TUESDAY, JANUARY 5, 1982
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NOVEMBER PWD CONTRACTS TOTAL $650 MILLION
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A TOTAL OF 81 CONTRACTS WORTH MORE THAN $650 MILLION WERE AWARDED BY THE PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT IN NOVEMBER LAST YEAR.
THE LARGEST CONTRACT, WORTH ABOUT $196 MILLION, WAS FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF PART OF THE SECOND STAGE OF THE ISLAND EASTERN CORRIDOR.
IT COVERS THE CONSTRUCTION OF AN 850-METRE LONG ELEVATED DUAL THREE-LANE HIGHWAY, 600 METRES OF WHICH WILL BE ABOVE THE SEA.
THIS SECTION OF THE COASTAL ROAD WILL CONNECT THE FIRST STAGE OF THE ISLAND EASTERN CORRIDOR AT THE HEALTHY STREET INTERCHANGE IN THE WEST AND THE NEW QUARRY BAY RECLAMATION IN THE EAST.
ANOTHER MAJOR CONTRACT, WORTH $191 MILLION, WAS FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE NEW SUPREME COURT BUILDING AT QUEENSWAY.
THE SUPREME COURT BUILDING WILL BE 22 STOREYS HIGH, COMPRISING A SIX-STOREY PODIUM AND A 16-STOREY TOWER BLOCK WHICH WILL HOUSE 36 COURTS.
OF THE CONTRACTS AWARDED, 36 WERE RECOMMENDED BY THE CENTRAL TENDER BOARD AND THE OTHERS BY THE PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT TENDER BOARD.
SHEUNG SHUI PUBLIC LIBRARY OPENED ***
THE CULTURAL SERVICES DEPARTMENT'S NEW SHEUNG SHUI PUBLIC LIBRARY WAS OFFICIALLY OPENED TODAY (TUESDAY).
THE OPENING CEREMONY WAS OFFICIATED BY DIRECTOR OF URBAN SERVICES, MR B.D. WILSON THE VICE-CHAIRMAN OF HEUNG YEE KUK, MR LIU YÚN-SUM- CHAIRMAN OF SHEUNG SHUI RURAL COMMITTEE,
MR LIU CHING-LEUNG CHAIRMAN OF SHEK WU HUI MERCHANT ASSOCIATION LTD., MR CHEUNG KUEN- AND CHAIRMAN OF THE FEDERATION OF SOCIETIES SHEUNG SHUI DISTRICT, MR LEE LUN,
THE LIBRARY IS LOCATED AT THE NORTH DISTRICT COMMUNITY CENTRE AND TOWN HALL IN LUNG SUM AVENUE AND HAS A COLLECTION OF ABOUT 25 000 VOLUMES.
IT CONSISTS OF AN ADULT LENDING LIBRARY, A JUNIOR LENDING LIBRARY, ADULT AND JUNIOR REFERENCE COLLECTIONS, A NEWSPAPERS/ PERIODICALS COLLECTION AND AN EXTENSION ACTIVITIES ROOM.
THE SHEUNG SHUI PUBLIC LIBRARY IS OPEN FROM MONDAY TO FRIDAY (EXCEPT TUESDAYS) BETWEEN 9 AM AND 8 PM FOR THE ADULT SECTION AND BETWEEN 9 AM AND 6 PM FOR THE JUNIOR SECTION.
IT IS ALSO OPEN ON SATURDAYS FROM 9 AM TO 5 PM AND ON SUNDAYS FROM 9 AM TO 1 PM.
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