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WEDNESDAY, APRIL 25, 1979
U.S.-HK TEXTILE TALKS CONCLUDED
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IN A JOINT STATEMENT ISSUED TODAY (WEDNESDAY), AMBASSADOR MICHAEL B. SMITH, LEADER OF THE U.S. DELEGATION, AND MR. LAWRENCE MILLS, LEADER OF THE HONG KONG DELEGATION, SAID THEY HAD CONCLUDED THE TEXTILE CONSULTATIONS WHICH BEGAN IN JANUARY THIS YEAR AND CONTINUED IN LONDON IN MARCH,
APPROPRIATE DOCUMENTS HAD BEEN DRAWN UP AND THE TWO DELEGATIONS WOULD NOW RECOMMEND THEM TO THE IR OWN GOVERNMENT FOR ACCEPTANCE, THE STATEMENT SAID.
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RECLAMATION CONTRACT
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THE PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT IS TO RECLAIM A SMALL AREA IN TSUEN WAN BAY FOR STAGE 1 OF THE TSUEN WAN BYPASS PROJECT.
A CONTRACT FOR THIS WORK, WORTH ABOUT $2 MILLION, WAS SIGNED TODAY (WEDNESDAY) BY MR. ROBIN SAUNDERS, CHIEF ENGINEER OF THE TSUEN WAN DEVELOPMENT OFFICE, AND MR. CHAN HON-SHEUNG, MANAGING DIRECTOR OF SHING KEE BUILDING CONTRACTORS LTD.
IT MARKS THE BEGINNING OF STAGE II OF THE TSUEN WAN BYPASS, WHICH WILL INVOLVE THE CONSTRUCTION OF A TWO-K ILOMETRE ROAD RUNNING FROM TEXACO ROAD ACROSS TSUEN WAN BAY TO LINK WITH TUEN MUN ROAD AT CHAI WAN KOK.
WORK ON THE CONTRACT WILL START NEXT WEEK AND WILL TAKE ABOUT SIX MONTHS TO COMPLETE.
TENDERS FOR THE MAIN CONTRACT FOR THE SECOND STAGE OF THE TSUEN WAN BYPASS WILL BE INVITED IN THE FIRST HALF OF NEXT YEAR.
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