SUNDAY, MAY 6, 1984
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CONTRACTS FOR BORDER PROJECTS
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TWO CONTRACTS, VALUED AT $1.85 MILLION, HAVE BEEN AWARDED FOR THE INSTALLATION OF ELECTRICAL AND FIRE SERVICES EQUIPMENT AT THE BORDER CONTROL POINT NOW UNDER CONSTRUCTION AT SHA TAU KOK.
THE CONTRACT FOR INSTALLING AN ELECTRICITY DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM WAS AWARDED TO TUNG YUEN HONG ELECTRICAL COMPANY LTD.
THE ONE FOR INSTALLING FIRE HYDRANTS AND A FIRE HOSE REEL WENT TO RYODEN FIRE ENGINEERING COMPANY LIMITED.
BOTH WERE AWARDED BY THE ARCHITECTURAL OFFICE OF THE BUILDING DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT.
WORK ON THEM STARTED EARLIER THIS WEEK AND WILL BE COMPLETED BY THE END OF THIS YEAR TO COINCIDE WITH COMPLETION OF THE BORDER CONTROL POINT.
THE CONTROL POINT WILL OCCUPY A 12 500-SQUARE-METRE SITE BETWEEN LIN MA HANG ROAD AND SHA TAU KOK ROAD.
IT WILL CONSIST OF A ONE-STOREY MAIN TERMINAL BUILDING FOR THE POLICE AND IMMIGRATION AND CUSTOMS OFFICERS.
THERE WILL ALSO BE AN ARRIVAL AND A DEPARTURE HALL, A CARGO EXAMINATION PLATFORM, A VEHICLE INSPECTION PIT AND A TRANSFORMER ROOM.
SLOPES TO BE STABILISED
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WORK WILL START IN JULY ON RECONSTRUCTING SEVEN SLOPES ON HONG KONG ISLAND AND IN KOWLOON.
IT IS PART OF A CONTINUOUS PROGRAMME ORGANISED BY THE
GEOTECHNICAL CONTROL OFFICE TO IMPROVE SLOPES TO
ACCEPTABLE STANDARDS.
IN THE PAST FEW YEARS THE OFFICE HAS SPENT OVER $500 MILLION ON THIS WORK AND IS ALSO SPENDING $30 MILLION EACH YEAR ON SLOPE MAINTENANCE.
THE SEVEN SLOPES TO BE IMPROVED UNDER THE PRESENT PHASE OF THE PROGRAMME ARE AT WATFORD ROAD, TIN HAU TEMPLE ROAD AND HOSPITAL ROAD ON HONG KONG ISLAND AND AT WATERLOO ROAD AND CHING CHEUNG ROAD IN KOWLOON.
THE WORK WILL TAKE SIX TO 15 MONTHS TO COMPLETE.
TENDERS TO CARRY IT OUT SHOULD BE SUBMITTED BY MAY 25.
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