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Press
Release
Proposed
sewerage system in Sai Kung gazetted
A proposal
to construct a public sewage conveyance system at Sai Kung
Planning Area 4 located in the northern part of Sai Kung town
was published in the Government Gazette today (October 26).
The system
is to convey wastewater generated by an estimated population
of about 18 700 from developments in the planning area and
its adjacent villages to the existing Sai Kung Sewage Treatment
Works for treatment and disposal, a spokesman for the Environmental
Protection Department (EPD) said.
The works
will enhance the sanitary conditions of the area, and improve
the local sewage collection system and water quality of Port
Shelter.
"The
works, which will be carried out by the Drainage Services
Department, are scheduled to start in early 2003 for completion
in end 2005," he said.
Details
of the proposal, in both English and Chinese, have been posted
on notice boards near the proposed works areas for public
inspection.
Copies
of the plans and details of the proposed works are available
for public inspection at the following locations:
- Public
Enquiry Service Centre, Central and Western District Office,
Ground Floor, Harbour Building, 38 Pier Road, Central;
- Sai
Kung District Office, Second Floor, Sai Kung Government
Offices, 34 Chan Man Street, Sai Kung;
- Sai
Kung District Lands Office, Third Floor, Sai Kung Government
Offices, 34 Chan Man Street, Sai Kung;
- EPD
Headquarters, 28th Floor, Southorn Centre, 130 Hennessy
Road, Wan Chai;
- Local
Control Office (Territory East) of EPD, Fifth floor, Nan
Fung Commercial Centre, 19 Lam Lok Street, Kowloon Bay;
- Sai
Kung New Territories Land Registry, Fourth Floor, Sai Kung
Government Offices, 34 Chan Man Street, Sai Kung; and
- Land
Registry, 19th Floor, Queensway Government Offices, 66 Queensway.
Any person
who considers that he is affected by the works and wishes
to raise objection to the proposal is required to send a submission
in writing to the Director of Environmental Protection not
later than December 27, 2001.
End/Friday,
October 26, 2001
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