FRIDAY, MAY 5, 1978
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MULTI-MILLION DOLLAR CONTRACT
FOR TEMPORARY HOUSING AREAS SIGNED
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THE PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT TODAY AWARDED A $15.8 MILLION CONTRACT FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF TEMPORARY HOUSING AREAS ON THE HILLTOPS OF LAI KING HEADLAND IN TSUEN WAN.
THE CONTRACT WAS FORMALLY SIGNED WITH WAN HING AND CO. LTD. IN THE P.W.D.'S TSUEN WAN NEW TOWN DEVELOPMENT OFFICE THIS MORNING.
MR. NORMAN TUCKER, P.W.D.'S CHIEF ENGINEER, SAID THAT THE WORK, WHICH IS PART OF THE DEVELOPMENT OF TSUEN WAN NEW TOWN, WOULD ALSO INCLUDE THE CONSTRUCTION OF ACCESS ROADS AND A DRAINAGE SYSTEM.
WORK WOULD BEGIN NEXT WEEK AND TAKE ABOUT A YEAR TO COMPLETE.
MR. TUCKER SAID THAT THE TEMPORARY HOUSING AREAS WERE REQUIRED TO MEET CLEARANCE COMMITMENTS ARISING FROM THE EXTENSION OF THE MASS TRANSIT RAILWAY TO TSUEN WAN AND FURTHER DEVELOPMENT OF THE NEW TOWN.
HE SAID THAT THE HILLTOPS, WHICH WERE USED AS BORROW AREAS, HAD NOW BEEN FORMED INTO PLATFORMS BY THE DEVELOPERS OF THE KWAI CHÚNG CONTAINER TERMINAL.
MR. TUCKER POINTED OUT THAT INITIALLY THE PLATFORMS WOULD BE USED AS TEMPORARY HOUSING AREAS BUT WOULD EVENTUALLY BE DEVELOPED TO PROVIDE COMMUNITY FACILITIES.
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