TUESDAY, JANUARY 28, 1986
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ROAD CONTRACT FOR TUEN MUN AWARDED
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A $39-MILLION ROAD CONTRACT WAS SIGNED TODAY (TUESDAY) AS PART OF THE FURTHER DEVELOPMENT OF TUEN MUN NEW TOWN.
THE CONTRACT IS MAINLY FOR CONSTRUCTION OF A DUAL CARRIAGEWAY WHICH WILL RUN ALONG THE NORTHERN BOUNDARY OF TAI HING ESTATE, AND FOR WORK ON A MAJOR INTERCHANGE AT THE JUNCTION OF THE NEW CARRIAGEWAY AND TSUN WEN ROAD NORTH.
THE NEW ROAD WILL PROVIDE AN EAST-WEST LINK IN THE NORTH- WESTERN PART OF TUEN MUN, CONNECTING TWO ROADS RUNNING ON EITHER SIDE OF TAI HING ESTATE,
IT WILL ALSO SERVE LEUNG TIN PUBLIC HOUSING ESTATE AND PROVIDE A DIRECT ROUTE FROM THERE TO YUEN LONG.
A PEDESTRIAN ROUTE WILL BE CONSTRUCTED TO LINK UP TAI HING ESTATE WITH A PROPOSED PUBLIC HOUSING ESTATE IMMEDIATELY TO THE NORTH AND CHING CHUNG KOON MONASTERY.
WORK WILL START IN FEBRUARY AND BE COMPLETED IN 18 MONTHS.
THE CONSULTING ENGINEERS FOR THE PROJECT ARE SCOTT WILSON KIRKPATRICK AND PARTNERS.
THE CONTRACT WAS AWARDED BY THE NEW TERRITORIES DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT TO JOHN LOK AND PARTNERS LTD,
FAIRS TO BE HELD ON SPORTS VENUES ******
SIX SPORTS VENUES IN THE NON-URBAN AREAS WILL BE PARTIALLY CLOSED FROM THURSDAY (JANUARY 30) UNTIL FEBRUARY 12 TO MAKE WAY FOR LUNAR NEW YEAR FAIRS.
THEY ARE THE TUEN MUN PLAYGROUND, TAI PO PLAYGROUND, SHA TSUI ROAD PLAYGROUND IN TSUEN WAN, SHEK WU HU PLAYGROUND, KWAI CHUNG SPORTS GROUND AND YUEN WO ROAD PLAYGROUND IN SHA TIN, A SPOKESMAN FOR THE REGIONAL SERVICES DEPARTMENT SAID.
THE SIX VENUES, TOGETHER WITH THE PEDESTRIAN MALL OPPOSITE YUEN LONG SWIMMING POOL, WILL BE USED FOR THE SEVEN LUNAR NEW YEAR FAIRS TO BE HELD FROM FÉBRUARY 2 (SUNDAY) TO FEBRUARY 9 IN THE NON-URBAN AREAS.
THE SPOKESMAN EXPLAINED THAT THE LONGER CLOSURE PERIOD THIS YEAR IS TO ALLOW SUFFICIENT TIME FOR STALL HOLDERS TO PREPARE THE IR STALLS AND FOR THE REMOVAL AND TIDYING UP WORK AFTERWARDS.
/THEME VILL