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TUESDAY, APRIL 12, 1983
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LANTAU SITES FOR SALE
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FOUR SITES TOTALLING ABOUT 12 000 SQUARE METRES AT CHEUNG SHA ON LANTAU ISLAND WILL BE SOLD OVER THE NEXT SIX MONTHS FOR PRIVATE RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENTS.
AT THE ISLANDS DISTRICT BOARD MEETING TOMORROW (WEDNESDAY), MEMBERS WILL BE BRIEFED ON DETAILS OF THE SITES.
BOARD MEMBERS WILL ALSO DISCUSS THE CURRENT ANTI-SMOKING CAMPAIGN, THE ALLOCATION OF DB FUNDS AND THE FORMATION OF DB COMMITTEES.
AN ICAC OFFICER WILL GIVE A TALK ON THE WORK OF ICAC IN 1982 WITH SPECIAL REFERENCE TO ITS ACTIVITIES ON OUTLYING ISLANDS.
WIDENING OF LUNG MUN ROAD IN TUEN MUN
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THE TUEN MUN NEW TOWN DEVELOPMENT OFFICE OF THE NEW TERRITORIES DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT TODAY AWARDED A CONTRACT TO LEADER CIVIL ENGINEERING CORPORATION LTD. FOR THE REALIGNMENT AND WIDENING OF A SECTION OF LUNG MUN ROAD.
THE CONTRACT, WORTH MORE THAN $18 MILLION, WAS SIGNED THIS AFTERNOON BY MR LÂM CHUN-KEUNG, CHIEF ENGINEER OF THE TUEN MUN NEW TOWN DEVELOPMENT OFFICE, AND A REPRESENTATIVE OF THE COMPANY.
WORK ON THE CONTRACT, WHICH FORMS PART OF THE CONTINUING PROGRAMME FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF TUEN MUN NEW TOWN, INVOLVES THE WIDENING OF ABOUT 1.2 KILOMETRES OF LUNG MUN ROAD FROM PAK KOK TO BUTTERFLY BEACH INTO A DUAL CARRIAGEWAY.
UPON COMPLETION, THE NEW ROAD WILL PROVIDE BETTER ACCESS TO BUTTERFLY BEACH AND TO THE SOUTH-WESTERN PART OF THE NEW TOWN.
WORK ON THE PROJECT IS EXPECTED TO TAKE ABOUT 20 MONTHS TO COMPLETE.
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