MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 13, 1993
ANOTHER WEST KOWLOON RECLAMATION DRAINAGE CONTRACT AWARDED
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THE APPROVED THE CENTRAL TENDER BOARD HAS AIRPORT CORE PROGRAMME CONTRACT, WORTH $139 MILLION, DRAINAGE SYSTEM IN WEST KOWLOON.
AWARD OF ANOTHER TO IMPROVE THE
ENTITLED THE CONTRACT,
WEST KOWLOON RECLAMATION HINTERLAND ΤΟ WING FAI DRAINAGE PACKAGE 2 (SOUTHERN PORTION), HAS BEEN AWARDED CONSTRUCTION COMPANY LIMITED OF HONG KONG.
AWARDED IN THE SPOKESMAN FOR THE
"TOGETHER WITH THE NORTHERN PORTION CONTRACT WHICH WAS JUST TWO WEEKS AGO, THE WORKS WILL BRING ABOUT AN IMPROVEMENT WATER QUALITY IN THE HARBOUR OFF WEST KOWLOON," A NEW AIRPORT PROJECTS CO-ORDINATION OFFICE SAID TODAY (MONDAY).
AND IMPROVEMENT OF THE WORKS WILL INCLUDE THE RECONSTRUCTION
SYSTEM IN THE DRAINAGE
OF THE EXISTING
HINTERLAND
WEST KOWLOON AND JORDAN INCLUDING TAI KOK TSUI AND THE AREA BETWEEN ARGYLE STREET ROAD.
THIS WILL
PREVENT FLOODING ARISING FROM THE EXTENSION OF DRAINAGE FROM WEST KOWLOON ACROSS THE NEWLY RECLAIMED LAND.
THE HARBOUR WILL BE THE IMPROVEMENT IN THE WATER QUALITY IN
OF NEW SEWERS AND DRY ACHIEVED BY THE CONSTRUCTION
FLOW
WHICH WILL INTERCEPT INTERCEPTORS
POLLUTED EXISTING DRAINAGE SYSTEM.
WATER STORM
WEATHER IN
THE
CONSTRUCTION WORK WILL START
LATER THIS MONTH AND WILL
BE
COMPLETED IN EARLY 1996.
THE SPOKESMAN SAID TEMPORARY TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT MEASURES BE INTRODUCED IN MONG KOK AND YAU MA TEI TO FACILITATE WORK.
"THESE MEASURES
HAVE BEEN CAREFULLY MONITORED TO ENSURE MINIMAL IMPACT ON TRAFFIC,
WOULD
..
AND DESIGNED
HE SAID.
WILL BE
THE AWARD OF THIS CONTRACT BRINGS THE TOTAL NUMBER CORE PROGRAMME (ACP) CONSTRUCTION CONTRACTS AWARDED BY THE TO 27, WITH A TOTAL VALUE OF NEARLY $29 BILLION,
OF AIRPORT GOVERNMENT
AT $9.7 TOGETHER WITH THE FOUR CONSTRUCTION CONTRACTS, VALUED
AND THE $5.7 BILLION, AWARDED BY THE PROVISIONAL AIRPORT AUTHORITY,
WESTERN HARBOUR TUNNEL BILLION CONSTRUCTION CONTRACT AWARDED BY THE
OF CONSTRUCTION CONTRACTS AWARDED COMPANY LIMITED, THE TOTAL VALUE FOR THE ACP, ALL WITHIN BUDGET, IS OVER $44 BILLION.
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