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HE SAID THE P.W.D. HAD ENTERED INTO A FIVE-YEAR CONTRACT WITH SHEK O QUARRY LTD. FOR THE SUPPLY OF ABOUT 200,000 CUBIC METRES OF MANUFACTURED SAND ANNUALLY, STARTING FROM TODAY.

MR. PILLING SAID THE DECISON TO LET THE FIRST CONTRACT FOR MANUFACTURED SAND FOLLOWED EXHAUSTIVE INVESTIGATIONS BY THE PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT INTO ITS SUITABILITY,

INITIALLY, MANUFACTURED SAND WILL BE AVAILABLE ONLY AT THE P.W.D.'S NORTH POINT SAND DEPOT, WHILE MARINE SAND WILL BE AVAILABLE FROM THE OTHER FIVE DEPOTS AND ON A LIMITED BAS IS AT THE NORTH POINT SAND DEPOT.

IN LINE WITH THE GOVERNMENT'S METRICATION PROGRAMME, ALL SAND SOLD THROUGH THE SAND MONOPOLY WILL BE MEASURED IN CUBIC METRES INSTEAD OF CUBIC YARDS. LORRY DIMENSIONS WILL BE CHECKED BY P.W.D. STAFF AT THE VARIOUS DEPOTS TO ASSIST IN THE CHANGEOVER.

LOCKHART ROAD PARKING METER CHARGES

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PARKING IN METERED SPACES ALONG LOCKHART ROAD IN WAN CHAI WILL BE MORE EXPENSIVE BEGINNING NEXT WEEK.

A TRANSPORT DEPARTMENT SPOKESMAN SAID TODAY THAT THE TWO- HOUR PARKING METERS WHICH CHARGE 50 CENTS FOR ONE HOUR PARKING WILL BE REMOVED AND REPLACED BY EITHER TWO-HOUR METERS CHARG ING 50 CENTS FOR 30 MINUTES OR HALF-HOUR METERS ACCEPTING ONLY $1 COIN.

THE SPOKESMAN EXPLAINED THAT THE PRESENT METERS WERE BEING REPLACED IN ORDER TO IMPROVE THE TURN-OVER RATE OF THE PARKING SPACES IN LOCKHART ROAD DUE TO THE VERY HIGH DEMAND FOR PARKING THERE.

HE SAID THAT THE METERS ALONG LOCKHART ROAD BETWEEN ARSENAL STREET AND CANNON STREET WOULD BE REPLACED,

THE CHANGEOVER WILL START ON MONDAY AND THE SPOKESMAN ADVISED MOTORISTS TO CAREFULLY READ THE REGULATIONS ON THE METAL PLATE ATTACHED TO THE PARKING METERS TO ENSURE THAT THE CORRECT COINS ARE INSERTED.

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