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LAND, PUBLIC WORKS AND UTILITIES

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Towngas is produced in two gas works, one at Ma Tau Kok and the other one at the Tai Po Industrial Estate. The two gas works have capacities of 3.63 and 2.84 million cubic metres per day respectively. Both plants use naphtha as feedstock. The gases produced are interchangeable and are distributed through an integrated distribution system which comprises high pressure transmission pipelines and intermediate, medium and low pressure distribution systems.

Towngas is currently supplied to the urban areas of Hong Kong Island, including Aberdeen, Repulse Bay, Stanley and Ap Lei Chau, as well as the urban area of Kowloon and many towns in the New Territories, including Sha Tin, Tai Po and the industrial towns of Kwun Tong, Yau Tong, Tsuen Wan and neighbouring Tsing Yi Island.

SNG is produced by HKCG at its temporary gas works located in the new towns of Yuen Long and Tuen Mun, and is supplied through separate distribution systems within each township. When the towngas high pressure transmission pipeline reaches these two towns in the early 1990s, the temporary gas works will be decommissioned.

In 1987, sales of LPG increased by 3.2 per cent over the previous year, while towngas and SNG sales increased by 17 per cent, mainly as a result of increased sales to housing estates.