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MONDAY, FEBRUARY 8, 1982

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PWD CONTRACTS FOR 1981 EXCEEDED $5 100 MILLION

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THE PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT HAD A BUSY YEAR LAST YEAR AWARDING A TOTAL OF 877 CONTRACTS AN AVERAGE OF MORE THAN TWO

CONTRACTS A DAY.

THIS SHOWED AN INCREASE OF 369 CONTRACTS WHEN COMPARED WITH THE NUMBER OF CONTRACTS AWARDED IN 1980.

THE TOTAL VALUE OF LAST YEAR'S CONTRACTS EXCEEDED $5 100 MILLION AS AGAINST $4 667 MILLION IN THE PREVIOUS YEAR.

MOST OF THE MAJOR CONTRACTS ARE FOR ROAD PROJECTS. THESE INCLUDE THE SHA TIN-TAI PO COASTAL HIGHWAY, PHASE ONE OF THE SECOND STAGE OF THE ISLAND EASTERN CORRIDOR, STAGE TWO OF THE TSUEN WAN BYPASS, TAI HANG ROAD FLYOVER, AN INTERCHANGE AT WO HOP SHEK ON TAI PO ROAD AND A DUAL CARRIAGEWAY BETWEEN YUEN LONG NEW TOWN AND AU TAU,

AMONG OTHER MAJOR CONTRACTS ARE A MULTI-PURPOSE COMPLEX AT ABERDEEN AND A 5 200-METRE LONG WATER TUNNEL RUNNING FROM TSING TAM IN YUEN LONG TO YAU KOM TAU IN TSUEN WAN.

IN DECEMBER LAST YEAR, THE PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT AWARDED A TOTAL OF 79 CONTRACTS WORTH MORE THAN $726 MILLION.

THE LARGEST CONTRACT AWARDED IN THE MONTH, WORTH ABOUT $290 MILLION, WAS FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE SECOND STAGE OF THE TSUEN WAN BYPASS.

IT COVERS THE CONSTRUCTION OF A 2.5 KILOMETRE-LONG ELEVATED HIGHWAY, 500 METRES OF WHICH WILL BE OVER THE SEA AND THE REST OVER THE RECENTLY RECLAIMED LAND AND NATURAL GROUND.

THIS DUAL TWO-LANE HIGHWAY WILL CONNECT STAGE ONE OF THE TSUEN WAN BYPASS AT TEXACO ROAD WITH TUEN MUN ROAD AT CHAI WAN KOK.

OF THE CONTRACTS AWARDED IN DECEMBER, 38 WERE RECOMMENDED BY THE CENTRAL TENDER BOARD AND THE OTHERS BY THE PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT TENDER BOARD.

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