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Widening of Castle Peak Road
Castle Peak Road between Siu Lam and So Kwun Tan will be upgraded and widened to dual-two carriageway.
The $243-million contract for the works was signed today (Thursday) by the Highways Department's Acting Assistant Director/Major Works, Mr Ma Lee-tak, and representatives of B+ B Construction Company Limited.
Supervised by Babtie BMT (Hong Kong) Ltd, works will commence by the end of this month for completion in mid-1999.
On completion, the 2.5-kilometre road section will be of 7.3-metre wide in each direction and greatly enhance traffic flow as its capacity will be increased to 4,000 vehicles per hour (v/h) comparing to the present 1,100 v/h.
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Transfer of VMs from HIDC today
A group of about 200 Vietnamese migrants in High Island Detention Centre, including more than 60 from the North Camp and 130-odd from the South Camp, will be transferred to the Centre's Security Unit today (Thursday) in preparation for their return to Vietnam under the Orderly Repatriation Programme.
They will go through pre-flight documentation and medical checks prior to their repatriation on February 18.
The transfer will be observed by independent monitors.
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