THURSDAY, OCTOBER 16, 1980
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CONTRACTS LET FOR MAJOR ENGINEERING WORKS
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THE PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT HAS AWARDED TWO MAJOR ENGINEERING CONTRACTS TOTALLING ABOUT $53.7 MILLION.
THE FIRST CONTRACT, WORTH MORE THAN $26.7 MILLION, IS FOR SITE FORMATION, ROAD, AND DRAINAGE WORKS IN THE SOUTH-WESTERN PART OF SHA TIN NEW TOWN AS PART OF THE NEW TOWN DEVELOPMENT.
UNDER THE CONTRACT, ABOUT EIGHT HECTARES OF LAND WILL BE FORMED AT PAK TIN.
OF THESE, 5.5 HECTARES WILL BE FOR PUBLIC HOUSING, 0.5 HECTARE FOR OPEN SPACE, 0.8 HECTARE FOR GOVERNMENT, INSTITUTION AND COMMUNITY USES AND 1.2 HECTARES FOR COMMERCIAL AND RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT.
A SPOKESMAN FOR THE PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT SAID THE NEW LAND WOULD EVENTUALLY PROVIDE ACCOMMODATION FOR 17 920 PEOPLE IN PUBLIC AND PRIVATE HOUSING.
THIS CONTRACT, HE ADDED, WOULD ALSO INCLUDE THE CONSTRUCTION OF TWO BOX CULVERTS, SURFACE WATER DRAINS AND SEWERS, NEW ROADS AND A BRIDGE OVER SHING MUN RIVER.
WORK WILL START LATER THIS MONTH AND TAKE ABOUT 18 MONTHS.
THE SECOND CONTRACT, VALUED AT ABOUT $26.9 MILLION, WILL EXTEND THE EXISTING SUBMARINE OUTFALL AT THE SEAWARD END OF KAI TAK RUNWAY BY 700 METRES.
ON COMPLETION OF THE PROJECT, SCREENED SEWAGE FROM EAST KOWLOON BETWEEN NGAU TAU KOK AND HUNG HOM WILL BE DISCHARGED THROUGH THE NEW OUTFALL INTO DEEPER WATERS FOR BETTER DILUTION AND DISPERSAL.
WORK ON THIS CONTRACT WILL TAKE ABOUT 24 MONTHS.
PART OF TSUEN WAN VILLAGE TO MAKE WAY FOR BUS TERMINUS
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THE EASTERN HALF OF MUK MIN HA VILLAGE, TSUEN WAN, IS TO BE CLEARED ON MONDAY (OCTOBER 20) TO MAKE WAY FOR A BUS TERMINUS WHICH WILL BE LINKED TO THE MASS TRANSIT RAILWAY STATION.
THE 4 600 SQUARE METRE SITE HAS TO BE HANDED OVER TO THE DEVELOPER SO THAT THE BUS TERMINUS WILL BE READY WHEN THE UNDERGROUND RAILWAY STATION IS OPENED IN MID-1982.
THE TERMINUS IS A VITAL PART OF THE TRANSPORT NETWORK IN TSUEN WAN WHICH WILL HAVE A POPULATION OF ONE MILLION BY THE MID-1980'S.
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