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FRIDAY, MAY 27, 1988
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THE INCIDENT OCCURRED ON MAY 8 LAST YEAR, WHEN A CHINESE VESSEL CAPSIZED IN ROUGH SEAS OFF CAPE D' AGUILAR. SIP LI AND THE TWO RANK-AND-FILE OFFICERS WHO WERE ON DUTY ON BOARD A SEA RIDER IN THE VICINITY, SAW WHAT HAPPENED. THEY RUSHED TO THE SCENE AND BROUGHT SIX CREW MEMBERS TO SAFETY.
THE OFFICERS THEN HEARD A KNOCKING SOUND COMING FROM THR INTERIOR OF THE BOAT, AND KNEW THAT SOMEONE HAD BEEN TRAPPED. SGT CHAN AND PC YUEN IMMEDIATELY CUT OPEN THE WOODEN HULL OF THE BOAT WITH THEIR AXES. THE SAILOR WAS FREED BEFORE THE VESSEL SANK,
AT THE SAME CEREMONY THIS AFTERNOON, MR ANNING ALSO PRESENTED COMMENDATIONS TO EIGHT OTHER OFFICERS FOR THEIR OUTSTANDING PERFORMANCE IN ANOTHER SEA RESCUE OPERATION, AND IN SOLVING A NUMBER OF ROBBERY AND DRUG CASES IN THE LAST TWO YEARS.
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CONTRACTORS INVITED TO PREQUALIFY
THE GOVERNMENT IS INVITING CONTRACTORS TO SUBMIT APPLICATIONS FOR THE PREQUALIFICATION OF A TENDER EXERCISE CONCERNING THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE KWUN TONG BY-PASS PHASE III.
THE PROJECT COMPRISES A 1.38-KILOMETRE-LONG DUAL TWO-LANE ELEVATED ROAD WHICH WILL CONNECT THE KOWLOON APPROACHES OF THE CAIRN TUNNEL WITH KWUN TONG BY-PASS PHASE II AND PHASE I, AND TO THE EASTERN HARBOUR CROSSING.
TATE'S THENCR
A 550-METRE-LONG SECTION OF THE EXISTING KAI FUK ROAD AFFECTED BY THE BY-PASS FOUNDATIONS WILL ALSO BE WIDENED AND RECONSTRUCTED.
TENDERS WILL BE CALLED LATER THIS YEAR FROM THE PREQUALIFIED CONTRACTORS. CONSTRUCTION IS EXPECTED TO COMMENCE EARLY NEXT YEAR AND WILL BE COMPLETED IN TIME FOR THE OPENING OF THE TATE'S CAIRN TUNNEL IN MID-1991.
A NOTICE OF PREQUALIFICATION OF TENDERERS OF THE PROJECT IS PUBLISHED IN THE GAZETTE TODAY (FRIDAY).
APPLICATIONS SHOULD BE SUBMITTED BY NOON ON JUNE 24 THIS YEAR,
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