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WEDNESDAY, MARCH 28, 1979

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$20.8 MILLION TSUEN WAN DEVELOPMENT CONTRACT SIGNED

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THE PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT TODAY (WEDNESDAY) AWARDED A $20.8 MILLION CONTRACT TO LEIGHTON CONTRACTORS PTY LTD. FOR A FURTHER STAGE OF DEVELOPMENT WORKS IN TSUEN WAN NEW TOWN.

IT WAS FORMALLY SIGNED BY MR. C.R. SAUNDERS, CHIEF ENGINEER (NORTH), OF THE TSUEN WAN NEW TOWN DEVELOPMENT OFFICE, AND MR. H. CHARITON OF THE COMPANY.

THE CONTRACT IS FOR SITE FORMATION WORKS AT TSO KUNG TAM IN THE NORTHWEST OF TSUEN WAN, DESIGNED PRINCIPALLY TO PROVIDE A LEVEL SITE FOR THE MASS TRANSIT RAILWAY WEST OF ITS DEPOT.

IT ALSO INCLUDES THE FORMATION OF SEVEN HECTARES OF LAND FOR FUTURE DEVELOPMENT.

*THE WORKS, WHICH FORM STAGE VI OF THE TSUEN WAN NEW TOWN DEVELOPMENT, WILL INCLUDE DIVERTING HALF A KILOMETRE OF THE CHUNG HANG STREAM BY CHANNELLING IT INTO A CONCRETE LINED NULLAH OF ABOUT FIVE METRES DEEP AND 20 METRES WIDE, MR. SAUNDERS SAID.

SO FAR, THE GOVERNMENT HAS APPROVED THE EXPENDITURE OF $667 MILLION FOR DEVELOPMENT WORK.

HOWEVER, HE POINTED OUT THAT MORE THAN HALF OF THE SUM WOULD GO TOWARDS MEETING THE COST OF LAND ACQUISITION,

OTHER STAGES OF THE WORK ALREADY IN HAND INCLUDE THE FORMATION OF A SITE NEAR THE CENTRE OF TSUEN WAN FOR THE MASS TRANSIT RAILWAY AT A COST OF $84 MILLION, AND SITE FORMATION WORKS AT CHUNG PEI SHAN AND CHAI WAN KOK AT A COST OF $92 MILLION.

MR. SAUNDERS SAID THAT TENDERS FOR FURTHER SITE FORMATION IN THE NORTHERN PART OF TSUEN WAN WOULD BE INVITED NEXT MONTH.

ON COMPLETION OF ALL THE SITE FORMATION WORKS IN SIX DIFFERENT STAGES OF THE PROJECT, MORE THAN 200 HECTARES OF LAND WILL BE MADE AVAILABLE FOR DEVELOPMENT, HE ADDED.

THE PROJECT HAS BEEN DESIGNED AND CONSTRUCTION WILL BE SUPERVISED BY SCOTT WILSON KIRKPATRICK AND PARTNERS, CONSULTING ENGINEERS, ON BEHALF OF THE TSUEN WAN NEW TOWN DEVELOPMENT OFFICE OF PWD.

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