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Considerable flexibility had been built into the system by integrating the new station with those existing, in the form of cross-connections and control valves.

"In addition, a reverse pumping facility has been incorporated into this new Muk Wu 'C' pumping station to deliver up to 0.54 million cubic metres of water per day, from Plover Cove Reservoir via Tai Po Tau 'D' pumping station to Au Tau, during the annual maintenance period in December when no water is supplied from Guangdong.

"The project being inaugurated today comprises a twin 2,400 millimetres diameter incoming pipes, laid under the Shenzhen River and its flood plain, terminating in two separate but interconnected reception tanks at the pumping station. "The water is then pumped into both the new and existing central, western and eastern aqueducts through a complex system of interconnections, valves, measurement and surge protection devices," he said.

Of particular importance to that facility, Mr Hu said, was the construction of protective flood walls around, not just Muk Wu 'C' pumping station, but also the new electric substation and Muk Wu 'B' pumping station.

Construction work on the station commenced in May 1993 and was completed

in May this year.

End/Tuesday, July 18, 1995

$4.1M loan granted for R & D project

The Applied Research Council Company Limited (ARC) today (Tuesday) signed a loan agreement with a company to help it develop an advanced in-circuit testing equipment under the Applied Research & Development Scheme.

Under the loan agreement, ARC (formerly known as Applied Research and Development Company Ltd), will grant a loan facility of $4.1 million to Concord Technology Ltd for conducting an applied R & D project to develop an advanced in- circuit tester code-named T-800 for bare and loaded electronic circuit boards, making use of multi-CPU technique.

The aim of the R & D scheme is to promote applied research and development activities in Hong Kong by providing funding support as a catalyst.