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MONDAY, MAY 10, 1993

STRATEGY MAKES SEWAGE DISPOSAL MORE EFFECTIVE

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THE SEWAGE STRATEGY TO BE IMPLEMENTED OVER THE

NEXT 10 YEARS

AT A COST OF OVER $15 BILLION WOULD ENSURE THE DISPOSAL OF HONG KONG'S SEWAGE IN A MOST ENVIRONMENTALLY ACCEPTABLE AND COST-EFFECTIVE WAY.

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THIS WAS STATED BY THE SECRETARY FOR WORKS, MR JAMES BLAKE, THE OPENING CEREMONY OF THE NORTH WEST NEW TERRITORIES SEWERAGE SCHEME AT THE HA TSUEN PUMPING STATION IN YUEN LONG THIS (MONDAY) AFTERNOON.

HE NOTED THAT THE GOVERNMENT COMMISSIONED THE SEWAGE STRATEGY STUDY IN 1987 TO DETERMINE WATER QUALITY OBJECTIVES ΤΟ

THE PROTECT COASTAL WATERS OF HONG KONG, AND TO DEVELOP A LONG-TERM STRATEGY FOR SEWAGE COLLECTION, TREATMENT AND DISPOSAL IN ORDER TO MEET THESE OBJECTIVES.

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"THE KEY COMPONENT OF THE STRATEGY WILL BE THE PROVISION ROBUST SEWERAGE INFRASTRUCTURE INVOLVING THE CONSTRUCTION OF A SERIES OF DEEP TUNNELS TO COLLECT AND TRANSFER SEWAGE FROM THE URBAN AREAS OF THE TERRITORY TO TREATMENT WORKS AT STONECUTTERS ISLAND AND MOUNT DAVIS BEFORE DISPOSAL IN THE OCEAN, HE SAID.

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COSTED MR BLAKE

ON THE NORTH WEST NEW TERRITORIES SEWERAGE SCHEME WHICH $1.1 BILLION AND HAS TAKEN THREE-AND-A-HALF YEARS TO BUILD, SAID IT REPRESENTED THE CULMINATION OF 10 YEARS OF CAREFUL PLANNING, DESIGN, CO-ORDINATION AND CONSTRUCTION AMONG CONSULTANTS, AND SEVERAL GOVERNMENT DEPARTMENTS.

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CONTRACTORS

THE SCHEME PROVIDES THE ESSENTIAL TREATMENT OF AND DISPOSAL OF EFFLUENT FROM A GROWING POPULATION

EXPANDING INDUSTRIAL SECTOR IN NORTH WEST NEW TERRITORIES.

THE SCHEME COVERS THE LARGE CATCHMENT OF TIN SHUI WAI, YUEN

THE LONG AND NORTH TUEN MUN.

ULTIMATE POPULATION COVERED ΙΝ THIS CATCHMENT WILL BE 600,000 PEOPLE.

MR BLAKE SAID THE SEWAGE COLLECTED WOULD BE PUMPED FROM HA TSUEN PUMPING STATION TO SAN WAI TREATMENT WORKS.

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THREE-METRE-DIAMETER

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'AFTER TREATMENT, THE EFFLUENT WILL GRAVITATE THROUGH A NINE-KILOMETRE-LONG,

TUNNEL UNDERNEATH THE

ΤΟ DEEP WATERS CASTLE PEAK FIRING RANGE AND WILL BE DISPOSED OF URMSTON ROAD CHANNEL. WEST OF TUEN MUN VIA A 1.8-METRE-DIAMETER SUBMARINE OUTFALL WITH DIFFUSERS, HE EXPLAINED.

THAT

THE

OFFICIATING AT THE OPENING CEREMONY, CHAIRMAN OF BNVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION ADVISORY COMMITTEE, PROFESSOR WANG GUNGWU, SCHEME SHOWED SAID THE COMPLETION OF THE

GOVERNMENT THE

WAS

AND IN DETERMINED TO COMBAT POLLUTION,

PARTICULAR, TO PROTECT THE ENDANGERED ECOLOGY OF THE DEEP BAY AREA.

HE NOTED THAT ALTHOUGH DEEP BAY WAS ONLY ABOUT ONE KILOMETRE FROM THE MASSIVE NEW HOUSING DEVELOPMENT AT TIN SHUI WAI NEW TOWN, THE

ROUTE TO DEEP BAY GOVERNMENT HAD DECIDED NOT TO TAKE THE SHORT

TO

DISCHARGE SEWAGE INTO ITS SHALLOW WATERS.

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