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SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 26, 1978
TENDERS INVITED FOR SUPPLY OF SAND TO GOVERNMENT
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THE PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT IS INVITING TENDERS FOR THE SUPPLY TO THE GOVERNMENT OF 200,000 CUBIC METRES OF MANUFACTURED SAND A YEAR.
SUCCESSFUL TENDERERS WILL BE AWARDED A FIVE-YEAR CONTRACT TO SUPPLY SAND SUITABLE FOR BUILDING PURPOSES.
ONLY CONTRACTORS CURRENTLY HOLDING GOVERNMENT QUARRY CONTRACTS OR THOSE WHO HAVE BEEN INVITED TO TENDER FOR THE OPERATION OF THE QUARRY AT TAI SHEUNG TOK, ANDERSON ROAD, WILL BE ELIGIBLE TO TENDER.
MR. DICK PILLING, P.W.D'S CHIEF GEOTECHNICAL ENGINEER OF THE MATERIALS DIVISION, SAID THAT THE SAND, WHICH WOULD BE MANUFACTURED FROM ROCK, WOULD BE SOLD TO THE PUBLIC THROUGH THE GOVERNMENT SAND MONOPOLY AS AT PRESENT.
+THERE HAS BEEN A HEAVY DEMAND FOR ALL BUILDING MATERIALS, INCLUDING SAND, AND THE LETTING OF THIS CONTRACT SHOULD HELP MEET THE INCREASING DEMAND, HE SAID. +WE ARE SELLING ALL THE MANUFACTURED SAND WE CAN GET JUST NOW.+
REFERRING TO THE QUALITY OF MANUFACTURED SAND, MR. PILLING SAID THAT IT WAS SUPERIOR TO THE MARINE SAND IN CERTAIN ASPECTS.
+ IT HAS THE ADVANTAGES OVER NATURAL SAND OF HAVING NO SALT CONTENT, NO SHELLS AND VERY CONSISTENT GRADING CHARACTERISTICS.
+ THE MANUFACTURED SAND WE ARE SELLING NOW IS SUITABLE FOR CONCRETE AND WHAT WE ARE LOOKING FOR IN THE NEW CONTRACT IS THE TYPE OF SAND FOR PLASTERING AND MORTAR,+ HE ADDED.
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