FRIDAY, JULY 10, 1981
$68-MILLION PWD CONTRACT SIGNED
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THE PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT TODAY (FRIDAY) LET A $68-MILLION CONTRACT FOR SITE FORMATION, ROADS AND DRAINAGE WORKS IN THE AREA TO THE SOUTH OF THE RAILWAY LINE BETWEEN BEACON HILL TUNNEL AND THE VILLAGE OF TIN SAM, AT THE SOUTH-WESTERN END OF SHA TIN NEW TOWN.
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THE CONTRACT WAS FORMALLY SIGNED THIS MORNING BY MR K.K TANG, CHIEF ENGINEER OF THE SHA TIN NEW TOWN DEVELOPMENT OFFICE, AND A REPRESENTATIVE OF MAEDA CONSTRUCTION COMPANY LIMITED.
A PWD SPOKESMAN SAID THAT UNDER THE CONTRACT, ABOUT TEN HECTARES OF LAND WILL BE FORMED FOR INDUSTRIAL AND COMMERCIAL USES, AS WELL AS OPEN SPACE.
A 1.3-KILOMETRE ROAD WILL ALSO BE BUILT TO LINK THE SOUTH- WESTERN PART OF THE TOWN WITH THE NEARBY LION ROCK TUNNEL ROAD,
INTERNAL ROADS AND DRAINS WILL BE PROVIDED IN THE INDUSTRIAL AREA ALONG WITH A PEDESTRIAN SUBWAY UNDER THE KOWLOON-CANTON RAILWAY EMBANKMENT.
THE UNDERGROUND WALKWAY WILL JOIN UP THE INDUSTRIAL AND RESIDENTIAL AREAS ON BOTH SIDES OF THE RAILWAY LINE AT TAI WA,
WORK ON THE CONTRACT WILL START NEXT WEEK AND TAKE ABOUT 21 MONTHS TO COMPLETE.
INSPECTION FEES FOR CATTLE AND PIGS RAISED
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THE GOVERNMENT HAS APPROVED AN INCREASE OF FEES FOR THE INSPECTION OF CATTLE AND PIGS AT TWO LICENSED PRIVATE SLAUGHTER- HOUSES IN TAJ PO AND YUEN LONG.
THE INSPECTION FEES CHARGED FOR CATTLE WILL BE RAISED FROM $2.80 TO $3.50, WHILE THE FEES FOR PIGS WILL BE RAISED FROM $1.80 TO $2.30 FROM TODAY (FRIDAY) UNDER THE PROVISIONS OF SLAUGHTER- HOUSES (NEW TERRITORIES) (AMENDMENT) REGULATIONS, 1981.
A SPOKESMAN FOR THE NEW TERRITORIES SERVICES DEPARTMENT SAID THE FEE INCREASE IS SO SMALL THAT IT SHOULD HAVE NO EFFECT ON THE PRICE OF THE MEAT.
THE FEES HAD NOT BEEN CHANGED SINCE DECEMBER 1977.
SOME 41 000 CATTLE AND 430 000 PIGS WERE SLAUGHTERED IN THE TWO LICENSED PRIVATE SLAUGHTER-HOUSES IN THE NEW TERRITORIES LAST YEAR.
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