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Sewerage construction works in Sha Tin and Tai Po

Sewerage construction works will soon begin in Sha Tin and Tai Po as part of a Drainage Services Department project to improve water quality in the Tolo Harbour.

When completed in 2005, the Tolo Harbour Sewerage of Unsewered Area Scheme will improve the sanitary condition of the existing unsewered areas as all sewage from 165 locations within the Tolo Harbour Catchment will be collected and treated before disposal.

The department is inviting tenders for construction of a gravity sewerage system, a pumping station and three interceptor chambers in six unsewered areas in Tai Po and Sha Tin.

These areas include Tai Po Kau, Lai Chi Hang, Shek Kwu Lung, Pan Chung and San Uk Ka in Tai Po as well as Heung Fan Liu in Sha Tin.

Works will start in May this year for completion in November 1998.

Details of the tender are published in the Government Gazette today (Friday),

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Infrastructure works in Tung Chung new town

Construction will begin in May to provide infrastructure facilities in northern Tung Chung new town.

The works will include the building of roads, footpath, cycle track, a highway bridge, a pedestrian or cycle bridge, a public works regional laboratory, stormwater and sewerage systems, waterworks and landscaping.

Construction is expected to take 39 months.

The Territory Development Department is inviting tenders for these works. Details of the tender are published in the Government Gazette today (Friday).

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