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WEDNESDAY, APRIL 18, 1979
$15 MILLION ROAD PROJECT CONTRACT SIGNED
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THE PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT IS TO BEGIN WORK SHORTLY ON
A MAJOR DISTRIBUTOR ROAD IN TUEN MUN.
THE WORK FORMS PART OF THE TUEN MUN NEW TOWN DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMME.
A $15 MILLION CONTRACT FOR THE ROAD PROJECT WAS SIGNED TODAY (WEDNESDAY) BY MR. K.K. TANG, CHIEF ENGINEER OF PWD'S TUEN MUN NEW TOWN DEVELOPMENT OFFICE, AND MR. R.E. BRIGHT OF GAMMON (HK) LTD.
MR. TANG SAID THE ROAD WOULD RUN FROM PUI TO ROAD TO ON TING AND YAU DI PUBLIC HOUSING ESTATES NOW UNDER CONSTRUCTION.
+IT AIMS TO SERVE THE FUTURE TOWN PARK, THE TOWN CENTRE AND THE CULTURAL COMPLEX NORTH OF THE HOUSING ESTATES AND THE SWIMMING POOL COMPLEX, THE AMBULANCE DEPOT, THE FIRE STATION, THE POLICE STATION AND THE INDUSTRIAL AREAS TO THE SOUTH,+ HÉ ADDED.
WORK ON THE CONTRACT, WHICH ALSO INCLUDES THE LAYING OF 1,200 METRES OF STORM DRAINS OF VARIOUS SIZES, WILL BEGIN LATER THIS MONTH AND WILL TAKE ABOUT 18 MONTHS TO COMPLETE.
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