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WEDNESDAY, APRIL 11, 1979

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MAJOR CONTRACT FOR TUEN MUN SIGNED

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THE PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT TODAY (WEDNESDAY) AWARDED A $102 MILLION CONTRACT TO LEIGHTON CONTRACTORS PTY. LIMITED FOR A MAJOR RECLAMATION AND LAND FORMATION PROJECT IN THE SOUTH WESTERN PART OF TUEN MUN NEW TOWN.

THE CONTRACT IS THE BIGGEST ONE LET FOR TUEN MUN SO FAR UNDER THE NEW TOWN'S MASSIVE $3,500 MILLION DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMME.

IT WAS FORMALLY SIGNED THIS MORNING BY MR. STAN BARDEN, PROJECT MANAGER (TUEN MUN), AND MR. H. CHARITON OF THE COMPANY.

UNDER THE CONTRACT, 43 HECTARES OF LAND WILL BE PROVIDED FOR PUBLIC HOUSING, INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT AND OPEN SPACE.

THE PROJECT REQUIRES THE RECLAMATION OF ABOUT 27 HECTARES OF LAND NEAR PAK KOK IN THE WESTERN PART OF CASTLE PEAK BAY, THE FORMATION OF 16 HECTARES IN VARIOUS AREAS OF THE TOWN AND THE CONSTRUCTION OF ROADS AND DRAINAGE.

IN ADDITION, A 400-METRE-LONG BREAKWATER HAS TO BE BUILT IN THE CENTRE OF CASTLE PEAK BAY TO PROTECT THE NEW TYPHOON SHELTER.

THIS BREAKWATER TOGETHER WITH THE RECLAMATION WILL FORM PART OF THE NEW TYPHOON SHELTER WHICH WOULD PROVIDE ON COMPLETION 55 HECTARES OF TYPHOON ANCHORAGE.

MR. BARDEN SAID: THE ENGINEERING WORKS, WHICH FORM PART OF THE NEW TOWN STAGE IIA DEVELOPMENT, INVOLVE THE CONSTRUCTION OF 760 METRES OF SEAWALL AND RIVERWALL AND THE PLACING OF ABOUT 1.6 MILLION CUBIC METRES OF FILLING MATERIAL IN THE RECLAMATION.

+FILL MATERIAL WILL COME FROM NEARBY SORROW AREAS ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF THE CASTLE PEAK RANGE AND FROM THE SEABED NEAR CHEK LAP KOK.+

HE ADDED THAT PLATFORMS WOULD BE FORMED IN THE BORROW AREAS AND SOME OF THEM WOULD BE USED FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF STEEL TOWERS FOR THE TRANSMISSION LINE TO THE NEW POWER STATION AT TAP SHEK KOK.

IN ADDITION, ABOUT 145 METRES OF TWIN BOX CULVERT AND 650 METRES OF ACCESS ROADS WOULD HAVE TO BE BUILT TO SERVE THE INDUSTRIAL AREA.

MR. BARDEN POINTED OUT: THE MAIN RECLAMATION WILL PROVIDE 7.6 HECTARES OF LAND FOR PUBLIC HOUSING WHICH WILL EVENTUALLY ACCOMMODATE 60,000 PEOPLE.

+A FURTHER NINE HECTARES OF LAND WILL BE RECLAIMED FOR INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT ADJACENT TO THE HOUSING ESTATE.

WORK ON THE CONTRACT WILL BEGIN LATER THIS MONTH AND WILL TAKE ABOUT 24 MONTHS TO COMPLETE.

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