MONDAY, NOVEMBER 10, 1980
HE NOTED THAT AN OFFICE THERE WAS A VITAL PART OF THE COUNCIL'S CONTINUING EFFORTS TO EXTEND AND IMPROVE ITS SERVICE TO THE HONG KONG BUSINESS COMMUNITY.
THIS IS CLEARLY MANIFEST, SIR JACK SAID, BY THE RAPIDLY INCREASING VOLUME OF OVERSEAS AND LOCAL TRADE ENQUIRIES NOW BEING CHANNELLED TO AND FROM THE NEW TERRITORIES AREA.
+THE EFFICIENT AND ACCURATE HANDLING OF TRADE ENQUIRIES IS THE CORNERSTONE AND ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT ACTIVITIES OF THE COUNCIL, + HE ADDED.
CONTRACT SIGNED FOR FINAL SECTION
OF TUEN MUN ROAD STAGE TWO
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A $78 MILLION CONTRACT FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE FINAL SECTION OF THE SECOND CARRIAGEWAY OF THE $540 MILLION TUEN MUN ROAD WAS LET BY THE PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT TODAY.
MR K.C. YEUNG, CHIEF ENGINEER OF THE CONSULTANTS MANAGEMENT DIVISION OF THE HIGHWAYS OFFICE, SIGNED THE CONTRACT ON BEHALF OF THE PWD- WHILE MR REODOLFO M. CUENCA SIGNED FOR THE CONSTRUCTION AND DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION OF THE PHILIPPINES.
THE CONTRACT, WHICH TAKES ABOUT 24 MONTHS TO COMPLETE,
IS FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF A ROAD BETWEEN SHAM TSENG AND TUEN MUN.
MR YEUNG EXPLAINED THAT THE WORK WOULD COMPRISE THE CONSTRUCTION OF A THREE-LANE CARRIAGEWAY OF ABOUT 9.3 KILOMETRES, TWO BRIDGES AT TSING LUNG TAU AND SO KWUN TAN, EXTENSIVE EARTHWORKS AND ASSOCIATED DRAINAGE WORKS.
THE ROADWAY TO BE CONSTRUCTED UNDER THIS CONTRACT IS DIVIDED INTO TWO SECTIONS BY SIU LAM INTERCHANGE WHERE THE CARRIAGEWAY WAS BUILT TO ITS FULL WIDTH UNDER THE FIRST STAGE OF THE PROJECT, HE SAID.
MEANWHILE, WORK IS ALSO STARTING ON AN ELEVATED ROAD LINKING CASTLE PEAK ROAD AND TUEN MUN ROAD AT CHAI WAN KOK. A $28.7 MILLION CONTRACT FOR THE WORK WAS AWARDED LATE LAST MONTH.
THE NEW ELEVATED STRUCTURE, IN THE FORM OF A TEN-SPAN PRESTRESSED CONCRETE BRIDGE, WILL PROVIDE A TWO-LANE CARRIAGEWAY.
THERE WILL ALSO BE OTHER ROAD AND DRAINAGE WORKS FOR THE WIDENING AND MODIFICATION OF CASTLE PEAK ROAD.
ON COMPLETION, THIS CONTRACT WILL PROVIDE FREE-FLOW CONNECTIONS FOR TRAFFIC BETWEEN TUEN MUN ROAD AND CASTLE PEAK ROAD TO THE EAST OF CHAI WAN KCK. BY THEN, THE EXISTING TRAFFIC LIGHT SIGNAL CONTROL AT CHAI WAN KÖK WILL NO LONGER BE REQUIRED.
/MR YEUNG