FRIDAY, AUGUST 16, 1991
ACTING GOVERNOR EXTENDS CONDOLENCES TO VICTIMS' FAMILIES
THE ACTING GOVERNOR, SIR DAVID FORD, TODAY (FRIDAY) EXTENDED HIS CONDOLENCES TO THE FAMILIES OF THE MEN WHO LOST THEIR LIVES IN THE BARGE WHICH SANK OFF THE HONG KONG COAST ON THURSDAY (AUGUST 16).
SIR DAVID ALSO EXPRESSED HIS GRATITUDE TO ALL THOSE WHO WERE INVOLVED IN THE RESCUE OPERATION, INCLUDING THE ROYAL HONG KONG AUXILIARY AIR FORCE, ROYAL NAVY, ROYAL AIR FORCE AND THE MARINE DEPARTMENT WHICH CO-ORDINATED THE RESCUE EFFORTS.
"THEIR QUICK RESPONSE AND BRAVERY ARE A CREDIT TO HONG KONG'S SEARCH AND RESCUE ORGANISATION. IN PUTTING THEIR LIVES AT RISK THEY HAVE DEMONSTRATED A SELFLESS DEDICATION TO OTHERS," SIR DAVID SAID.
"FINALLY, I WOULD LIKE TO WISH THOSE INJURED IN THE INCIDENT A SPEEDY RECOVERY, HE SAID.
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CONTRACT FOR THIRD INDUSTRIAL ESTATE AWARDED
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THE DEVELOPMENT OF TSBUNG KWAN O NEW TOWN HAS ENTERED A NEW PHASE WITH THE SIGNING OF A CONTRACT TODAY (FRIDAY) FOR THE COMMENCEMENT OF LAND FORMATION AND INFRASTRUCTURAL WORKS FOR THE TSEUNG KWAN O INDUSTRIAL ESTATE.
BEING THE THIRD INDUSTRIAL ESTATE IN HONG KONG AFTER TAI PO AND YUEN LONG, THE DEVELOPMENT UNDER THE CONTRACT IS MANAGED BY THE TERRITORY DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT ON BEHALF OF THE HONG KONG INDUSTRIAL ESTATE CORPORATION WHO HAVE EARMARKED OVER $500 MILLION FOR THE PROJECT.
A SPOKESMAN FOR THE SOUTH EAST NEW TERRITORIES DEVELOPMENT OFFICE SAID THE INDUSTRIAL ESTATE IS LOCATED AT A 93-HECTARE SITE WHICH WILL BE MAINLY RECLAIMED FROM THE SEA IN THE TAI CHIK SHA AREA ON THE SOUTHEAST COAST OF TSEUNG KWAN O BAY.
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WORKS ON THE CONTRACT WOULD REQUIRE THE REMOVAL OF SOME MILLION CUBIC METRES OF EARTH FROM THE NORTHEASTERN PART OF FAT TONG CHAU TO FORM PART OF THE SITE FOR THE ESTATE.
MORE THAN THREE KILOMETRES OF STORMWATER DRAINS AND ALMOST TWO KILOMETRES OF ROADS AND SEWERS WILL ALSO BE CONSTRUCTED UNDER THR CONTRACT WITH ALL WORKS EXPECTED TO BE COMPLETED BY 1995.
THE SPOKESMAN SAID ΤΟ TIE IN WITH THE INDUSTRIAL ESTATE DEVELOPMENT, TENDERS FOR ANOTHER CONTRACT
HAD ALREADY BEEN INVITED FOR THE RECLAMATION
AND ASSOCIATED INFRASTRUCTURAL WORKS TO BE CARRIED OUT IN A PART OF THE SIU CHIK SHA AREA IMMEDIATELY ΤΟ THE NORTH OF THE DEVELOPMENT.
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