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WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 18, 1993

BOARD TO REVIEW DRAFT OUTLINE ZONING PLAN

THE TOWN PLANNING BOARD WILL REVIEW THE DRAFT SAI YING PUN SHEUNG WAN OUTLINE ZONING PLAN TO TAKE ACCOUNT OF THE DEVELOPMENTS THE WESTERN HARBOUR CROSSING AND THE WESTERN RECLAMATION AREA.

THE DRAFT PLAN, WHICH CONTAINS SEVERAL AMENDMENTS, CONSIDERED AGAIN BY THE EXECUTIVE COUNCIL LAST MONTH.

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IN ANTICIPATION OF FURTHER CHANGES IN LAND USES ASSOCIATED WITH THE WESTERN HARBOUR CROSSING AND THE WESTERN RECLAMATION AREA, THE COUNCIL REFERRED THE DRAFT PLAN BACK ΤΟ THE BOARD FOR FURTHER CONSIDERATION AND AMENDMENT.

"THE BOARD WILL AMEND THE DRAFT PLAN, WHICH, AFTER INCORPORATING THE LATEST AMENDMENTS, WILL BR EXHIBITED FOR PUBLIC INSPECTION IN DUE COURSE, A SPOKESMAN FOR THE BOARD SAID TODAY (WEDNESDAY).

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$105M DRAINAGE IMPROVEMENT CONTRACT SIGNED

THE DRAINAGE SERVICES DEPARTMENT WILL SPEND $105 MILLION IN THE NEXT 29 MONTHS TO MAINTAIN AND IMPROVE THE DRAINAGE FACILITIES IN THE WESTERN AND NORTHERN PARTS OF THE NEW TERRITORIES.

THE CONTRACT FOR THE WORKS WAS SIGNED THIS (WEDNESDAY) MORNING BETWEEN ASSISTANT DIRECTOR OF DRAINAGE SERVICES (OPERATIONS AND MAINTENANCE), MR SIH NAM-SEN, AND A REPRESENTATIVE OF THE CONTRACTOR, WING FAI CONSTRUCTION COMPANY LIMITED.

THE WORKS INCLUDE THE MAINTENANCE AND IMPROVEMENT OF ALL EXISTING PUBLIC SEWERS, STORMWATER DRAINS. PUMPING STATIONS, FLOOD STORAGE PONDS AND SEWAGE TREATMENT FACILITIES, MR SIH SAID.

"THE CONTRACT ALSO INVOLVES THE CONSTRUCTION OF MINOR DRAINS AND DRAINAGE STRUCTURES AND PLANTS, HE ADDED.

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ALL THE WORKS WILL BE CARRIED OUT IN YURN LONG, TUEN PO AND NORTH DISTRICT.

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THE WORKS WILL BEGIN NEXT WEDNESDAY (AUGUST 25) FOR COMPLETION IN JANUARY 1996.

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