TUESDAY, APRIL 3, 1979
$22.8 MILLION CONTRACT AWARDED
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THE PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT TODAY (TUESDAY) AWARDED A $22,8 MILLION CONTRACT TO DRAGAGES ET TRAVEAUX PUBLICS FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF A BREAKWATER ARM AT THE WESTERN DISTRICT.
IT WAS SIGNED BY MR. HOWARD CHAMBERLAIN, CHIEF ENGINEER OF PWD'S PORT WORKS DIVISION, AND MR. R. BENNETT, MANAGER OF THE COMPANY.
MR. CHAMBERLAIN SAID WORK ON THE BREAKWATER ARM, BORDERING THE WESTERN END OF THE NEW RECLAMATION AT WESTERN DISTRICT, WOULD START LATER THIS MONTH AND BE COMPLETED BY THE END OF NEXT YEAR.
ON COMPLETION, HE ADDED, ABOUT 570 METRES OF SEAWALL FRONTAGE WOULD BE PROVIDED FOR CARGO HANDLING ACTIVITIES.
MEANWHILE, WORK ON THE FIRST STAGE OF WESTERN RECLAMATION IS PROGRESSING' SMOOTHLY AND IS EXPECTED TO BE COMPLETED TOWARDS THE END OF THIS YEAR.
MR. CHAMBERLAIN SAID THAT WESTERN RECLAMATION STAGE 1 WOULD, ON COMPLETION, PROVIDE 10 HECTARES OF LAND FOR A CARGO-HANDLING AREA, THE WIDENING OF CONNAUGHT ROAD WEST AND FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF PART OF THE POK FU LAM = CONNAUGHT ROAD WEST LINK ROAD AND THE REPROVISIONING OF THE KENNEDY TOWN WHOLESALE MARKET.
APRIL 30 DEADLINE FOR RATES PAYMENT ****
RATEPAYERS WERE REMINDED TODAY (TUESDAY) THAT RATES FOR THE SECOND QUARTER OF 1979 MUST BE SETTLED BY 4 P.M. ON APRIL 30.
A SPOKESMAN FOR THE TREASURY SAID A SURCHARGE OF FIVE PER CENT WOULD BE IMPOSED ON LATE PAYMENTS. A FURTHER SURCHARGE OF 10 PER CENT MIGHT BE ADDED TO THE AMOUNT, INCLUDING THE INITIAL FIVE PER CENT, IF LATE PAYMENTS WERE STILL NOT PAID SIX MONTHS AFTER THE DUE DATE.
HE SAID RATEPAYERS SHOULD HAVE, BY NOW, RECEIVED DEMAND NOTES AND THOSE WHO HAVE NOT SHOULD APPLY FOR A COPY AT THE RATES SECTION OF THE TREASURY, ROOM 203, HANG CHONG BUILDING, SECOND FLOOR, 5 QUEEN'S ROAD CENTRAL, HONG KONG.
+NON-RECEIPT OF THE DEMAND NOTE DOES NOT ALTER THE REQUIREMENT THAT THE RATES SHOULD BE PAID BY THE DUE DATE, HE ADDED.
TO AVOID QUEUING, RATEPAYERS ARE ADVISED TO PAY BY CHEQUE OR MONEY ORDER BY POST, OR BY EARLY PERSONAL ATTENDANCE AT ANY OF THE DEPARTMENT'S OFFICES.
HE POINTED OUT THAT RATES ARE PAYABLE ON VACANT PREMISES BUT ARE REFUNDABLE UNDER CONDITIONS SPECIFIED IN THE RATING ORDINANCE.
HOWEVER, HE ADDED, THERE WILL BE NO REFUND IN THE CASE OF A VACANT TENEMENT LAST USED, OR INTENDED TO BE USED, WHOLLY OR PRIMARILY FOR DOMESTIC PURPOSES (UNLESS VACANT BY REASON OF AN ORDER OF THE GOVERNMENT).