G.N. 8006

ROADS (WORKS, USE AND COMPENSATION) ORDINANCE (Chapter 370) AS APPLIED BY SECTION 26 OF THE WATER POLLUTION CONTROL (SEWERAGE) REGULATION (Chapter 358) PWP ITEM NO. 4274DS AND SEWERAGE STAGE III, PHASE 1A SHAP RISING MAIN AND GRAVITY SEWER (Notice under section 8(2) of the Roads (Works, Use and Compensation) Ordinance as applied by section 26 of the Water Pollution Control (Sewerage) Regulation) Notice is hereby given that the Director of Environmental Protection proposes to execute the sewerage works within the limit of works area as shown on the Plans No. DPM/274DS/1801C to DPM/274DS/1804C (the ‘Plans’) and described in the scheme annexed thereto, which Plans and scheme have been deposited in the Land Registry. The general nature of the proposed works is as follows:— (i) construction of about 1 720 metres of rising main and associated manholes within the limit of works area underneath the maintenance road of the proposed Yuen Long Bypass Floodway as shown on the Plans; (ii) construction of about 850 metres of gravity sewer and associated manholes within the limit of works area underneath the maintenance road of the proposed Yuen Long Bypass Floodway as shown on the Plans; and (iii) ancillary works including reinstatement of carriageway, footpaths and open space. The Plans and scheme may be inspected by members of the public, free of charge, at the following locations:— (i) Central and Western District Office, Public Enquiry Service Centre, Ground Floor, Harbour Building, 38 Pier Road, Central, ; (ii) District Lands Office, Yuen Long, 9th Floor, Yuen Long Government Offices and Tai Kiu Market, No. 2 Kiu Lok Square, Yuen Long, ; (iii) 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, 7th Floor, Chinachem Tsuen Wan Plaza, 455–457 Castle Peak Road, Tsuen Wan, New Territories; (vi) Yuen Long New Territories Land Registry, 7th Floor, Yuen Long Government Offices and Tai Kiu Market, No. 2 Kiu Lok Square, Yuen Long, New Territories; and (vii) Land Registry, 19th Floor, Queensway Government Offices, 66 Queensway, Hong Kong during the following hours when those offices are normally open to the public:— Opening hours (except public holidays):— Monday to Friday 9.00 a.m. to 4.30 p.m. Saturday 9.00 a.m. to 12.00 noon Except a small portion of the proposed rising main, most of the proposed trunk sewers and rising mains will be constructed within the site area of PWP Item No. 70CD Yuen Long Bypass Floodway project. A separate Notice in respect of the proposed floodway project is gazetted under Roads (Works, Use and Compensation) Ordinance (Chapter 370) concurrently with this Notice. Further enquiries regarding the proposed sewerage works can be addressed to the Project Management Division, Drainage Services Department, 42nd Floor, Revenue Tower, 5 Gloucester Road, Wan Chai, Hong Kong and at telephone number 2594 7262. Any person who wishes to object to the works or the use, or both, is required to address his objection in writing to the Director of Environmental Protection, Environmental Protection Department, 28th Floor, Southorn Centre, 130 Hennessy Road, Wan Chai, Hong Kong, so as to reach the office of the Director not later than 6 February 2001 describing his interest and the manner in which he alleges he will be affected by the works or the use.

5 December 2000 C. C. TSANG Senior Environmental Protection Officer