THURSDAY, DECEMBER 3, 1981
PWD OCTOBER CONTRACTS TOTAL $540 MILLION
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NINETY-SIX CONTRACTS WORTH MORE THAN $540 MILLION, WERE AWARDED BY THE PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT IN OCTOBER.
THE LARGEST CONTRACT, WORTH ABOUT $79 MILLION, WAS FOR THE CONSTRUCTION CS A NEW PRIMARY DISTRIBUTOR ROAD AT THE HEAD OF THE SHA TIN VALLEY.
THE NEW ROAD WILL PROVIDE A DIRECT LINK BETWEEN LION ROCK TUNNEL ROAD AND THE EXISTING ROAD NETWORKS AROUND TAI WAI, AS WELL AS DIRECT ACCESS TO THREE NEW PUBLIC HOUSING ESTATES IN MÉI LAM, SAN TIN AND TIN SAM.
THE WORKS FORM PART OF THE DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMME FOR SHA TIN NEW TOWN.
OF THE CONTRACTS AWARDED, 50 WERE RECOMMENDED BY THE CENTAL TENDER BOARD AND THE OTHERS BY THE PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT TENDER BOARD.
LETTER HOLDERS CAN ALSO BID FOR SITES ****
PEOPLE WHO SURRENDERED AGRICULTURAL LAND TO THE GOVERNMENT IN RETURN FOR LAND EXCHANGE ENTITLEMENTS (LETTERS A AND B) ARE ALSO ENTITLED TO BID FOR THE THREE SITES AT SHA TIN AT PRESENT BEING OFFERED TO HOLDERS OF THE ENTITLEMENTS.
A SPOKESMAN FOR THE CITY AND NEW TERRITORIES ADMINISTRATION SAID TODAY (THURSDAY) A STORY IN A LEADING CHINESE NEWSPAPER HAD SAID THOSE WHO HAD SURRENDERED AGRICULTURAL LAND TO THE GOVERNMENT WERE NOT ELIGIBLE TO TENDER.
+THERE HAS BEEN A MISUNDERSTANDING, THE SPOKESMAN SAID. +ELIGIBILITY APPLIES TO ALL LETTER A AND B HOLDERS AND WE LOOK FORWARD TO RECEIVING BIDS FROM A WIDE RANGE OF HOLDERS, HE SAID.
THE SITES BEING OFFERED ARE LOCATED BETWEEN KAU TO AND HO TUNG LAU OVERLOOKING THE RACECOURSE. THEY ARE FOR LOW DENSITY RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT. TENDERS MUST BE RECEIVED AT CITY AND NEW TERRITORIES ADMINISTRATION BY NOON ON DECEMBER 11,
TENDER NOTICES AND APPLICATION FORMS ARE AVAILABLE FROM CITY AND NEW TERRITORIES ADMINISTRATION HEADQUARTERS AND THE EIGHT DISTRICT OFFICES.
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