THURSDAY, JUNE 12, 1980
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CONTRACT FOR NEW ROADS
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NEW ROADS WILL BE BUILT SHORTLY IN YAU TONG TO PROVIDE DIRECT ACCESS TO YAU TONG CENTRE, A HOME OWNERSHIP SCHEME NOW UNDER CONSTRUCTION.
A CONTRACT FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF THESE ROADS AND ASSOCIATED DRAINS WAS AWARDED BY THE PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT TO KWAN LEE CONSTRUCTION WORKS COMPANY.
THE CONTRACT, WORTH MORE THAN $1.3 MILLION, WAS SIGNED BY MR TOM ARMOUR, CHIEF ENGINEER OF THE PWD HIGHWAYS (KOWLOON) DIVISION AND REPRESENTATIVES OF THE CONTRACTOR.
A PWD SPOKESMAN SAID THAT UNDER THE CONTRACT, YAN WING STREET WOULD BE EXTENDED TO THE JUNCTION OF CHA KWO LING ROAD AND SHUNG SHUN STREET.
THIS EXTENSION WILL BE ABOUT 230 METRES LONG AND 10.3 METRES WIDE, WITH FOOTPATHS ON BOTH SIDES, HE SAID.
INCLUDED IN THE CONTRACT WILL BE THE CONSTRUCTION OF ANOTHER 7.3 METRE TWO-LANE SERVICE ROAD TO JOIN THE NEW YAN WING STREET EXTENSION.
CONSTRUCTION WORK, TO BE SUPERVISED BY THE HIGHWAYS (KOWLOON) DIVISION, WILL BEGIN NEXT WEEK AND WILL TAKE ABOUT EIGHT MONTHS TO COMPLETE.
MACHINES FOR AIR MAIL CENTRE
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A $4.6 MILLION CONTRACT WAS SIGNED TODAY IN THE GENERAL POST OFFICE FOR THE SUPPLY AND INSTALLATION OF POSTAL MECHANISATION EQUIPMENT IN THE NEW AIR MAIL CENTRE.
THE CONTRACT WAS SIGNED BETWEEN THE POSTMASTER GENERAL, MR A.C. HEATHCOTE AND MR P.J. COOPE, DIRECTOR OF THE JARDINE ENGINEERING CORPORATION LIMITED.
THE AIR MAIL CENTRE, AT PRESENT ACCOMMODATED IN TEMPORARY PREMISES AT THE AIRPORT, WILL BE REPROVISIONED IN A PURPOSE- DESIGNED BUILDING EARLY NEXT YEAR.
THE NEW CENTRE WILL BE USED TO TRANSFER AIR MAIL WITH AIRLINES AND TO PROCESS AIR PARCELS POSTED THROUGHOUT HONG KONG.
ITS BUILDING WILL HOUSE MODERN POSTAL EQUIPMENT WHICH HAS BEEN DESIGNED BY THE BRITISH POSTAL CONSULTANCY SERVICE OF THE BRITISH POST OFFICE.
THE EQUIPMENT WILL INCORPORATE A CHAIN CONVEYOR AND A PARCEL SORTING MACHINE TO COPE WITH THE EVER-INCREASING VOLUME OF AIR MAIL HANDLED AT THE AIRPORT.
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