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SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 8, 1981

PWD CONTRACTS IN SEPTEMBER

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A TOTAL OF 58 CONTRACTS WORTH MORE THAN $231 MILLION WERE AWARDED BY THE PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT IN SEPTEMBER THIS YEAR.

THE LARGEST CONTRACT, WORTH ABOUT $46 MILLION, WAS FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF A DUAL TWO-LANE CARRIAGEWAY, TWO FOOTBRIDGES AND ASSOCIATED DRAINAGE WORKS AND THE LAYING OF A TRUNK SEWER FROM FANLING TO SHEK WU HUT.

THE WORKS FORM PART OF THE DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMME FOR FANLING/ SHEK WỤ HUI NEW TOWN.

OF THE CONTRACTS AWARDED, 26 WERE RECOMMENDED BY THE CENTRAL TENDER BOARD AND THE OTHERS BY THE PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT TENDER BOARD.

+SAFETY AT WORK+ TELEMATCH

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THREE TEAMS OF WORKERS FROM THE MANUFACTURING AND CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRIES WILL COMPETE FOR THE GRAND PRIZE OF AN EIGHT-DAY ALL EXPENSES PAID HOLIDAY IN BRITAIN IN THE FINALS OF THE RTHK-PRODUCED +SAFETY AT WORK+ TELEMATCH TELEVISION PROGRAMME ON SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 14.

THE THREE FINALISTS, WHO BEAT 15 OTHER TEAMS IN PRELIMINARIES AND SEMI-FINALS OVER THE PAST NINE WEEKS, ARE FROM YANGTZEKIANG GARMENT MANUFACTURING COMPANY, SONCA INDÚSTRIES AND AOKI CONSTRUCTION COMPANY.

THE FINALS WILL BE SCREENED ON THE CHINESE CHANNEL OF RTV AT 6 PM ON NOVEMBER 14 AND THE WINNING TEAM THAT EMERGES WILL BE FLOWN TO LONDON BY BRITISH CALEDONIAN AIRWAYS ON THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 19.

JOINTLY ORGANISED BY RTHK, THE LABOUR DEPARTMENT AND THE FEDERATION OF HONG KONG INDUSTRIES AND CO-SPONSORED BY BRITISH CALEDONIAN AIRWAYS, THE PROGRAMME, COMPRISING TEN WEEKLY EPISODES, HAS BEEN EXCLUSIVELY DEVELOPED FOR WORKERS IN THE MANUFACTURING AND CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRIES TO MAKE THEM AWARE OF THE IMPORTANCE OF INDUSTRIAL SAFETY.

OVER $300 000 IN PRIZES, INCLUDING COLOUR TELEVISION SETS, REFRIGERATORS, WASHING MACHINES, STEREO RADIO/RECORDERS, THREE-IN-ONE MUSIC SETS, SUMPTUOUS CHINESE DINNERS, ELECTRON IC TV GAMES, ELECTRIC FANS AND WRIST-WATCHES, HAVE BEEN WON BY THE PARTICIPATING TEAMS SINCE THE FIRST PROGRAMME WAS SCREENED ON SEPTEMBER 12.

A SPOKESMA FOR THE LABOUR DEPARTMENT SAID TODAY THAT REACTION TO THE RTHK-PRODUCED TV PROGRAMME ON INDUSTRIAL SAFETY HAS BEEN GOOD. +WE HOPE THE PROGRAMME NOT ONLY HAS BEEN ENTERTAINING BUT WILL CREATE SAFETY CONSCIOUSNESS IN THE PUBLIC AT LARGE AND EDUCATE THE WORKERS TO WORK SAFELY, HE ADDED.