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FRIDAY, APRIL 23, 1993

THE

IN 1992 HE WAS APPOINTED ΤΟ A DIVISIONAL STAFF JOB IN UNITED KINGDOM AND WAS PROMOTED то LIEUTENANT COLONEL A YEAR

LATER.

ATTENTION NEWS EDITORS:

THE

NEWLY APPOINTED COMMANDING OFFICER OF THE VOLUNTEERS, LT COL K B L SIMSON, WILL MEET THE MEDIA NEXT FRIDAY (APRIL 30).

THE PRESS CONFERENCE WILL BE HELD AT 3 PM IN THE GIS PRESS CONFERENCE ROOM, FIFTH FLOOR, BEACONSFIELD HOUSE, CENTRAL, HONG KONG.

YOUR REPRESENTATIVES ARE INVITED TO ATTEND.

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SUBMARINE OUTFALL TO DISCHARGE SEWAGE TO SIU MO TO

THE GOVERNMENT INTENDS TO CONSTRUCT A TWO-KILOMETRE SEWAGE OUTFALL FOR DISCHARGING THE EFFLUENT TREATED IN SIU NORTH LANTAU INTO THE DEEP WATERS TO THE SOUTH OF SIU MO TO.

SUBMARINE HO WAN,

DURING THE INITIAL PHASES OF NORTH LANTAU DEVELOPMENT, THE EFFLUENT WILL BE TREATED WITH COARSE SCREENING AND GRIT REMOVAL BEFORE FINE SCREENING AT THE TREATMENT WORKS. IT WILL THEN BE DISCHARGED VIA THE OUTFALL.

THIS TREATMENT IS SUFFICIENT TO COMPLY WITH THE GOVERNMENT'S WATER QUALITY OBJECTIVES.

IN THE LONG TERM, THE TREATMENT FACILITIES MAY BE UPGRADED ΤΟ TREAT THE SEWAGE THOROUGHLY BEFORE DISCHARGE.

WORKS OF THE SUBMARINE OUTFALL ARE EXPECTED TO START WITHIN AN AREA OF ABOUT 14.55 HECTARES OF FORESHORE AND SEABED BETWEEN SIU HO WAN AND SIU MỌ TO IN MID-1994 FOR COMPLETION BY MID-1997.

THE EXTENT OF THE AREA AFFECTED IS DESCRIBED IN GAZETTED TODAY (FRIDAY).

A NOTICE

RIGHT OR

ANY PERSON WHO CONSIDERS THAT HE HAS AN INTEREST, EASEMENT IN OR OVER THE FORESHORE AND SEABED INVOLVED MAY SUBMIT A WRITTEN OBJECTION TO THE DIRECTOR OF BUILDINGS AND LANDS ON OR BEFORE JUNE 23.

THE NOTICE OF SUCH OBJECTION SHALL DESCRIBE THE INTEREST, RIGHT OR EASEMENT OF THE OBJECTOR AND THE MANNER IN WHICH HE WILL BE

AFFECTED.

/THE GAZETTE