WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 21, 1979
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COMMUNITY FACILITIES FOR TSUEN WAN TOWN WELL UNDERWAY
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THE PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT'S TSUEN WAN NEW TOWN DEVELOPMENT OFFICE IS IN THE FOREFRONT OF DEVELOPING COMMUNITY FACILITIES FOR THE FAST GROWING SATELLITE CITY.
THE NEW TOWNS GENERALLY ARE PROGRESSING AT A RATE THAT MAKES VISITORS BLINK IN AWE, AND A PWD SPOKESMAN SAID TSUEN WAN IS IN NO WAY EXCLUDED.
MANY COMMUNITY FACILITIES IN THE TOWN TOOK SHAPE DURING THE LAST THREE MONTHS OF LAST YEAR, HE POINTED OUT.
TWO PRIMARY AND FOUR SECONDARY SCHOOLS WERE COMPLETED, PILING TENDERS FOR THE URBAN CLINIC AT LEI MUK SHUE RECEIVED, AND PILING WORKS FOR THE KWAI CHUNG INDOOR GAMES HALL HAVE STARTED.
PLANS ALSO HAVE ALL BEEN UPGRADED FOR A COMMUNITY HALL AT SHEK WAI KOK ESTATE, A SWIMMING POOL COMPLEX IN KWAI CHUNG, A MARKET- LIBRARY BUILDING AT SHEK YAM AND A COOKED FOOD CENTRE AND LORRY PARKING AREA IN KWAI CHUNG.
PROJECTS UNDER CONSTRUCTION INCLUDED SEVEN SECONDARY AND TWO PRIMARY SCHOOLS, QUARTERS FOR FIRE SERVICES PERSONNEL, A MULTI- PURPOSE AUDITORIUM, A CREMATORIUM AND COLUMBARIUM, A PERMANENT MARKET AND AN ESTATE WELFARE BUILDING.
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$13.2 MILLION AIRPORT CONTRACT
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THE PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT HAS AWARDED A $13.2 MILLION CONTRACT TO OKURA YUSOKI CO. LTD. TO SUPPLY AND INSTALL AN AUTOMATED DEPARTURE BAGGAGE HANDLING SYSTEM AT HONG KONG INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT.
THE CONTRACT IS BEING SUPERVISED BY THE ELECTRICAL AND MECHANICAL OFFICE OF PWD ON BEHALF OF THE CIVIL AVIATION DEPARTMENT. THE CONTRACT WAS FORMALLY SIGNED TODAY (WEDNESDAY) BY MR. GRAHAM OSBORNE, PRINCIPAL GOVERNMENT ELECTRICAL AND MECHANICAL ENGINEER AND MR. N. OKURA, PRESIDENT OF OKURA LTD.
MR. OSBORNE SAID THE WORK CONSTITUTES THE SECOND AND FINAL STAGE OF A COMPUTERISED, CONVEYOR BAGGAGE HANDLING SYSTEM, THE FIRST STAGE OF WHICH WAS ALSO UNDERTAKEN BY THE JAPANESE COMPANY.
THIS FINAL STAGE IS DESIGNED TO HANDLE 3,600 BAGS PER HOUR, AND IS TO BE COMMISSIONED IN TWO PHASES, THE FIRST IN JANUARY, 1980 AND THE SECOND IN SEPTEMBER, 1981.
LTD.
THE HONG KONG AGENT FOR OKURA LTD. IS SUMITOMO CORPORATION
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