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+BUT COMPLAINTS CAN STILL BE PHONED IN ON THE UNIT'S HOT LINE 5-731919 DURING OFFICE HOURS,+ HE SAID.
OF THE COMPLAINTS RECEIVED, THE MAJORITY WAS ABOUT PUBLIC TRANSPORT SERVICES (49 PER CENT). TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT WAS NEXT ON THE LIST, AT 34 PER CENT.
THE HIGHEST PERCENTAGE OF COMPLAINTS SUCCESSFULLY DEALT WITH SO FAR CONCERNED MINOR ROAD WORKS AND REPAIRS.
CONTRACT FOR LAND FORMATION ON TSING YI
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THE PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT TODAY AWARDED A MAJOR CIVIL ENGINEERING CONTRACT TO KUMAGA I-GUMI (HONG KONG) LTD FOR RECLAMATION AND SITE FORMATION WORK ON TSING YI ISLAND.
THE CONTRACT, WORTH MORE THAN $122 MILLION, FORMS PART OF THE TSUEN WAN NEW TOWN DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMME.
IT WAS SIGNED THIS MORNING BY MR P.D. CHE, CHIEF ENGINEER (SOUTH) OF THE PWD'S TSUEN WAN NEW TOWN DEVELOPMENT OFFICE, AND MR C.P. YU, DEPUTY CHAIRMAN AND MR T. NAKAYAMA, ADMINISTRATION MANAGER OF THE COMPANY.
MR CHE SAID THAT UNDER THE CONTRACT, 22 HECTARES OF LAND WOULD BE FORMED FOR DEVELOPMENT.
→THE WORK WILL INCLUDE THE FORMATION OF LAND WEST OF TSING YI LAGOON AND THE RECLAMATION OF PART OF THE LAGOON AND TSING YI BAY.
+ON COMPLETION, THE NEW LAND WILL BE USED FOR PUBLIC HOUSING, VILLAGE HOUSING, OPEN SPACE AND GOVERNMENT, INSTITUTE AND COMMUNITY PURPOSES.
+ THE CONTRACT WILL ALSO INCLUDE SITE FORMATION WORK FOR A SERVICE RESERVOIR, SUBSTRUCTURE WORK OF THE NEW TSING YI FERRY PIER, AND THE CONSTRUCTION OF A TRIPLE CELL BOX CULVERT, STORMWATER DRAINS AND SEWERS, A NEW ROAD AND EXTENSIVE EARTHWORKS, HE SAID.
WORK WILL START NEXT WEEK AND WILL TAKE ABOUT 27 MONTHS.
THE PROJECT HAS BEEN DESIGNED AND CONSTRUCTION WILL BE SUPERVISED BY SCOTT WILSON KIRKPATRICK AND PARTNERS, CONSULTING ENGINEERS FOR PWD'S TSUEN WAN NEW TOWN DEVELOPMENT OFFICE.
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