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Friday, May 11, 1973
TENDERS FOR SAND
Tenders are being invited for the supply of sand to the government
from waters not adjacent to the coastline of Hong Kong.
The contract will be for a period of three years starting in July.
A spokesman for the Public Works Department explained today that
sand for building purposes was only in exceptional cases taken from waters
adjacent to Hong Kong's coastline and then only from carefully selected
sites.
"The reason for this is to preserve the amenities of Hong Kong's
coastline, " he said.
"To supply the large quantities of sand required to meet the demand,"
he added, "the successful contractor has therefore to have made prior
arrangements with the appropriate Chinese authorities to dredge sand from
deposits in waters not adjacent to the Hong Kong coastline."
Building sand used in Hong Kong is mostly that dredged from the
seabed by a contractor operating under a government contract,
The sand is sold to the public through the Sand Monopoly by the Public Works Department which has sand issuing depots on Hong Kong Island,
Kowloon and the New Territories.
Last year, 1.2 million cubic yards of sand was sold in this way.
The closing date for tenders is 12 noon on Friday, June 1.
Release Time:
8.00 p.n.