THURSDAY, JUNE 28, 1979
$61.6 MILLION SHA TIN SITE FORMATION CONTRACT SIGNED
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THE PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT TODAY (THURSDAY) AWARDED A MAJOR ENGINEERING CONTRACT TO MAEDA CONSTRUCTION CO. LTD. FOR SITE FORMATION, ROAD AND DRAINAGE WORKS IN VARIOUS PARTS OF SHA TIN NEW TOWN.
THE CONTRACT, COSTING MORE THAN $61,6 MILLION, FORMS PART OF THE NEW TOWN DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMME.
IT WAS FORMALLY SIGNED THIS MORNING BY MR. K.T. KUO, CHIEF ENGINEER OF THE PWD'S SHA TIN NEW TOWN DEVELOPMENT OFFICE, AND MR. TEPSUO OCHIAI, GENERAL MANAGER OF THE COMPANY.
MR. KUO SAID SINCE THE NEW TERRITORIES DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMME STARTED IN 1973, MORE THAN 480 HECTARES (GROSS AREA) OF LAND HAD BEEN OR WERE BEING FORMED IN SHA TIN.
+OF THESE, ABOUT 190 HECTARES ARE FOR RESIDENTIAL, 63 HECTARES FOR INDUSTRIAL AND 83 HECTARES FOR GOVERNMENT INSTITUTION AND COMMUNITY USES. THE REMAINING 146 HECTARES ARE FOR OTHER USES.+
MR. KUO SAID THAT UNDER THE CONTRACT SIGNED TODAY ANOTHER 31 HECTARES OF LAND WOULD BE FORMED.
THEY INCLUDE 14.7 HECTARES FOR PUBLIC HOUSING, 1.3 HECTARES FOR PRIVATE HOUSING, 10 HECTARES FOR GOVERNMENT, INSTITUTION AND COMMUNITY USES AND FIVE HECTARES FOR COMMERCIAL AND RESIDENTIAL PURPOSES.
+THE LAND FORMED WILL ENABLE ACCOMMODATION TO BE PROVIDED FOR SOME 46,000 PEOPLE IN PUBLIC AND 22,600 IN PRIVATE HOUSING,+ HE SAID.
MR. KUO SAID THE CONTRACT ALSO INVOLVED THE CONSTRUCTION A TRUNK SEWER, SURFACE WATER DRAINAGE, FIVE BOX CULVERTS AND PART OF A RIVER WALL.
WORK ON THE CONTRACT WILL BEGIN EARLY NEXT MONTH AND WILL TAKE ABOUT 27 MONTHS TO COMPLETE.
THE PROJECT WAS DESIGNED AND CONSTRUCTION WILL BE SUPERVISED BY MAUNSELL CONSULTANT ASIA, CONSULTING ENGINEERS FOR THE NEW TERRITORIES DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT OF THE PWD.
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