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FRIDAY, MAY 9, 1980

NEW ROAD TO HOUSING ESTATE

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A NEW ROAD WILL BE BUILT IN WONG TAI SIN TO PROVIDE BETTER ACCESS TO THE UPPER WONG TAI SIN HOUSING ESTATE AND THE NEW CHUK YUEN ESTATE.

A CONTRACT FOR THE WORK, COSTING ABOUT $9 MILLION, WAS SIGNED TODAY (FRIDAY) BY MR TOM ARMOUR, CHIEF ENGINEER OF THE HIGHWAYS (KOWLOON) DIVISION OF THE PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT, AND REPRESENTATIVES OF KUMAGAI GUMI (HK) LTD.

A PWD SPOKESMAN SAID THE ROAD WOULD BE AN EXTENSION OF WONG TAI SIN ROAD TO THE JUNCTION OF CHUK YUEN ROAD AND SHATIN PASS ROAD.

HE SAID THE PROJECT INVOLVED THE CONSTRUCTION OF A 330-METRE CARRIAGEWAY, TOGETHER WITH ASSOCIATED DRAINAGE WORKS AND UTILITY DIVERSION. THE EXISTING ON FU ROAD WOULD ALSO BE REALIGNED.

CONSTRUCTION WORK, TO BE SUPERVISED BY THE HIGHWAYS (KOWLOON) DIVISION, WILL START NEXT WEEK AND WILL TAKE ABOUT 18 MONTHS TO COMPLETE.

CONTRACT SIGNED FOR WATER DRAIN PROJECT

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THE PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT TODAY (FRIDAY) AWARDED A CONTRACT FOR WORK ON DIVERTING THE STORM-WATER DRAIN NEAR THE MACAU FERRY TERMINAL TO MAKE WAY FOR THE FUTURE TERMINAL COMPLEX.

THE CONTRACT IS FOR THE LAYING OF ABOUT 195 METRES OF STORM- WATER DRAIN OF 2 100 MM IN DIAMETER, AND THE CONSTRUCTION OF A SEAWALL OUTLET,

MR PANG HAU-CHUNG, CHIEF ENGINEER OF THE PWD HIGHWAYS (HONG KONG) DIVISION SIGNED THE CONTRACT WITH A REPRESENTATIVE OF THE SANG LEE CONSTRUCTION COMPANY LIMITED.

WORK ON THE PROJECT, WORTH MORE THAN $3,2 MILLION, WILL START NEXT WEEK AND WILL TAKE SEVEN MONTHS TO COMPLETE.

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