FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 2, 1984.
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ABATTOIRS TO HAVE NEW LIFTS ****
THE URBAN COUNCIL HAS RECENTLY APPROVED THE REPLACEMENT OF EIGHT GOODS LIFTS AT KENNEDY TOWN AND CHEUNG SHA WAN ABATTOIRS TO ENSURE CONTINUED EFFICIENT OPERATION OF THE TWO ESTABLISHMENTS.
THE APPROVAL FOLLOWED AN IN-HOUSE STUDY ON THE ECONOMIC LIFE EXPECTANCY OF EQUIPMENT AT THE TWO ABATTOIRS.
THE STUDY SHOWED THAT THE ENVIRONMENT IN THE ABATTOIRS AND THE STRAIN PUT UPON THE LIFTS HAD CAUSED RAPID CORROSION AND DETERIORATION TO THE EQUIPMENT, RESULTING IN UNSATISFACTORY OPERATION AND FREQUENT BREAKDOWNS.
+DESPITE REGULAR AND COSTLY MAINTENANCE, THE CONDITION OF THE GOODS LIFTS HAS NOW DETERIORATED TO A POINT WHERE FURTHER SUBSTANTIAL MAINTENANCE IS NO LONGER ECONOMICALLY VIABLE,+ SAID A SPOKESMAN FOR THE CITY SERVICES DEPARTMENT.
HE SAID THE NEW REPLACEMENT LIFTS, ESTIMATED TO COST $10.44 MILLION, WOULD BE SPECIALLY DESIGNED TO WITHSTAND ROUGH USAGE AND TO RESIST CORROSION.
CONDITIONS IN THE LIFT MOTOR ROOM WILL ALSO BE IMPROVED TO ENSURE GOOD VENTILATION ESSENTIAL TO THE MAINTENANCE OF THE EQUIPMENT.
+ THE REPLACEMENT PROGRAMME WILL BE CONDUCTED IN PHASES BY THE CONTRACTOR UNDER THE SUPERVISION OF THE BUILDING DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT, THE SPOKESMAN SAID.
+REMOVAL OF THE EIGHT EXISTING LIFTS IS EXPECTED TO START IN MID-1986 AND THE INSTALLATION OF THE REPLACEMENT LIFTS IS SCHEDULED FOR COMPLETION IN EARLY 1989.+
LAND FORMATION FOR HOSPITAL STARTING SOON
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WORK ON LAND FORMATION FOR THE EASTERN HOSPITAL IN CHAI WAN WILL START LATER THIS MONTH.
A CONTRACT FOR THE PROJECT, WORTH ABOUT $21,6 MILLION, WAS SIGNED THIS (FRIDAY) MORNING BY MR KAM SING-SUN, CHIEF STRUCTURAL ENGINEER OF THE BUILDING DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT, AND AN OFFICIAL OF THE CONTRACTOR, JAPAN DEVELOPMENT AND CONSTRUCTION COMPANY.
THE CONTRACT