SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 4, 1984
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TIME FOR TOILET TENDERS
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THE BUILDING DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT IS INVITING TENDERS FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF TWO PUBLIC TOILETS IN KOWLOON IN JANUARY NEXT YEAR.
ONE INVOLVES THE REDEVELOPMENT OF AN OLD TOILET AND THE REPROVISIONING OF THE EXISTING ON-STREET REFUSE COLLECTION POINT IN SA YEE STREET, MONGKOK. FOLLOWING THE DEMOLITION OF THE OLD LAVATORY, A NEW TWO-STOREY STRUCTURE WILL BE ERECTED ON THE 160-SQUARE-METRE SITE. THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE DUAL PURPOSE BUILDING WILL BE COMPLETED IN OCTOBER, NEXT YEAR.
THE SECOND TOILET, SITUATED AT KWUN TONG BUS TERMINUS, WILL INCLUDE A CUBICLE FOR THE HANDICAPPED. IT IS EXPECTED TO BE COMPLETED IN SIX MONTHS.
TENDERS FOR THE FORMER MUST BE CLEARLY MARKED ON THE ENVELOPE, ADDRESSED TO THE CHAIRMAN, CENTRAL TENDER BOARD, AND PLACED IN THE SECRETARIAT TENDER BOX SITUATED IN THE LIFT LOBBY ON THE LOWER GROUND FLOOR OF CENTRAL GOVERNMENT OFFICES (EAST WING), LOWER ALBERT ROAD (AT ITS JUNCTION WITH GARDEN ROAD), HONG KONG, BEFORE NOON ON FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 23, 1984. LATE TENDERS WILL NOT BE ACCEPTED.
FOR THE LATTER, TENDERS MUST BE ADDRESSED TO THE CHAIRMAN, PUBLIC WORKS TENDER BOARD, AND PLACED IN THE PUBLIC WORKS TENDER BOX SITUATED IN THE MAIN ENTRANCE OF MURRAY BUILDING, GARDEN ROAD, LATE TENDERS HONG KONG, BEFORE NOON ON FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 23, 1984. WILL NOT BE ACCEPTED.
TAI KOK TSUI 'EYESORE' REMOVED
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AN ENVIRONMENTAL PROJECT IN MONG KOK, INITIATED BY THE LOCAL DISTRICT BOARD, HAS JUST BEEN COMPLETED.
AN EARTH MOUND, 65 METRES IN LENGTH AND COVERING HALF OF FUK TSUN STREET, WAS REMOVED LAST MONTH AND THE HIGHWAYS OFFICE HAS SINCE PAVED THE ROAD AND PROVIDED A PEDESTRIAN PAVEMENT.
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+THE EARTH MOUND HAD BEEN AN EYESORE TO RESIDENTS. HAD CAUSED TRAFFIC CONGESTION AND INCONVENIENCE TO PEDESTRIANS IN THE AREA FOR A LONG TIME, A SPOKESMAN FOR THE DISTRICT BOARD SAID.
+ IN APRIL THE BOARD APPROVED FUNDS TO REMOVE THE MOUND AND TO IMPROVE THE ROAD SURFACE AND PAVEMENT,+ HE SAID.
THE TOTAL COST OF THE PROJECT WAS $350 000, WITH THE BOARD CONTRIBUTING $150 000 AND THE HIGHWAYS OFFICE, THE BALANCE.
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