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IN

SATURDAY, AUGUST 2, 1980

BUILDING AND

CONSTRUCTION

8 725 (-0.7%)

8 779

3 355 (+16.7%)

2 875

GENERAL COMMERCE

23 157 (+9.3%)

21 187

3 213 (+17.1%)

2 743

FINANCIAL CONCERNS*

3 285 (+15.5%)

2 843

1 165 (+34.7%)

865

INDIVIDUALS

TO PURCHASE

RESIDENTIAL

PROPERTY

5 531 (-28.4%)

7 729

3 630 (+126.2%)

1 605

OTHER PURPOSES

6 404

6 183

(+3.6%)

3 923 (+46.9%)

2 671

OTHERS

7 362 (+1,7%)

7 240

3 049 (+53.8%)

1 982

TOTALX

73 561 (+5.8%)

69 560

23 021 (+37.5%)

16 742

* THIS EXCLUDES FUNDS ADVANCED BY BANKS TO

DEPOSIT-TAKING COMPANIES.

NEW RAIL TUNNEL FOR TAI PO KAU

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A NEW SINGLE-TRACK. RAILWAY TUNNEL WILL SOON BE BUILT TO THE WEST OF THE TUNNEL NEAR THE TAI PO KAU STATION.

TENDERS FOR THE WORK WERE INVITED BY THE RAILWAY DIVISION OF THE PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT.

A SPOKESMAN FOR THE PWD SAID THE WORK FORMED PART OF THE KOWLOON-CANTON RAILWAY MODERNISATION AND ELECTRIFICATION PROGRAMME.

+THE NEW TUNNEL WILL BE ABOUT 330 METRES LONG AND OF CIRCULAR SHAPE WITH AN INTERNAL DIAMETER OF ABOUT 6.7 METRES, HE SAID.

+ON COMPLETION, THE NEW TUNNEL, WITH THE EXISTING ONE, WILL ENABLE DOUBLE TRACKING OF THE KOWLOON-CANTON RAILWAY.+

ALSO INCLUDED IN THE CONTRACT WILL BE THE CONSTRUCTION OF 300 METRES LONG EMBANKMENT,

WORK ON THE PROJECT WILL START IN OCTOBER AND BE COMPLETED IN JUNE 1982.

THE PROJECT HAS BEEN DESIGNED AND CONSTRUCTION WILL BE SUPERVISED BY THE RAILWAY DIVISION OF THE PWD'S CIVIL ENGINEERING OFFICE, ON BEHALF OF KOWLOON-CANTON RAILWAY.

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