WEDNESDAY, MARCH 2, 1988
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$213 MILLION CONTRACT AWARDED TO IMPROVE NT CIRCULAR ROAD
DEPARTMENT
AWARDED A $213 HIGHWAYS THE
TODAY (WEDNESDAY} FUJIAN CORPORATION FOR INTERNATIONAL MILLION CONTRACT TO THE CHINA TECHNO-ECONOMIC CO-OPERATION (CFC) FOR BUILDING A ROAD AS PART OF NEW TERRITORIES CIRCULAR ROAD IMPROVEMENT PROJECT.
THE CONTRACT WAS
SIGNED
THE BETWEEN
DIRECTOR OF
THE
HIGHWAYS,
MR HAROLD BEATON, AND THE VICE-PRESIDENT OF CFC, MR HUANG XUNGENG.
THE
CONTRACT
MAINLY COVERS A
THREE-KILOMETRE-LONG CAPACITY DUAL TWO-LANE TRUNK ROAD FROM FAIRVIEW PARK TO AU TAU.
CONSTRUCTION WILL START SOON AND BE COMPLETED IN LATE 1990. THE NEW TERRITORIES CIRCULAR ROAD IMPROVEMENT PROJECT IS CARRIED OUT IN FIVE PHASES AT A TOTAL COST OF $1.3 BILLION.
FIRST
PHASES INVOLVE
HIGH
BEING
OF CONSTRUCTION
A KAM ROAD TO AU ROAD EXISTING CASTLE PEAK
WAI. THE FIFTH
15
THE THE
FOUR 12-KILOMETRE-LONG HIGH CAPACITY TRUNK ROAD FROM FAN
THE TAU, RUNNING ALONG THE ALIGNMENT OF THROUGH KWU TUNG, SAN TIN, MAI PO AND SAN THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE AU TAU BYPASS.
THE WORKS COVERED BY THE NEW PHASE OF THE IMPROVEMENT PROJECT.
PHASE
WILL CONTRACT
THE FORM
FOURTH
GROUND BREAKING FOR NEW PTU HEADQUARTERS
THE
MR
CONTRACT
KWAN-HA,
MARKING THE FOR THE FUTURE
TODAY
OF POLICE,
LI GROUND BREAKING CEREMONY
BUILDING II
COMMISSIONER ACTING
A (WEDNESDAY) OFFICIATED AT COMMENCEMENT OF POLICE TACTICAL UNIT (PTU) HEADQUARTERS AT VOLUNTEER SLOPES, FANLING.
THE PHASE
WILL
A
COST OF $170 MILLION, BARRACKS,
RANGES, CLASSROOMS,
ESTIMATED AN THE NEW BASE, AT
BLOCK, ADMINISTRATION
INCLUDE AN GYMNASIUM, AND A SWIMMING POOL.
IT IS EXPECTED THAT THE PTU WILL MOVE INTO THE NEW
COMPLEX IN
EARLY 1990.
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