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Press
Releases - 2000
Proposed
sewerage works in North District gazetted
The Environmental
Protection Department (EPD) is planning to provide sewerage
for four villages in North District as part of the Government's
effort to improve the water quality at Deep Bay.
The proposed
works, which will be carried out by the Drainage Services
Department starting early 2002, was published in the Government
Gazette today (August 25).
A spokesman
for the EPD said: "The four villages include Tsung Pak Long,
Tai Tau Leng, Hang Tau and Yin Kong.
"Under
the North District Sewerage Stage I Phase 1B, the sewerage
works will take 28 months to complete."
Details
of the proposal, in both English and Chinese, will be put
up at prominent positions near the works area."
Copies
of the proposal and the related plans are available for public
inspection at the following locations:
-
Environmental Protection Department Headquarters, 28/F.,
Southorn Centre, 130 Hennessy Road, Wan Chai, Hong Kong;
- Local
Control Office (Territory North), Environmental Protection
Department, Units 1101-1110 and 1119-1121, Level 11, Tower
1, Grand Central Plaza, 138 Sha Tin Rural Committee Road,
Sha Tin, New Territories;
- Public
Enquiry Service Centre, Central and Western District Office,
G/F., Harbour Building, 38 Pier Road, Central, Hong Kong;
- North
District Lands Office, 6/F., North District Government Offices,
3 Pik Fung Road, Fanling, New Territories;
- North
District Office, 3/F., North District Government Offices,
3 Pik Fung Road, Fanling, New Territories;
- North
New Territories Land Registry, 2/F., North District Government
Offices, 3 Pik Fung Road, Fanling, New Territories;
- Land
Registry, 19/F., Queensway Government Offices, 66 Queensway,
Hong Kong.
Any person
feels that he will be affected by the works and wishes to
raise objection to the above proposal is required to send
his submission in writing to the Director of Environmental
Protection not later than October 24, 2000.
End/Friday,
August 25, 2000
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