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TUESDAY, AUGUST 3, 1993
$5 BILLION IMPROVEMENT FOR VICTORIA HARBOUR
THE DRAINAGE SERVICES DEPARTMENT WILL SPEND $5 BILLION TO IMPROVE THE WATER QUALITY IN VICTORIA HARBOUR UNDER STAGE I OF THE STRATEGIC SEWAGE DISPOSAL SCHEME.
FOLLOWING COMPLETION OF THE SEWAGE STRATEGY STUDY IN LATE 1989, THE DEPARTMENT COMMISSIONED THE "STRATEGIC SEWAGE DISPOSAL SCHEME SITE INVESTIGATION AND ENGINEERING STUDIES" WHICH ESTABLISHED IN DETAIL THE ENGINEERING FEASIBILITY OF THE RECOMMENDED SEWAGE STRATEGY.
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THE STRATEGIC SEWAGE DISPOSAL SCHEME TOOK ANOTHER MAJOR STEP FORWARD THIS (TUESDAY) AFTERNOON WITH THE ENGAGEMENT OF CONSULTANCY FIRM, MONTGOMERY WATSON HONG KONG LIMITED, BY THE DEPARTMENT ΤΟ UNDERTAKE THE DETAILED DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION SUPERVISION OF THE FIRST STAGE OF THE SCHEME.
STAGE I WORKS, WHICH COSTS $5 BILLION, COMPRISES THE PROVISION OF A DEEP TUNNEL SYSTEM TO COLLECT AND CONVEY SEWAGE FROM TSEUNG KWAN O, CHAI WAN, SHAU KEI WAN AND THE AREAS BETWEEN TSUEN WAN AND KWUN TONG, TO STONECUTTERS ISLAND; A CHEMICALLY-ASSISTED PRIMARY SEWAGE TREATMENT WORKS AND A SUBMARINE SEWAGE OUTFALL, BOTH ON STONECUTTERS ISLAND.
THE CONSTRUCTION WORKS ARE EXPECTED TO START NEXT YEAR FOR COMPLETION IN 1997.
ON COMPLETION, POLLUTION LOADS ENTERING VICTORIA HARBOUR WILL BE SIGNIFICANTLY REDUCED AND THE WATER QUALITY IN THE HARBOUR
IMPROVED.
THE CONSULTANCY AGREEMENT FOR THE STAGE I WORKS WAS SIGNED BETWEEN THE DEPARTMENT'S ASSISTANT DIRECTOR (PROJECTS AND DEVELOPMENT), MR TSE HON-SUM AND A REPRESENTATIVE OF MONTGOMERY WATSON HONG KONG LIMITED.
STATEMENT BY AG ON CLP EXPLOSION
THE ATTORNEY GENERAL (AG) CONFIRMS THAT HE HAS RECEIVED THE RECOMMENDATIONS FROM CORONER MR WARNER BANKS AS TO WHETHER AN INQUEST INTO THE GAS EXPLOSION AT THE CASTLE PEAK POWER PLANT LAST AUGUST SHOULD BE REOPENED.
THE AG SAID HE ATTACHED CONSIDERABLE WEIGHT ΤΟ MR RECOMMENDATIONS AND WOULD CONSIDER THEM WITH EXTREME CARE.
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