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THURSDAY, MAY 3, 1979
$2.3 MILLION CONTRACT AWARDED
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THE PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT TODAY (THURSDAY) AWARDED A $2.3 MILLION CONTRACT TO SUPPLY AND INSTALL A MODERN LIFT AND RAMP SYSTEM FOR THE PASSENGER AND VEHICULAR FERRY PIER AT MUI WOR ON LANTAU ISLAND.
THE CONTRACT WENT TO MCCONNELL DOWELL (HK) LTD., AND WAS SIGNED BY THE PRINCIPAL GOVERNMENT ELECTRICAL AND MECHANICAL ENGINEER, MR. G. OSBORNE AND MR. MATTHEW LAU OF MCCONNELL DOWELL.
A PWD SPOKESMAN SAID THE WORK COMPRISED A STANDARD TWO-LIFT, EIGHT-RAMP SYSTEM TO ACCOMMODATE DOUBLE-DECKER PASSENGER FERRIES AT ALL TIDAL CONDITIONS.
+THE VEHICULAR RAMP WILL BE FOR SINGLE LANE TRAFFIC TO AND OFF THE VEHICULAR FERRIES, HE SAID.
CIVIL ENGINEERING WORKS CONNECTED WITH THE PIER ARE WELL UNDER WAY, AND THE LIFT AND RAMP INSTALLATION WILL START AROUND SEPTEMBER.
THE TARGET DATE FOR COMPLETION IS THE END OF THIS YEAR.
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