SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 3, 1980
NEW SCHOOL FOR TUEN MUN
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WORK WILL START SHORTLY ON THE CONSTRUCTION OF A NEW PRIMARY SCHOOL IN TUEN MUN NEW TOWN.
TENDERS FOR THE PROJECT ARE BEING INVITED BY THE ARCHITECTURAL OFFICE OF THE PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT.
A SPOKESMAN FOR THE DEPARTMENT SAID TODAY (SUNDAY) THE NEW PRIMARY SCHOOL WOULD BE THE FIRST OF FIVE SUCH SCHOOLS TO BE BUILT OUTSIDE THE HOUSING ESTATES IN THE NEW TOWN BY PWD'S ARCHITECTURAL OFFICE.
*THE NEW SCHOOL WILL BE CONSTRUCTED ON A SITE OCCUPYING AN AREA OF ABOUT 3 100 SQUARE METRES ON THE CASTLE PEAK BAY RECLAMATION AND ACCESS WILL BE FROM CASTLE PEAK ROAD NEAR SAM SHING HUI,+ HE SAID.
+ IT WILL BE A SEVEN-STOREY BLOCK, WITH 24 CLASSROOMS AND SPECIAL ROOMS ON THE UPPER FLOORS AND AN ASSEMBLY HALL AND ADMINISTRATION OFFICES ON THE FIRST FLOOR. A COVERED PLAY AREA WITH CHANGING ROOMS WILL BE ON THE GROUND FLOOR, HE ADDED.
THE SCHOOL WILL ALSO HAVE MENTAL STAFF QUARTERS, A BASKETBALL COURT, A CAR PARK, AND PLANTING AREAS.
WORK ON THE PROJECT WILL BEGIN IN APRIL AND WILL TAKE ABOUT 10 MONTHS TO COMPLETE.
ROAD IMPROVEMENTS IN TUEN MUN
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THE PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT IS TO IMPROVE THE EXISTING ROADS AROUND THE NEWLY COMPLETED SAM SHING HOUSING ESTATE AT SAM SHING HUI IN TUEN MUN NEW TOWN, WHICH WILL HOUSE ABOUT 9 000 PEOPLE.
TENDERS FOR THE WORK ARE BEING INVITED.
MR TANG KWOK-KEE, CHIEF ENGINEER OF PWD'S TUEN MUN NEW TOWN DEVELOPMENT OFFICE SAID TODAY (SUNDAY) THE WORK FORMED PART OF THE OVERALL NEW TOWN DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMME.
+THIS CONTRACT,+ HE SAID, +WILL INVOLVE THE WIDENING AND RESURFACING OF THE EXISTING ROADS AROUND THE ESTATE AND THE RE-ALIGNMENT OF A SECTION OF CASTLE PEAK ROAD TO THE SOUTH OF SAM SHING HU1.
+IT WILL ALSO INCLUDE FINISHING WORK TO A FOOTBRIDGE BUILT ACROSS THE REALIGNED CASTLE PEAK ROAD LINKING THE ESTATE TO A FUTURE OPEN SPACE ON THE NORTH-EASTERN SIDE.
+THE MAIN FOUL SEWER SERVING THE ESTATE WILL ALSO BE EXTENDED ALONG CASTLE PEAK ROAD TO SERVE THE AREA ADJACENT TO THE DRAGON INN, WHERE A SERIES OF PLATFORMS HAVE BEEN FORMED FOR PRIVATE RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT TO HOUSE ABOUT 5 600, + MR TANG ADDED.
WORK ON THE PROJECT WILL START IN APRIL AND WILL TAKE ABOUT SIX MONTHS TO COMPLETE.
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