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FRIDAY, JULY 6, 1979

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APPLICANTS SHOULD BE ENGAGED IN WORK APPROPRIATE TO THE COURSE APPLIED FOR. THEY MUST BE SPONSORED AND HAVE FORMS SIGNED BY THEIR EMPLOYERS.

COMPLETED FORMS SHOULD REACH THE APPROPRIATE INSTITUTES ON AUGUST 17, 1979. LATE AND INADEQUATELY COMPLETED FORMS WILL NOT BE CONSIDERED.

THE FIVE INSTITUTES ARE MORRISON HILL, KWAT CHUNG, KWUN TONG, HAKING WONG AND LEE WAI LEE TECHNICAL INSTITUTES.

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TENDERS FOR KCR'S ELECTR IF ICATION TO BE CALLED

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THE PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT INTENDS TO INVITE TENDERS WITHIN THE NEXT THREE MONTHS FROM PRE-QUALIFIED CONTRACTORS FOR THE SUPPLY AND INSTALLATION OF AN OVERHEAD LINE CURRENT COLLECTION SYSTEM FOR THE KOWLOON-CANTON RAILWAY,

THE WORK FORMS PART OF THE MODERNISATION AND ELECTRIFICATION OF THE EXISTING RAILWAY BETWEEN KOWLOON AND LO WU.

MANUFACTURERS WITH AT LEAST 10 YEARS' EXPERIENCE IN THE SUPPLY OF OVERHEAD LINE EQUIPMENT FOR RAILWAY ELECTRIFICATION PURPOSES MAY WRITE TO THE GOVERNMENT APPOINTED CONSULTING ENGINEERS, TRANSMARK, AT BANK OF AMERICA BUILDING, 12TH FLOOR, 1 KOWLOON PARK DRIVE KOWLOON, FOR FURTHER INFORMATION, AND DETAILS OF THE REQUIREMENTS FOR INCLUSION IN THE LIST OF PREQUALIFIED CONTRACTORS.

A PWD SPOKESMAN SAID THAT THE RAILWAY WILL BE ABOUT 33 KILOMETRES IN LENGTH. THE CONTRACT WOULD INVOLVE THE SUPPLY OF SOME 80 SINGLE-TRACK KILOMETRES OF OVERHEAD LINE EQUIPMENT SUITABLE FOR SUPPLYING TRACTION CURRENT AT 25 KV A.C. SINGLE PHASE TO MULTIPLE UNIT ELECTRIC TRAINS.

CONSTRUCTION OF THE SYSTEM WILL BEGIN NOT LATER THAN DECEMBER 1980 AND IS SCHEDULED FOR COMPLETION BEFORE THE COMMISSIONING OF ELECTRIC TRAIN SERVICES IN 1982.

THE WORK WILL BE SUPERVISED BY TRANSMARK WHILE THE PROJECT IS UNDER THE OVERALL SUPERVISION OF THE CIVIL ENGINEERING OFFICE OF THE PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT.

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