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FRIDAY, DECEMBER 8, 1978
$36.4 MILLION PWD CONTRACT AWARDED
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THE PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT TODAY (FRIDAY) AWARDED A $36.4 MILLION CONTRACT TO ASIA STONE CO. LTD. FOR THE SUPPLY OF 200,000 CUBIC METRES OF MANUFACTURED SAND ANNUALLY OVER THE NEXT FIVE YEARS.
THE SAND WILL BE PRODUCED IN THE ASIA STONE CO. LTD. QUARRY AT LAM TEI, TUEN MUN.
THE CONTRACT WAS FORMALLY SIGNED TODAY AT A CEREMONY HELD IN MURRAY BUILDING.
MR. DICK PILLING, CHIEF GEOTECHNICAL ENGINEER (MATERIALS), AND MR. C.A. MAUNDER OF THE P.W.D.'S GEOTECHNICAL CONTROL OFFICE, SIGNED ON BEHALF OF THE GOVERNMENT AND MR. T.W. CHOW MANAGING DIRECTOR, AND MR. K.Y. NG, DIRECTOR, FOR THE COMPANY.
THE COMPANY WILL ORDER THE NECESSARY PLANT AND EQUIPMENT IMMEDIATELY AND PRODUCTION IS SCHEDULED TO COMMENCE IN AUGUST NEXT YEAR.
THIS IS THE SECOND P.W.D. CONTRACT FOR THE SUPPLY OF MANUFACTURED SAND. THE FIRST WAS SIGNED TWO YEARS AGO.
MR. PILLING SAID THE MANUFACTURED SAND WOULD BE ACCURATELY CLASSIFIED AND SIZED TO MEET BRITISH STANDARD SPECIFICATION REQUIREMENTS.
+ IT WILL BE SUITABLE FOR PLASTERING WORK WHILE THE SAND BEING SUPPLIED UNDER THE PREVIOUS CONTRACT IS MORE SUITABLE FOR USE IN CONCRETE, HE EXPLAINED.
+AS THE PROCESS OF MAKING THE SAND FINER AND, AT THE SAME TIME, REDUCING ITS DUST CONTENT IS MORE EXPENSIVE, THE PRICE WILL BE SLIGHTLY HIGHER.+
MR. PILLING POINTED OUT THAT THE SALE OF MANUFACTURED SAND HAD NEARLY DOUBLED SINCE IT WAS FIRST INTRODUCED JUST TWO YEARS AGO.
THE NEW PRODUCT FIRST WENT ON SALE IN THE NORTH POINT SAND DEPOT OF THE PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT ON OCTOBER 1, 1976.
SINCE THEN, SALES HAVE GONE UP FROM 76,000 CUBIC METRES IN THE FIRST YEAR TO 140,000 CUBIC METRES IN THE SECOND YEAR.
WHILE HAPPY ABOUT THE INCREASE MR. PILLING WOULD LIKE TO SEE FURTHER GROWTH IN THE USE OF THIS MATERIAL AS +MANUFACTURED SAND PLAYS AN INCREASINGLY IMPORTANT PART IN THE CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY+.
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