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Temporary closure of Queen's Pier
The Marine Department announced today (Friday) that all the landing steps of Queen's Pier in Central would be temporarily closed for maritime traffic from 4 pm to 5.30 pm on Monday (January 9) to facilitate the Ceremonial Opening of the 1995 Legal Year at Edinburgh Place.
No vessel will be allowed to berth at any of the landing steps of Queen's Pier during the closure period.
Small craft owners and operators are advised to use other public landing facilities within the period. There are public landing steps along the waterfronts at Sheung Wan and Wan Chai.
End/Friday, January 6, 1995
Tenders invited for civil engineering works at airport
The Civil Engineering Department is inviting tenders for maintenance and construction of minor civil engineering works at the airport for 1995-1997.
The works include maintenance of runway, aircraft pavements, markings, roads, bridges, car parks, drainage and miscellaneous works, as well as construction of minor civil engineering works within the airport boundary.
The project is expected to start in May and will take 24 months to complete.
Tender forms and further particulars can be obtained from the Chief Engineer, Development and Airport Division, Civil Engineering Office, Civil Engineering Department, second floor, Civil Engineering Building, 101 Princess Margaret Road, Ho Man Tin, Kowloon.
Tender offer will close at noon on January 27.
End/Friday, January 6, 1995