FRIDAY, JANUARY 11, 1985
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FIRST BATCH OF PUBLIC HOUSING CONTRACTS IN 1985 SIGNED
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THE HOUSING AUTHORITY TODAY (FRIDAY) SIGNED 12 PUBLIC HOUSING CONTRACTS TOTALLING OVER $67 MILLION - THE FIRST BATCH IN THE YEAR 1985.
SIGNED BY DEPUTY DIRECTOR OF HOUSING (CONSTRUCTION), MR FRED PANG, THE CONTRACTS COVER A VARIETY OF WORKS INCLUDING LIFT INSTALLATION, SLOPE IMPROVEMENT, PILING AND LANDSCAPING.
SIX CONTRACTS, VALUED AT $49.9 MILLION, ARE FOR THE SUPPLY AND INSTALLATION OF 104 PASSENGER LIFTS AND TWO ESCALATORS AT HANG ON, LONG PING, WAN TSUI AND TAI HANG TUNG ESTATES, AND IN THE HOME OWNERSHIP CHING WAH COURT.
ANOTHER CONTRACT WORTH OVER $12 MILLION IS FOR IMPROVEMENTS TO SLOPES AT PUBLIC HOUSING ESTATES.
IN TWO CONTRACTS TOTALLING $2 MILLION, LANDSCAPING WORKS WI BE CARRIED OUT TO ADD MORE GREENERY IN CHEUNG KWAI AND TAI WO HAU ESTATES.
A CONTRACT OF $2.9 MILLION IS FOR PILING WORKS FOR THE SECOND HALF OF A FOUR-STOREY COMMERCIAL CENTRE AND A CARPARK, PLUS AN ELEVATED WALKWAY, AT TSING YI ESTATE.
THE LAST TWO CONTRACTS, VALUED AT OVER $782 000, ARE FOR FITTING-OUT WORKS FOR COMPUTER ROOMS AS WELL AS SITE INVESTIGATION WORK AT SHAU KEI WAN.
SEAWALL PLANNED
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THE GOVERNMENT INTENDS TO RECLAIM ABOUT 3.53 HECTARES OF FORESHORE AND SEABED AT THE SOUTHERN END OF THE PROPOSED NEW KWAI CHUNG CONTAINER TERMINAL SITE.
THE RECLAMATION WILL PROVIDE FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF A TEMPORARY SEAWALL AND THE ULTIMATE REALIGNMENT OF THE LAI CHI KOK NULLAH.
THE EXTENT OF THE AREA AFFECTED IS DESCRIBED IN A NOTICE IN THE GOVERNMENT GAZETTE TODAY.
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