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Appointment to Council of the Stock Exchange
A Financial Services Branch spokesman announced today (Friday) that the Government had re-appointed Mr Lee Hon-chiu to the Council of the Stock Exchange of Hong Kong Limited.
Mr Lee was first appointed to the Council in 1994. His current term will expire on November 22.
"We are very pleased to re-appoint Mr Lee who has made significant contribution to the work of the Council of the Stock Exchange in the past two years," the spokesman said.
Mr Lee's re-appointment is for one year up to and including the annual general meeting of the Stock Exchange in 1997.
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Tender invitation for Hiram's Highway improvement works
The Highways Department is inviting contractors to submit tenders for the Hiram's Highway Improvement Phase 2 works at the junction with Clear Water Bay Road.
Aimed to provide additional capacity to Hiram's Highway and its junction with Clear Water Bay Road to cope with the development in Sai Kung, Clear Water Bay Peninsular and Tseung Kwan O New Town, the project will improve road safety at the junction.
The project comprises the construction of a flyover, a footbridge, a vehicular underpass, and related slopeworks and roadworks.
Work will commence in January 1997 for completion in July 1999.
Details of the tender invitation was published in the Government Gazette today
(Friday).
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The Highways Department's New Territories Regional Office commissioned Maunsell Consultants Asia Limited to design the project and to supervise its construction.