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MARINE POLICE BASE TO BE EXPANDED
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A $956 221 PILING CONTRACT HAS BEEN AWARDED FOR CONSTRUCTION OF AN ADMINISTRATION BLOCK AT ABERDEEN MARINE POLICE BASE.
THE 16-STOREY BLOCK WILL OCCUPY A 900-SQUARE-METRE SITE AT SHAM WAN ROAD AND IS PART OF A PLAN TO EXPAND THE BASE.
FACILITIES WILL INCLUDE OFFICES, A RADIO AND RADAR ROOM, WORKSHOPS, ILLEGAL IMMIGRANT HOLDING AREAS, BARRACKS, CHANGING ROOMS A DINING ROOM, A RECREATIONAL ROOM, A STOREROOM AND LAUNDRY.
PILING WILL START NEXT MONTH AND BE COMPLETED IN DECEMBER.
THE CONTRACT HAS BEEN AWARDED TO FRANKI CONTRACTORS LIMITED BY THE ARCHITECTURAL OFFICE OF THE BUILDING DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT.
TENDERS FOR THE BLOCK'S SUPERSTRUCTURE, WHICH WILL TAKE 18 MONTHS TO BUILD, WILL BE INVITED LATER THIS YEAR.
VILLAGE CLEANSING CONTRACT AWARDED
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THE NEW TERRITORIES SERVICES DEPARTMENT TODAY AWARDED A $20 000 CONTRACT FOR CARRYING OUT CLEANSING SERVICES ON AP CHAU TO A LOCAL AGENT.
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THE CONTRACT, GOOD FOR EIGHT MONTHS FROM AUGUST 1 SIGNED BY THE DIRECTOR OF NEW TERRITORIES SERVICES, MR DAVID WEEKS, AND THE CONTRACTOR, MR CHAN SAU-TUNG.
MR WEEKS SAID THIS CONTRACT WAS ANOTHER STEP FORWARD IN INVOLVING THE LOCAL COMMUNITY IN VILLAGE CLEANSING.
THIS CLEANSING SCHEME IS BEING UNDERTAKEN BY OTHER SIX VILLAGES IN THE NEW TERRITORIES, THEY ARE WANG TO SHAN IN YUEN LONG, LUNG KWU TAN IN TUEN MUN, HANG HAU IN SAI KUNG, CARE VILLAGE IN TAI PO, CHUNG MEI RESITE VILLAGE IN KWAI CHUNG AND TAI LONG WAN TSUEN ON LANTAU ISLAND.
MR WEEKS SAID THAT GOOD RESULTS HAD BEEN ACHIEVED IN THESE VILLAGES.
HE EXPRESSED CONFIDENCE THAT AT AP CHAU, THE USE OF A PRIVATE CONTRACTOR WOULD ALSO GIVE A BETTER AND MORE COST-EFFECTIVE SERVICE.
ALSO PRESENT AT THE CONTRACT SIGNING CEREMONY WERE THE CHAIRMAN OF THE SHA TAU KOK RURAL COMMITTEE, MR YIP SHING, AND THE STAFF OFFICER (CLEANSING) OF THE NTSD, MR LAM CHUNG- HUEN.
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