The fresh water supply of Tung Chung Town area was gradually resumed from about 10am today, Director of Water Supplies Roger Wong said.
Due to emergency repair works on a fresh water pipe at Cheung Tung Road near Siu Ho Wan Water Treatment Works of Lantau Island, the area's fresh water supply was affected from 10pm yesterday.
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Around 120,000 Tung Chung residents were affected, Mr Wong told a media session.
The department’s preliminary investigation found that the pipe involved was watermain with a diameter of 1,200mm, which supplies potable water to the Tung Chung area.
The department will thorougly investigate the incident and compile a report to the Development Bureau as early as possible.
Mr Wong noted that the failure mode is very rare, as the leakage occurred at the bottom of the pipe.
“Normally it is on the top side or both sides of the pipe because this is the area that is subject to most vibrations from the traffic.”
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He also explained why the expected time of water resumption was postponed from 6am to 10am and apologised for any confusion caused.
“Because of the complicatedness of the work and also the large scale resumption of water, we needed to do extra flushing in order to ensure the quality of water to the public. We had to adjust the water resumption time in the morning. We should apologise to the residents of Tung Chung.”
Mr Wong added that seven water trucks and 60 water tanks were dispatched to provide an emergency water supply to the affected users during the incident.
Given the severity of the incident and the extensive area affected, an emergency response mechanism was activated in collaboration with relevant government departments to handle the situation swiftly.
Source: news.gov.hk
About 80 members from seven District Services & Community Care Teams worked overnight in the affected estates and villages to assist the residents.
The Home Affairs Department has been closely monitoring the situation and dispatched staff to the scene to inspect and co-ordinate.
The Housing Department has also been in close contact with the Water Supplies Department.
Additionally, the relevant property services offices and management offices immediately issued emergency notices to inform the affected residents and distributed bottled water.
Source: news.gov.hk
EDB organises Family Fun Party cum Prize Presentation Ceremony
The Education Bureau (EDB) organised the Family Fun Party cum Prize Presentation Ceremony today (December 15) at Sai Kung Outdoor Recreation Centre to encourage parents and children to practise healthy lifestyles through engaging in outdoor recreation and sports activities. Around 220 parents and children participated in a parent-child treasure hunt competition under the theme of developing healthy lifestyles, and completed various parent-child challenges together.
The EDB presented awards to the winning schools, students and parents of the parent-child treasure hunt competition as well as the Healthy Living, Happy Family Series - Picturise Your Messages Sticker Design Competition at the prize presentation ceremony of the Fun Party in recognition of their participation in the events of the Positive Parent Campaign and promotion of healthy living.
Speaking at the ceremony, the Under Secretary for Education, Dr Sze Chun-fai, said that self-image as well as the physical and psychological well-being of children and adolescents are closely related to the family. He hoped that parents and children could recognise and experience the importance of developing healthy lifestyles through this experiential activity and incorporate these experiences into their daily lives.
The EDB has earlier organised the Healthy Living, Happy Family Series - Picturise Your Messages Sticker Design Competition to encourage parents to develop healthy lifestyles with their families to enable the happy and healthy development of their children. The competition comprises three groups, namely kindergarten, primary and secondary groups. It was well received and over 4 000 entries were recorded from more than 5 600 parents and students. Participants conveyed the message of developing healthy lifestyles in different ways, and most of the entries were creative and echoed the theme of heathy living. The adjudication panel had earlier selected 15 outstanding entries in each group for online voting by the public.
The EDB has been running the Positive Parent Campaign since June 2020 to promote positive parent education through extensive and diversified channels with a view to fostering parents' positive thinking and promoting proper ways and attitudes of nurturing children, thereby developing in parents a positive and optimistic mindset that contributes to the effective learning and happy development of children. For the latest information of the Positive Parent Campaign, please visit the EDB Smart Parent Net website (www.parent.edu.hk/en) or follow the Facebook (www.facebook.com/parents.edu.hk) and Instagram pages (www.instagram.com/parents.edu.hk) of the Smart Parent Net.
EDB organises Family Fun Party cum Prize Presentation Ceremony Source: HKSAR Government Press Releases
EDB organises Family Fun Party cum Prize Presentation Ceremony Source: HKSAR Government Press Releases
EDB organises Family Fun Party cum Prize Presentation Ceremony Source: HKSAR Government Press Releases
