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THURSDAY, MARCH 16, 1978

PWD AWARDS LANDSCAPING CONTRACTS

MORE THAN 113,000 TREES AND SHRUBS ARE TO BE PLANTED IN SELECTED AREAS ALONG TUEN MUN ROAD TO BLEND THE CUT SLOPES. INTO THE EXISTING COUNTRYSIDE.

THE WORK, WHICH ALSO INCLUDES AFTERCARE AND FERTILISATION, 13 COVERED EY TWO LANDSCAPING CONTRACTS WHICH THE PUBLIC.WORKS DEPARTMENT HAS AWARDED TO BLUET GARDEN.

THE TWO CONTRACTS ARE WORTH A TOTAL OF MORE THAN $3 MILLION.

MR. T.S. NG, CHIEF ENGINEER OF THE CONSULTANTS 'MANAGEMENT DIVISION OF THE P.W.D.'S HIGHWAYS OFFICE, SAID TODAY THAT PLANTING WOULD BE CARRIED OUT DURING THE SPRING OF 1979 AND 1980.

THIRTEEN DIFFERENT KINDS OF PLANTS, INCLUDING ACACIA CONFUSA, ALMUS FORMOSANA AND PHYALLANTHUS EMELICÁ, MEASURING BETWEEN 35 CM AND 70 C CULD BE PLANTED.

MR. NG SAID THAT LANDSCAPING DONE PREVIOUSLY FOR OTHER ROAD PROJECTS WAS ON A PIECEMEAL BASIS.

+THIS 13 THE FIRST TIME LANDSCAPING ON SUCH A LARGE SCALE HAS EVER LEEK CARRIED OUT BY THE HIGHWAYS OFFICE,+ HE SAID.

DEANWHILE, WORK ON THE FIRST STAGE OF THE $390 MILLION TUEN NUM ROAD IS NEARING COMPLETION. IT IS EXPECTED TO BE OPENED TO T...AFFIC ITHIE TWO MONTHS.

THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE SECOND STAGE WILL BEGIN IN THE MIDDLE OF THIS YEAR AND WILL TAKE ABOUT TWO-AND-A-HALF YEARS TO FINISH.

WHEN COMPLETED, THE 17-KILOMETRE TUEN MUN ROAD WILL CONSIST OF A HIGH CAPACITY DUAL CARRIAGEWAY ROAD LINKING TSUEN WAN WITH TUEN BUT NEW TOWN IN THE WESTERN PART OF THE NEW TERRITORIES.

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