TUESDAY, APRIL 24, 1984
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COOLING FACILITIES FOR BORDER CONTROL POINT
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A $688 000 AIR-CONDITIONING CONTRACT HAS BEEN AWARDED FOR A BORDER CONTROL POINT NOW BEING BUILT AT SHA TAU KOK.
WORK ON THE CONTRACT, AWARDED TO CARRIER HONG KONG LIMITED BY THE ARCHITECTURAL OFFICE OF THE BUILDING DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT, WILL BEGIN NEXT MONTH AND BE COMPLETED BY THE END OF THE YEAR.
THE CONTROL POINT, OCCUPYING 12 500 SQUARE METRES, IS LOCATED BETWEEN LIN MA HANG ROAD AND SHA TAU KOK ROAD.
IT WILL HAVE A ONE-STOREY MAIN TERMINAL BUILDING PROVIDING OFFICE ACCOMMODATION FOR THE POLICE AND THE IMMIGRATION AND CUSTOMS AND EXCISE DEPARTMENTS, AN ARRIVAL AND DEPARTURE HALL AND A CANTEEN, ALL COOLED BY THE CENTRAL AIR-CONDITIONING SYSTEM.
THERE WILL ALSO BE A CARGO EXAMINATION PLATFORM, A VEHICLE INSPECTION PIT AND A TRANSFORMER ROOM.
THE CONTROL POINT IS BEING BUILT IN ASSOCIATION WITH THE VEHICLE BORDER LINK AT SHA TAU KOK NOW UNDER CONSTRUCTION. THIS 800-METRE LONG, TWO-LANE CARRIAGEWAY WILL PROVIDE ANOTHER BORDER CROSSING FACILITY IN ADDITION TO THE ONE AT MAN KAM TO.
A CONSTRUCTION CONTRACT VALUED AT $8.3 MILLION FOR BUILDING THE CONTROL POINT WAS AWARDED TO YEU SHING COMPANY LIMITED IN FEBRUARY. WORK ON THIS IS EXPECTED TO BE COMPLETED AT THE END OF THIS YEAR.
CONTRACT AWARDED FOR SHA TIN TENNIS COURTS
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A CONTRACT FOR WORK ON SIX TENNIS COURTS AT TSANG TAI UK PLAYGROUND IN SHA TIN HAS BEEN AWARDED BY THE ARCHITECTURAL OFFICE OF THE BUILDING DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT.
THE PLAYGROUND IS BEING BUILT ON A 2.5 HECTARE SITE, AND BOUNDED BY SHA KOK ROAD, TAI CHUNG KIN ROAD AND LION ROCK TUNNEL ROAD.
OTHER FACILITIES IN THE PLAYGROUND WILL INCLUDE THREE BASKETBALL COURTS, TOILET AND CHANGING ROOMS, A REFRESHMENT KIOSK, A TABLE-TENNIS PLAYING AREA, A SITTING OUT AREA AND A PLAY AREA FOR CHILDREN.
THE $500 000 CONTRACT WAS AWARDED TO WING WAH COMPANY. WILL TAKE FIVE MONTHS TO COMPLETE.
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