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Press
Releases - 2000
Proposed
sewerage works in Yuen Long gazetted
A plan
to build a public sewerage system at the unsewered areas in
Yuen Long South to improve the water quality of the Yuen Long
Nullah was published in the Government Gazette today (May
26).
The new
sewerage system will effectively reduce the quantity of untreated
sewage discharged from new development areas in Areas 13 and
14 located to the south of Yuen Long town into the Yuen Long
Nullah and improve the sanitary conditions of these areas,
a spokesman for the Environmental Protection Department said.
"The
proposed project will collect sewage generated from an estimated
population of about 63 300 for treatment and disposal at the
existing San Wai Sewage Treatment Works.
"The
sewerage works, which will take 31 months to complete, are
scheduled to start in May 2002," the spokesman noted.
Details
of the proposal, in both English and Chinese, will also be
put up at prominent positions in the works area.
Copies
of the proposal, the related engineering plans and the proposed
resumption plans are available for public inspection at the
following locations:
(i) Public
Enquiry Service Centre, Central and Western District Office,
Ground Floor, Harbour Building, 38 Pier Road, Central, Hong
Kong;
(ii)
Yuen Long District Lands Office, Ninth Floor, Yuen Long Government
Offices, 2 Kiu Lok Square, Yuen Long, New Territories;
(iii)
Yuen Long District Office, Yuen Long District Office Building,
269 Castle Peak Road, Yuen Long, New Territories;
(iv)
Environmental Protection Department Headquarters, 28th Floor,
Southorn Centre, 130 Hennessy Road, Wan Chai, Hong Kong;
(v) Local
Control Office (Territory West) of Environmental Protection
Department, Seventh Floor, Chinachem Tsuen Wan Plaza, 455-457
Castle Peak Road, Tsuen Wan, New Territories;
(vi)
Yuen Long New Territories Land Registry, Seventh Floor, Yuen
Long Government Offices, 2 Kiu Lok Square, Yuen Long, New
Territories; and
(vii)
Land Registry, 19th Floor, Queensway Government Offices, 66
Queensway, Hong Kong.
Any person
who considers that he will be affected by the works and wishes
to object to the proposal is required to address his objection
in writing to the Director of Environmental Protection on
or before July 25, 2000.
End/Friday,
May 26, 2000
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