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WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 13, 1980
+FOR THE LIMITED RESOURCES AVAILABLE, INCLUDING THE LABOUR FORCE IN THE BUILDING INDUSTRY, HONG KONG HAS NOT BEEN DOING TOO BADLY COMPARED WITH OTHER COUNTRIES.
+BUT WE ARE NOT COMPLACENT AND A WAR HAS BEEN, AND IS BEING, VIGOROUSLY FOUGHT FOR THE PRODUCTION OF MORE LAND TO MEET THE DEMAND, A DEMAND WHICH IS CONTINUOUSLY INCREASING, HE SAID.
CONTRACT FOR RECLAMATION IN TSUEN WAN
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THE PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT WILL AWARD A MAJOR CIVIL ENGINEERING CONTRACT TOMORROW (THURSDAY) FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF SEAWALL AND RECLAMATION AT THE WESTERN PORTION OF TSUEN WAN BAY.
THE CONTRACT, WORTH MORE THAN $144 MILLION, IS THE BIGGEST SINGLE ONE LET BY PWD TO DATE IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE NEW TOWN.
IT WILL BE SIGNED AT THE TSUEN WAN NEW TOWN DEVELOPMENT OFFICE OF THE NEW TERRITORIES DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT.
NOTE TO EDITORS:
YOU ARE INVITED TO SEND REPRESENTATIVES TO COVER THE CONTRACT SIGNING CEREMONY TO BE HELD IN TSUEN WAN NEW TOWN DEVELOPMENT OFFICE, TSUEN WAN AT 11.30 AM TOMORROW (THURSDAY).
PRESS TRANSPORT WILL BE PROVIDED. MEDIA REPRESENTATIVES WISHING TO MAKE USE OF THIS FACILITY ARE REQUESTED TO ASSEMBLE AT THE OPEN CAR PARK OUTSIDE THE RECEPTION OFFICE, MURRAY BUILDING, GARDEN ROAD, NOT LATER THAN 10.30 AM.
AFTER THE SIGNING CEREMONY, OFFICERS OF THE TSUEN WAN NEW TOWN DEVELOPMENT OFFICE WILL BE AVAILABLE FOR INTERVIEWS.
OFFICERS OF PWD'S PUBLICITY UNIT WILL BE ON HAND TO ASSIST THE
PRESS.
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