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SUNDAY, DECEMBER 28, 1975
TEST PILING TO START IN SHAM TSENG TOMORROW
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TEST PILING IN CONNECTION WITH A VIADUCT TO BE BUILT IN FRONT OF SHAM TSENG VILLAGE, CASTLE PEAK ROAD, NEW TERRITORIES, IS TO START TOMORROW (MONDAY).
THE VIADUCT IS A CRUCIAL STAGE IN THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE MULTI-MILLION-DOLLAR HIGHWAY WHICH WILL EVENTUALLY LINK TUEN MUN WITH TSUEN WAN.
THE DISTRICT OFFICE, TSUEN WAN, HAS DISTRIBUTED MORE THAN 200 COPIES OF A LETTER TO THE VILLAGERS INFORMING THEM OF THE START OF TEST PILING.
THEY HAVE BEEN TOLD IN THE LETTER THAT THEIR UNDERSTANDABLE'' CONCERN FOR THE SAFETY OF THEIR HOUSES AND FAMILIES HAS LONG BEEN APPRECIATED AND TAKEN INTO ACCOUNT BY THE ENGINEERS AND THE DISTRICT OFFICE."
+AS YOU ARE AWARE,+ THE LETTER SAYS, +A PHOTOGRAPHIC SURVEY AND DESCRIPTIVE REPORT HAVE BEEN COMPLETED FOR EACH HOUSE NEAR THE PILING AREA, TO SERVE AS A CHECK AGAINST ANY REPORTED DAMAGE. ALSO, THE PILING WILL BE MONITORED BY THE ENGINEERS, WHO WILL ARRANGE TO HAVE EQUIPMENT AT THE SITE TO CHECK NOISE AND VIBRATION.
+FURTHER, SHOULD ANY DAMAGE DIRECTLY ATTRIBUTABLE TO THE WORK
BE CAUSED IT WILL BE MADE GOOD BY THE CONTRACTOR.+
DISTRICT OFFICER STAFF WILL BE AT THE SITE DURING TEST PILING. AS WILL RESIDENT ENGINEERS AND THE CONTRACTOR'S ENGINEERS, TO SUPERVISE THE WORK.
+YOU NEED THEREFORE NOT HAVE ANY UNDUE FEARS OVER THIS MATTER AND YOUR CO-OPERATION IS REQUESTED, THE LETTER CONCLUDES.
THE VIADUCT, ABOUT 1,100 FT. LONG, WILL CARRY THE HIGHWAY OVER A NULLAH DIVIDING THE VILLAGE,
TWO WEEKS AGO, VILLAGERS IN SAM SHING HUI WHICH IS CLOSE TO TUEN MUN, BEGAN MOVING OUT OF THEIR HOMES TO ENABLE ANOTHER STAGE OF THE FOUR-LANE HIGHWAY TO GO AHEAD.
ULTIMATELY A TOTAL OF 1 1/2 MILLION PEOPLE WILL BE HOUSED IN THE NEW TOWNS OF TSUEN WAN AND TUEN MUN.
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