THURSDAY, AUGUST 7, 1980
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ROAD CONTRACT SIGNED FOR NEW TOWN
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A MAJOR CIVIL ENGINEERING CONTRACT UNDER A ROAD CONSTRUCTION AND IMPROVEMENT PROGRAMME FOR FANLING/SHEK WU HUT NEW TOWN HAS BEEN LET BY THE NEW TERRITORIES DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT OF THE PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT.
THE CONTRACT, WORTH MORE THAN $49.5 MILLION, WAS AWARDED TO SANG LEE CONSTRUCTION COMPANY LIMITED AND WAS SIGNED BY MR GEORGE CHIEN, ACTING PROJECT MANAGER OF THE PWD'S TAI PO AND FANLING DEVELOPMENT OFFICE AND MR TSANG HING-WAH OF THE COMPANY.
MR CHIEN SAID THAT THE ROAD CONSTRUCTION AND IMPROVEMENT PROGRAMME FORMED PART OF THE GOVERNMENT'S PLAN TO TURN FANLING AND SHEK WU HUT INTO A NEW TOWN FOR 170 000 PEOPLE.
+THE CONTRACT INCLUDES THE CONSTRUCTION OF A NEW BRIDGE OVER THE KOWLOON-CANTON RAILWAY AND LINK ROADS TOTALLING ABOUT 1.5 KILOMETRES IN LENGTH, HE SAID.
+UPON COMPLETION, THE NEW BRIDGE WILL REPLACE THE EXISTING LEVEL CROSSING AT SAN FUNG AVENUE, AND WITH THE LINK ROADS, WILL FORM PART OF THE PLANNED ROAD NETWORK FOR THE FANLING/SHEK WU HUI NEW TOWN.+
THE CONTRACT, HE SAID, WOULD ALSO COVER IMPROVEMENTS TO BE MADE TO RIVER SUTLEJ WITH 350 METRES OF NEW BOX CULVERT AND 900 METRES OF NEW RIVER CHANNEL.
THE WORK, WHICH WILL START THIS WEEK AND WILL TAKE ABOUT 21 MONTHS TO COMPLETE, HAS BEEN DESIGNED AND CONSTRUCTION WILL BE SUPERVISED BY MAUNSELL CONSULTANTS ASIA FOR THE NEW TERRITORIES DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT OF THE PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT.
RISE IN PRIVATE CAR REGISTRATIONS
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THE NUMBER OF REGISTERED CARS TOPPED 179 000 AT THE END OF JULY, A RISE OF ALMOST 26 000 OR 16.7 PER CENT OVER THE LAST 12 MONTHS.
THIS COMPARES WITH A RISE OF 20 000 LAST YEAR.
THE NUMBER OF NEW CARS REGISTERED DURING JULY WAS 3 510, AND THE NUMBER OF REGISTRATIONS WHICH LAPSED WAS 965. THIS REPRESENTED A NET INCREASE OF 2 545 AND BROUGHT THE OVERALL TOTAL TO 179 204.
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