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TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 29, 1987
AU TAU
THE NEW TERRITORIES CIRCULAR ROAD IMPROVEMENTS PROJECT, TO FAN KAM ROAD, RUNS FOR A DISTANCE OF 12-KILOMETRES ALONG THE ALIGNMENT OF THE EXISTING CASTLE PEAK ROAD THROUGH KWU TUNG, SAN TIN, MAI PO AND SAN WAI.
PHASE I, FROM FAN KAM ROAD ΤΟ PAK SHEK AU, WAS OPENED ΤΟ TRAFFIC LAST APRIL.
PHASE
II.
FROM PAK SHEK AU TO MAI PO, IS NOW UNDER CONSTRUCTION AND IS EXPECTED TO BE COMPLETED BY LATE 1988.
WORK ON PHASE III COMMENCED ABOUT TWO MONTHS AGO AFTER THE AWARD OF A $181 MILLION CONTRACT. THIS PHASE COVERS A SECTION FROM MAI PO TO FAIRVIEW PARK.
PHASE V OF THE PROJECT, THE AU TAU EARLY 1989 FOR COMPLETION IN LATE 1991.
BYPASS, WILL COMMENCE IN
THE PROJECT WILL, WHEN FULLY COMPLETED, SIGNIFICANTLY REDUCE CONGESTION ALONG CASTLE PEAK ROAD AND BECOME PART OF A DIRECT ROUTR FOR TRAFFIC BETWEEN HONG KONG AND CHINA, VIA THE BORDER CROSSING AT LOK MA CHAU, THIS IS NOW BEING CONSTRUCTED AND IS DUE FOR COMPLETION BY LATE 1988.
THE PHASE IV PROJECT IS PART OF A DIRECT ROUTE BORDER CROSSING- WITH THE KWAT CHUNG CONTAINER TERMINAL.
CONNECTING THE
CONTRACT AWARDED FOR TUEN MUN HOSPITAL LAUNDRY BUILDING
WORK HAS BEGUN ON CONSTRUCTION OF A LAUNDRY MUN HOSPITAL FOLLOWING THE AWARD OF A $23.7 MILLION ARCHITECTURAL SERVICES DEPARTMENT.
BUILDING
CONTRACT
AT TUEN
BY THE
AREA OF 4,750
THE SINGLE-STOREY BUILDING, WITH A TOTAL FLOOR SQUARE METRES, WILL COMPRISE A MEZZANINE FLOOR AND BASEMENT.
TUEN MUN AND OTHER GOVERNMENT
ITS FACILITIES, BESIDES MEETING THE REQUIREMENTS HOSPITAL, WILL ALSO SERVE CASTLE PEAK HOSPITAL MEDICAL INSTITUTIONS IN THE TUEN MUN/YUEN LONG AREA.
BE IN
AND ON THE
WHILE LOADING THE BASEMENT, STORAGE AREAS WILL UNLOADING, WASHING, DRYING AND IRONING AREAS WILL BE PROVIDED GROUND FLOOR.
THE MEZZANINE FLOOR WILL STAFF CHANGING AREAS AND TOILETS.
BE USED FOR
OFFICE
WORK IS EXPECTED TO BE COMPLETED IN MAY, 1989,
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ACCOMMODATION,