FRIDAY, JANUARY 20, 1978
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TENDERS FOR ROAD AND DRAINAGE WORKS
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THE PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT IS INVITING TENDERS FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF A ROAD AND A DRAINAGE IN THE SOUTHERN PART OF TUEN MUN NEW TOWN.
MR. K.K. TANG, CHIEF ENGINEER OF THE TUEN MUN NEW TOWN DEVELOPMENT OFFICE, SAID TODAY THAT THE CONSTRUCTION FORMED PART OF THE OVERALL DEVELOPMENT IN TUEN MUN.
HE SAID IT WOULD INVOLVE THE CONSTRUCTION OF A NEW ROAD NETWORK AROUND THE SAM SHING PUBLIC HOUSING ESTATE WHICH WAS EXPECTED TO BE COMPLETED IN LATE 1979.
A 20-METRE-LONG FOOTER IDGE WOULD ALSO BE BUILT TO PROVIDE A SAFE WAY OF CROSSING CASTLE PEAK ROAD FOR RESIDENTS AND CHILDREN OF THE HOUSING ESTATE, HE SAID.
IN ADDITION, MR. TANG SAID, A SEWER WOULD BE LAID ALONG CASTLE PEAK ROAD BETWEEN 18-1/2 MILESTONE AND SAM SHING HUI TO SERVE BOTH THE HOUSING ESTATE AND THE AREA EAST OF CASTLE PEAK ROAD NEAR DRAGO INN.
WORK WOULD BEGIN IN APRIL AND TAKE ABOUT 12 MONTHS TO COMPLETE.
MEANWHILE, WORK IS NOW IN HAND TO FORM A SITE OF 4.3 HECTARES IN THE AREA NEAR DRAGON INN FOR PRIVATE RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT.
WHEN COMPLETED, THIS AREA WILL BE ABLE TO ACCOMMODATE SOME 5,600 PEOPLE.
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