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Special arrangements were being put in place to monitor the progress on land acquisition, a critical factor in delivering the flood control projects on programme.
Short-term improvement and management measures were being taken to alleviate flooding, including local drainage improvement works, maintenance activities to prevent drain blockages, surveillance activities to ensure that the integrity of the drainage system was preserved, and installation of local flood warning systems to alert the residents of flood prone villages.
Most of these activities were carried out on a continuous basis and action was stepped up before and during the rainy season each year. Some $140 million had been spent on these activities during the past two years, and $90 million were being spent this year.
Works departments also monitor flood inducing activities connected with construction sites.
Before the rainy season, reminders would be sent to engineers, authorised persons, consultants and contractors in charge of construction sites requesting their co- operation in exercising strict control of their construction activities.
A wide range of flood preventive measures had been completed at the Tuen Mun (Fu Tei) Pumping Station.
These include installation of flood alarms and raising of concrete side walls to drainage channels, building raised concrete curbs and flood gates around the station, and installation of large capacity sump pumps in the basement of the station.
"With these measures in place, we are confident that the station will not be flooded again during heavy rain," Mr Blake noted.
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During the press conference, the TV API and slides on stope maintenance were
End/Friday, May 12, 1995
Use of Chinese in higher Courts
The Official Languages (Amendment) Bill 1995 which seeks to remove the present restriction on the use of Chinese in the higher courts was published in the Gazette today (Friday). It will be introduced into the Legislative Council on May 24,
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