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MONDAY, FEPRUARY 21, 1994

ON COMPLETION OF THE WORKS, THE UNTREATED BEING DISCHARGED INTO VICTORIA HARBOUR WILL BE REDUCING WATER POLLUTION IN THE HARBOUR.

SEWAGE CURRENTLY THUS INTERCEPTED.

TSUI, HUNG

SIN,

HOUSES THE

SOUTH AND CENTRAL KOWLOON, ENCOMPASSING TSIM SHA HOM, то KWA WAN, MA TAU WAI, KOWLOON CITY AND WONG TAI ABOUT 600,000 RESIDENTS AND CONTAINS A SUBSTANTIAL PROPORTION OF TERRITORY'S COMMERCIAL DEVELOPMENT.

MASTER THE SEWERAGE

PLAN STUDY COMPLETED IN MID-1993 HAS SHOWN THAT ABOUT ONE-THIRD OF THE SEWAGE GENERATED BEING DISCHARGED THROUGH IMPROPER CONNECTIONS IN VICTORIA HARBOUR WITHOUT TREATMENT.

IN

THE

AREA

STORM

DRAINS

IS

TO

BESIDES, PART OF THE SEWERAGE SYSTEM FOR THE AREA IS BELOW REQUIRED DESIGN CAPACITY, IN PARTICULAR THE SOUTH KOWLOON SCREENING PLANT WHICH SERVES TSIM SHA TSUI AND HUNG HOM AREA.

THE

THIS SCREENING PLANT, SITUATED NEXT TO THE NEW WORLD CENTRE, DOES NOT HAVE SPACE FOR IMPROVEMENT AND EXPANSION.

TO RESOLVE THE PROBLEM AND TO MEET FUTURE DEMANDS, THE DRAINAGE

DEPARTMENT SERVICES

WILL IMPLEMENT IN TWO STAGES THE SEWERAGE IMPROVEMENT WORKS RECOMMENDED IN THE STUDY.

STAGE I WORKS WILL BE MAINLY IN SOUTH AND CENTRAL KOWLOON,

EXPANSION OF THE EXISTING TO

WAN SCREENING PLANT, TRUNK SEWERS AND A PUMPING STATION IN HUNG HOM BAY

INVOLVING CONSTRUCTION RECLAMATION.

OF

KWA

UPON COMPLETION OF THESE WORKS IN 1997, THE SEWAGE FLOW IN WAN SOUTH KOWLOON WILL BE TRANSFERRED TO THE EXPANDED PLANT AT TO KWA

SYSTEM FOR CENTRALISED TREATMENT AND DISPOSAL THROUGH THE DEEP TUNNEL TO BE CONSTRUCTED UNDER THE STRATEGIC SEWAGE DISPOSAL SCHEME STAGE I.

SCREENING PLANT WILL THEN BB

EXISTING SOUTH

KOWLOON

THE DECOMMISSIONED.

STAGE II WORKS WILL BE CARRIED OUT IN CENTRAL AND NORTH KOWLOON AREA, INVOLVING LOCAL SEWERAGE IMPROVEMENT WORKS,

OF CONSTRUCTION SEWAGE TREATMENT WORKS AND DISPOSAL ADDITIONAL

FOR FACILITIES

THE AIRPORT PROPOSED KOWLOON BAY RECLAMATION AND REDEVELOPMENT OF KAI TAK AFTER ITS RELOCATION,

STEP

THE NORTH AND SOUTH KOWLOON SEWERAGE FORWARD THIS

CONSULTANCY DEPARTMENT.

FIRM

(MONDAY) AFTERNOON WITH FOR THE STAGE I WORKS BY DRAINAGE SERVICES

PROJECT TOOK THE THE ENGAGEMENT

FIRST OF A

THE FIRM, RUST JRP LIMITED, WILL CARRY OUT DETAILED DESIGN SUPERVISION OF THE CONSTRUCTION OF STAGE I WORKS.

AND

THE

WORKS COMPLETION IN 1997.

ARE EXPECTED TO START IN PHASES IN

LATE 1994

FOR

THE

AGREEMENT CONSULTANCY

FOR STAGE I WORKS WAS SIGNED DRAINAGE BETWEEN THE ASSISTANT DIRECTOR (PROJECTS AND DEVELOPMENT) OF SERVICES, MR TSE HON-SUM, AND A REPRESENTATIVE OF RUST JRP LIMITED.

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