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FRIDAY, JANUARY 10, 1975

CONTRACT SIGNED FOR FORMER PAUL LEE PROJECT

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A CONTRACT WAS SIGNED TODAY FOR THE COMPLETION OF WORK ON ONE OF THE MAJOR PROJECTS ON WHICH THE PAUL LEE ENGINEERING COMPANY WAS FORMERLY ENGAGED THE ELEVATED ROAD BETWEEN PRINCE EDWARD ROAD AND LAI CHI KOK ROAD AND THE ASSOCIATED LINK TO SAI YEE STREET.

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THE PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT ALSO ANNOUNCED:

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THE AWARD OF A CONTRACT FOR A SECOND PROJECT, FOR SEWERAGE AND DRAINAGE WORKS IN CHAI WAN ROAD, WHICH IS TO BE SIGNED EARLY NEXT WEEK-

THE GOVERNMENT'S APPROVAL OF THE MAIN TERMS OF SIX OTHER CONTRACTS WHICH ARE LIKELY TO BE CONCLUDED SOON- AND

* THE COMPLETION OF WORK ON ANOTHER PROJECT FORMERLY

HANDLED BY THE PAUL LEE COMPANY,

THE CONTRACT SIGNED TODAY WAS AWARDED TO GAMMON (HONG KONG) LTD. AND IS VALUED AT $15.368 MILLION. WORK IS EXPECTED TO START SOON AND THE PROJECT SHOULD BE COMPLETED IN NOVEMBER.

A SPOKESMAN FOR THE PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT SAID THE WORK WILL INCLUDE THE COMPLETION OF THE SUPERSTRUCTURE OF THE ELEVATED ROAD- THE COMPLETION OF A 42-INCH DIAMETER INTERCEPTING SEWER- AND VARIOUS GROUND-LEVEL JOBS.

THE CONTRACT TO BE SIGNED EARLY NEXT WEEK IS FOR SECTION 1 OF THE WORK ON EXTENDING THE TRUNK SEWER AND STORMWATER CULVERT IN CHAI WAN ROAD.

THIS CONTRACT, FOR WORK VALUED AT $2.904 MILLION, HAS BEEN AWARDED TO THE FOOK LEE CONSTRUCTION CO., LTD. THE WORK, WHICH WILL ALSO START VERY SOON AND WHICH WILL TAKE 16 MONTHS TO COMPLETE, CONSISTS OF EXCAVATION, PILING AND REINFORCED CONCRETE CONSTRUCTION.

THE SPOKESMAN SAID THAT DETAILS OF THE SIX OTHER AGREEMENTS WILL BE ANNOUNCED VERY SHORTLY. THE SIX PROJECTS INVOLVED ARE: * THE CHING CHEUNG ROAD EXTENSION * THE FUNG MO STREET INTERCHANGE (STRUCTURE) AND SHA TIN PASS ROAD PEDESTRIAN OVERPASS- * THE NAM CHEONG INTERCHANGE= * THE AUSTIN ROAD EXTENSION AND ASSOCIATED WORKS- * THE TAI WOR PING INTERCHANGE= AND THE MAIN TUNNEL SECTION OF THE AIRPORT TUNNEL ROAD.

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THE PROJECT

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