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Contract awarded for the new airport
The Secretary for the Treasury, on the advice of the Central Tender Board, has approved the award of an Airport Core Programme (ACP) contract for the provision of High Frequency Communications Equipment for the new airport at Chek Lap Kok.
The contract, valued at $27.5 million, has been awarded by the Civil Aviation Department to Harris Corporation of the United States.
The company will be responsible for the provision of the communication equipment to enable long-range air-ground communications between aircrafts and the Air Traffic Control Centre at the new airport.
Works will start early next month for completion in May next year.
The award of this contract brings the total number of ACP major contracts awarded so far to 109, with a total value of $79 billion.
End/Friday, February 24, 1995
Tuen Mun school to use new premises on Monday
Students of Ju Ching Chu Secondary School (Tuen Mun) will resume classes on Monday (February 27) following the Government's issue of an Occupation Permit for its new premises in Area 31A, Tuen Mun, and registration by the Education Department today (Friday).
The Director of Education, Mr W K Lam, was glad to see that students would be able to use the new premises on Monday.