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THURSDAY, DECEMBER 17, 1981
$114-MILLION ROAD CONTRACT AWARDED
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THE NEW TERRITORIES DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT TODAY AWARDED A $114-MILLION CONTRACT TO LEIGHTON CONTRACTORS PTY. LTD. FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF ROADS IN TAI PO NEW TOWN.
THE CONTRACT WAS SIGNED BY MR C.W.D. TAYLOR, CHIEF ENGINEER OF TAI PO AND FANLING NEW TOWN DEVELOPMENT OFFICE, AND A REPRESENTATIVE OF THE COMPANY.
WORK ON THE CONTRACT INCLUDES THE CONSTRUCTION OF DUAL TWO-LANE CARRIAGEWAYS ON RECLAIMED LAND, THE EXTENSION AND IMPROVEMENT OF PO HEUNG STREET AND THE CONSTRUCTION OF A FOOTBRIDGE AND ROAD BRIDGE ACROSS THE LAM TSUEN RIVER.
THE PROJECT ALSO INCLUDES EXTENSIVE LANDSCAPING TO PROVIDE A RIVERSIDE WALK AND SMALL PARKS.
WORK WILL START EARLY JANUARY NEXT YEAR AND TAKE ABOUT TWO YEARS TO COMPLETE.
ALL YUEN LONG LUNAR NEW YEAR FAIR SITES SOLD
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ALL 142 STALLS AT YUEN LONG LUNAR NEW YEAR FAIR SITE WERE SOLD AT ABOVE THE UPSET PRICE AT A PUBLIC AUCTION TODAY (THURSDAY).
THE FAIR WILL BE HELD AT YUEN LONG SPORTS GROUND.
THE HIGHEST PRICE FOR A STALL SELLING FLOWERS AND OTHER WET GOODS WAS $860 AND THE LOWEST WAS $60 FOR A STALL SELLING DRY GOODS.
THE UPSET PRICE FOR EACH SITE WAS $50, SAID A SPOKESMAN FOR THE NEW TERRITORIES SERVICES DEPARTMENT.
THE AUCTION WAS HELD AT THE OFFICE OF THE PING SHAN RURAL COMMITTEE.
STARTING 9 AM TOMORROW (FRIDAY), 100 STALLS AT THE TUEN MUN LUNAR NEW YEAR FAIR WILL BE PUT UP FOR AUCTION AT TAI HING COMMUNITY HALL AT TAI HING ESTATE.
SITES AT TWO OTHER FAIRS WILL BE AUCTIONED NEXT MONDAY AND TUESDAY WHILE THE REMAINING THREE WILL BE SOLD EARLY NEXT MONTH.
SEVEN LUNAR NEW YEAR FAIRS WILL BE HELD IN VARIOUS DISTRICTS IN THE NEW TERRITORIES BETWEEN JANUARY 18 AND 25 NEXT YEAR, THE SPOKESMAN SAID.
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