THURSDAY, MAY 8, 1986
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AIRPORT RUNWAY IMPROVEMENT CONTRACT AWARDED
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THE ENGINEERING DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT HAS AWARDED A $72.7 MILLION CONTRACT TO GAMMON (HONG KONG) LIMITED TO IMPROVE THE RUNWAY AND TAXIWAYS AT KAI TAK AIRPORT.
THE CONTRACT, SIGNED TODAY (THURSDAY) AT THE DEPARTMENT'S OFFICES IN EMPIRE CENTRE, TSIM SHA TSUI EAST, WILL TAKE 22 MONTHS TO COMPLETE.
THE PROJECT, INTENDED TO IMPROVE OPERATIONAL SAFETY AT THE AIRPORT, INCLUDES RECONSTRUCTION OF THE KOWLOON CITY END OF THE RUNWAY, PROVISION OF ADDITIONAL PAVEMENT DOWN EITHER SIDE OF THE RUNWAY AND RESURFACING OF THE RUNWAY AND MAIN TAXIWAYS.
LIGHTING AND SIGNALLING INSTALLATIONS WILL ALSO BE IMPROVED.
MOST OF THE WORK WILL BE CARRIED OUT AT NIGHT TO KEEP DISRUPTION AT THE AIRPORT TO A MINIMUM, BUT NOISE LEVELS WILL BE CLOSELY MONITORED AND KEPT AS LOW AS POSSIBLE.
THE PROJECT HAS BEEN DESIGNED, AND CONSTRUCTION WILL BE SUPERVISED, BY STAFF OF THE DEVELOPMENT AND AIRPORT DIVISION OF THE CIVIL ENGINEERING OFFICE.
MOTHERS PRAISED FOR COMMUNITY SERVICE
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MODERN WOMEN PLAYED A SIGNIFICANT PART IN COMMUNITY AND SOCIAL SERVICES, BESIDES BEING WIVES AND MOTHERS, THE ASSISTANT DIRECTOR SOCIAL WELFARE, MRS EVELYN DOE, SAID TODAY (THURSDAY).
SPEAKING AT A MOTHER'S DAY CELEBRATION HELD BY THE WOMEN'S WELFARE CLUB OF WESTERN DISTRICT, MRS DOE PAID TRIBUTE TO THOSE MOTHERS WHO HAD CONTRIBUTED TO THESE SERVICES.
SUCH MOTHERS, SHE SAID, WOULD AT THE SAME TIME MAINTAIN HARMONIOUS FAMILY LIFE AND BRING UP AND EDUCATE THEIR CHILDREN SO THAT THEY TOO MIGHT BECOME WORTHY MEMBERS OF SOCIETY.
ALL MOTHERS WOULD BE PROUD TO BE HONOURED BY SOCIETY, BUT THE IR GREATEST ENCOURAGEMENT WOULD COME FROM APPRECIATION AND APPRAISAL FROM WITHIN THEIR OWN FAMILIES, SHE ADDED.
/YRS DOE