SATURDAY, AUGUST 30, 1980
$377 MILLION CONTRACTS IN JULY
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THE PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT HAS LET 62 CONTRACTS WORTH MORE THAN $377 MILLION IN JULY.
ONE OF THE LARGEST CONTRACTS WAS FOR THE SUPPLY AND INSTALLATION OF ELECTRICAL AND MECHANICAL EQUIPMENT NECESSARY FOR THE OPERATION OF THE ABERDEEN TUNNEL NOW UNDER CONSTRUCTION.
A VENTILATION SYSTEM, A SOPHISTICATED COMPUTERISED SYSTEM FOR MONITORING AIR POLLUTION, A CLOSED CIRCUIT TELEVISION SYSTEM AND OTHER ITEMS WILL BE PROVIDED AND INSTALLED UNDER THIS $64.5 MILLION CONTRACT.
ANOTHER MAJOR CONTRACT, VALUED ABOUT $49.5 MILLION, WAS FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF A NEW BRIDGE OVER THE KOWLOON-CANTON RAILWAY AND LINK ROADS TOTALLING ABOUT 1.5 KILOMETRES IN LENGTH IN FANLING/SHEK WU HUI NEW TOWN.
THE CONTRACT FORMS PART OF THE ROAD CONSTRUCTION AND IMPROVEMENT PROGRAMME FOR THE NEW TOWN.
OF THE CONTRACTS AWARDED, 32 WERE ON THE RECOMMENDATION OF THE CENTRAL TENDER BOARD AND THE OTHERS ON THE PWD TENDER BOARD.
COMPLETION OF FIRST INDOOR GAMES HALL IN NT
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CONSTRUCTION ON THE FIRST INDOOR GAMES HALL IN THE NEW TERRITORIES AT KWAI CHUNG HAS BEEN COMPLETED AND THE GAMES HALL WILL SOON BE OPENED TO THE PUBLIC FOR RECREATIONAL AND SPORTING ACTIVITIES.
THE $7.35 MILLION MULTI-PURPOSE INDOOR SPORTS CENTRE - OSMAN RAMJU SADICK MEMORIAL GAMES HALL LOCATED AT THE JUNCTION OF HING FONG ROAD AND KWAI ON ROAD, KWAI CHUNG, WAS TODAY (SATURDAY) HANDED OVER BY THE PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT TO THE NEW TERRITORIES SERVICES DEPARTMENT FOR MANAGEMENT.
THE PROJECT WAS JOINTLY FINANCED BY THE GOVERNMENT AND A LEADING PERSONALITY IN LOCAL SPORTS, MR 0.R. SADICK. AS A MARK OF APPRECIATION FOR HIS GENEROUS DONATION, THE HALL IS NAMED AFTER THE LATE BROTHER OF MR SADICK.
THE MAIN ARENA, WITH A FLOOR AREA OF ABOUT 1 152 SQUARE METRES AND A SEATING CAPACITY OF UP TO 680, IS IDEALLY SUITED FOR HOLDING INDOOR SPORTS SUCH AS BADMINTON, VOLLEYBALL, BASKETBALL, GYMNASTICS, JUDO,
WEIGHT-TRAINING, DANCING AND FENCING.
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