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FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 5, 1993
STAFF
AND
FIRE
OF WATER SUPPLIES WORK ROUND-THE-CLOCK TO PUMP OUT THE WORK TO START.
SERVICES DEPARTMENTS WILL FLOOD WATER TO ALLOW REPAIRS
BUT DUE TO THE SERIOUSNESS OF FLOODING WHICH HAD COMPLETELY DEACTIVATED ALL THE PUMPS, THE TRANSFORMER AND THE ELECTRICITY PANEL IN THE PUMPING STATION, THE PRESENT INDICATION IS THAT IT MAY TAKE TWO TO THREE DAYS TO PUT SOME OF THE PUMPS BACK INTO OPERATION.
IN THE MEANTIME, EFFORTS ARE BEING MADE ΤΟ MAINTAIN PIPE SUPPLY TO ESSENTIAL USERS, SUCH AS HOSPITALS AND FIRE SERVICES.
THE SPOKESMAN SAID THE TUEN MUN PUMPING STATION WAS DESIGNED TO COPE WITH ALL CONCEIVABLE RISKS.
THESE INCLUDE A DUAL PUMPING SYSTEM OPERATED BY BOTH ELECTRICITY AND DIESEL ΤΟ COPE WITH POWER FAILURE OR OTHER EMERGENCIES, A RING POWER SUPPLY SYSTEM TO ENSURE THAT THE STATION RECEIVES POWER SUPPLY FROM MORE THAN ONE SOURCE AND ALLOWANCE FOR FLOODING.
SURGE
MM OF DRAINAGE OF THE
BUT THIS MORNING'S FLOODING WHICH WAS CAUSED BY A SUDDEN OF FLOOD WATER FROM THE ADJACENT NULLAH AS A RESULT OF 300 RAINFALL AND ILLEGAL LAND USE WHICH HAD CHANGED THE ORIGINAL PATTERN IN THE GENERAL AREA WAS AN INCIDENT BEYOND THE LIMITS ORIGINAL DESIGN.
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"WE WILL CERTAINLY LOOK INTO THE CAUSE OF THE INCIDENT WHETHER THERE IS ANY LESSON TO LEARN FROM IT, THE SPOKESMAN SAID.
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FLOODING ROUNDUP
HEAVY RAIN THIS (FRIDAY) MORNING HAS CAUSED 79 CASES OF FLOODING AND 15 LANDSLIP INCIDENTS, MAINLY IN TUEN MUN, YUEN LONG AND ON LANTAU ISLAND, RESULTING IN ONE DEATH AND SEVEN INJURIES.
WATER SUPPLY IN TUEN MUN AREA HAS BEEN DISRUPTED DUE TO SERIOUS FLOODING AT THE TUEN MUN TREATMENT WORKS.
REPAIR WORK IS NOW UNDERWAY.
STARTING FROM 6.30 PM, WATER SUPPLIES DEPARTMENT WILL DEPLOY 64 WATER TANKERS ΤΟ 27 LOCATIONS IN TUEN MUN TO PROVIDE FRESH WATER SUPPLY TO THE RESIDENTS.
THE CITY AND NEW TERRITORIES ADMINISTRATION HAS OPENED A TOTAL 41 TEMPORARY SHELTERS DURING THE HOSITING OF THE LANDSLIP WARNING SIGNAL BETWEEN 5.50 AM AND 2.05 PM TODAY.
OF
A TOTAL OF 14 PEOPLE SOUGHT ACCOMMODATION IN THOSE SHELTERS.
/SINCE EARLY
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