THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 14, 1980
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PWD AWARDS MAJOR CONTRACT FOR RECLAMATION IN TSUEN WAN
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THE PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT TODAY (THURSDAY) AWARDED A MAJOR ENGINEERING CONTRACT FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF SEAWALL AND RECLAMATION AT THE WESTERN PORTION OF TSUEN WAN BAY.
THE CONTRACT, WORTH MORE THAN $144 MILLION, ALSO COVERS SITE FORMATION WORKS ON TSING YI ISLAND,
IT WAS SIGNED THIS MORNING BY MR EDDIE SHORT, PROJECT MANAGER OF TSUEN WAN NEW TOWN DEVELOPMENT OFFICE, AND MR C.P. YU, DEPUTY CHAIRMAN, KUMAGAI GUMI (HONG KONG) LIMITED.
MR SHORT SAID THAT IT WAS THE BIGGEST SINGLE CIVIL ENGINEERING CONTRACT LET BY THE PWD TO DATE IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE NEW TOWN.
+UNDER THIS CONTRACT, WHICH FORMS THE FIRST PHASE OF STAGE TWO OF THE TSUEN WAN BY-PASS PROJECT, ABOUT 19 HECTARES OF LAND WILL BE RECLAIMED, SAID MR SHORT.
+THE RECLAIMED LAND WILL BE USED TO ACCOMMODATE A NEW FERRY PIER AND TRANSPORT INTERCHANGE FOR THE NEW TOWN, AN EXTENSIVE PUBLIC CARGO HANDLING AREA AND A NEW SALT WATER PUMPING STATION,
+ IN ADDITION, IT WILL ALSO PROVIDE LAND FOR HOUSING, INDUSTRIAL AND RECREATIONAL USES,+ HE ADDED.
MR SHORT SAID THAT LAND WOULD ALSO BE RESERVED FOR AN ELEVATED TRUNK ROAD WHICH WOULD TRAVERSE THE AREA PROVIDING A BY-PASS FOR THROUGH TRAFFIC AND RELIEVING CONGESTION WITHIN THE TOWN.
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THE SITE FORMATION WORKS AT TSING YI, HE ADDED, WOULD PROVIDE THE MATERIAL FOR THE RECLAMATION AND WOULD CREATE LAND FOR HOUSING AND EDUCATION PURPOSES.+
WORK ON THE CONTRACT WILL START NEXT WEEK AND WILL TAKE ABOUT THREE YEARS TO COMPLETE.
MEANWHILE, WORK ON THE FIRST STAGE OF THE TSUEN WAN BY-PASS PROJECT IS PROGESSING SMOOTHLY.
IT INVOLVES THE CONSTRUCTION OF A SIX-LANE ROAD FROM KWAI CHUNG TO TSUEN WAN.
THE TWO-KILOMETRE ROAD WILL RUN FROM A POINT NEAR THE CONTAINER TERMINALS AT KWAI CHUNG ROAD TO TEXACO ROAD NEAR YEUNG UK ROAD.
IT WILL HAVE THREE INTERCHANGES LOCATED AT KWAI CHUNG ROAD, HING FONG ROAD AND TEXACO ROAD.
WORK ON THE FIRST STAGE IS EXPECTED TO BE COMPLETED EARLY NEXT YEAR.
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