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MONDAY, JUNE 3, 1974.
TUEN MUN ROAD GO-AHEAD HAILED
DATE SET FOR SIGNING OF RECORD $222 M. CONTRACT.
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THE BIGGEST SINGLE CONTRACT EVER HANDLED BY THE HIGHWAYS OFFICE OF THE PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT," AND ONE CLOSELY LINKED WITH THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE NEW TERRITORIES, WILL BE SIGNEO NEXT MONDAY (JUNE 10).
THE CONTRACT IS FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE FIRST STAGE OF TUEN MUN ROAD, THE HIGHWAY WHICH IN ITS COMPLETED FORM WILL PROVIDE A NEW SIX-LANE LINK BETWEEN THE NEW TOWNS OF TSUEN WAN AND TUEN MUN.
THE FIRST STAGE OF THIS WORK WILL COVER THE BUILDING OF THE FIRST OF THE TWO CARRIAGEWAYS OF THE NEW ROAD. THE CONTRACT, AT $222 MILLION, IS ONE OF THE LARGEST ENGINEERING CONSTRUCTION CONTRACTS EVER TO BE LET IN HONG KONG.
NEWS OF THE FINALISATION OF CONTRACT PROCEDURES HAS BEEN HAILED AS A MILESTONE IN THE PROCESS OF LAYING THE FOUNDATIONS OF THE THREE NEW TOWNS.
THE DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC WORKS, MR. DAVID MCDONALD, DECLARED TODAY THAT THE SIGNING WOULD BE SEEN, AND WELCOMED AS HARD AND COMPELLING EVIDENCE OF THE GOVERNMENT'S INTENTION TO PRESS AHEAD WITH THE NEW TERRITORIES DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMME AND OF P.W.D.'s DETERMINATION TO IMPLEMENT THAT PROGRAMME ENERGETICALLY AND KEEP IT ROLLING.
+IT CAN ALSO SERVE,+ HE ADDED, +AS A USEFUL REMINDER ABOUT THE REAL SIZE AND SCOPE OF THE PUBLIC WORKS PROGRAMME ON WHICH WE ARE EMBARKING THIS FISCAL YEAR. IT WILL IN FACT BE AN ALL- TIME RECORD, AMOUNTING TO MORE THAN $1,400 MILLION, WHICH IS AN INCREASE OF ABOUT A THIRD OVER LAST YEAR'S EXPENDITURE.+
THE CONTRACT HAS BEEN AWARDED TO KUMAGA! GUMI CHONG KONG) LTD. THE VICE-PRESIDENT OF THE JAPANESE PARENT COMPANY, MR. TAICHIRO KUMAGAI, WILL BE FLYING FROM TOKYO TO TAKE PART IN NEXT MONDAY'S SIGNING. WHICH WILL TAKE PLACE IN P.W.D.'S HEADQUARTERS IN MURRAY BUILDING.
SIGNING ON BEHALF OF THE GOVERNMENT WILL BE THE HEAD OF THE HIGHWAYS OFFICE, MR. GORDON SAPSTEAD. ALSO PRESENT WILL BE A REPRESENTATIVE OF THE CONSULTING FIRM WHICH WILL BE SUPERVISING THE CONSTRUCTION WORK, SCOTT WILSON KIRKPATRICK AND PARTNERS.
NOTE TO EDITORS:
THE SIGNING IS DUE TO TAKE PLACE AT 10.30 A.M. IN THE P.W.D.
FOR YOUR CONFERENCE ROOM ON THE 21ST FLOOR OF MURRAY BUILDING. CONVENIENCE WE SHALL ISSUE A REMINDER, CONFIRMING THE TIME AND PLACE, AT THE END OF THIS WEEK.
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