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The Chief Executive in Council has authorised the scheme for Outlying Islands Sewerage, Stage 2 - Lamma village sewerage works phase 2 at Sha Po New Village, Sha Po Old Village, Yung Shue Wan Back Street, Tai Shan West, Tai Shan East, Tai Shan Central, Ko Long (part) and Tai Yuen Village (part).
The village sewerage comprises construction of about 3 100 metres of gravity sewer and associated manholes and other ancillary works at the above eight unsewered areas.
Approval of the sewerage scheme was gazetted today (May 16).
"The scheme will provide a public sewerage system for sewage collection, and help improve the sanitary conditions in the areas and achieve long-term water quality improvement in the nearby streams and near-shore water of Lamma Island," a spokesman for the Environmental Protection Department said.
Construction works of the scheme will be carried out by the Drainage Services Department and are scheduled to start in late 2013 and take about 56 months to complete, the spokesman said.
Details of the scheme were published in the Government Gazette on August 24 and 31 last year.
Ends/Thursday, May 16, 2013
Issued at HKT 14:00
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