMENT OF LEACHATE GENERATED FROM THE NENT LANDFILL FOR SUBSEQUENT TRANSFER TO SHEK WU HUI SEWAGE TREATMENT WORKS THROUGH AN 8.6-KILOMETRE-LONG PIPELINE FOR FURTHER TREATMENT," A SPOKESMAN FOR THE DEPARTMENT SAID TODAY (SUNDAY).

WORKS FOR THE CONTRACT BEGAN KARLIER THIS MONTH FOR COMPLETION IN OCTOBER NEXT YEAR,

THE LEACHATE TREATMENT WORKS, WHICH CONSIST OF OPEN AIR LAGOONS, PUMPING STATIONS AND A CONTROL BUILDING, WILL PRE-TREAT THE LEACHATE GENERATED FROM THE NENT LANDFILL.

"FLOWMETERS WILL BE INSTALLED AT PIPELINE PUMPING STATIONS IN THE NENT LEACHATE TREATMENT WORKS, TA KWU LING AND SHA LING FOR FLOW MEASUREMENT AND LEAK DETECTION PURPOSES, THE SPOKESMAN ADDED.

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PUBLIC URGED TO SUBMIT VIEWS ON RETIREMENT PROTECTION

A SPOKESMAN FOR THE

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EDUCATION AND MANPOWER BRANCH TODAY

REMINDED THE PUBLIC TO SEND IN THEIR VIEWS ON THE CONSULTATION PAPER ON "A COMMUNITY-WIDE RETIREMENT PROTECTION SYSTEM" BEFORE THE END OF THIS MONTH.

THE PAPER, WHICH RECOMMENDS THAT ALL EMPLOYEES IN FULL-TIME EMPLOYMENT UNDER THE AGE OF 65 SHOULD BE REQUIRED TO PARTICIPATE IN A RETIREMENT PROTECTION SCHEME. WAS ISSUED FOR PUBLIC CONSULTATION IN OCTOBER LAST YEAR.

SO FAR, MORE THAN 40 WRITTEN SUBMISSIONS HAVE BEEN RECEIVED.

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"AS IN THE CASE OF PAST CONSULTATION FXERCISES, WE EXPECT A OF SUBMISSIONS TOWARDS THE END OF THE CONSULTATION PERIOD,' THE SPOKESMAN SAID.

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"WE HOPE INTERESTED INDIVIDUALS OR GROUPS WILL LET US HAVE THEIR VIEWS AS SOON AS POSSIBLE.

"ONCE WE