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THURSDAY, JUNE 9, 1983

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$75-MILLION TSING YI RECLAMATION CONTRACT SIGNED

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THE TSUEN WAN NEW TOWN DEVELOPMENT OFFICE OF THE NEW TERRITORIES DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT TODAY AWARDED A MAJOR CIVIL ENGINEERING CONTRACT TO KUMAGAI GUMI (HONG KONG) LTD. FOR THE RECLAMATION AND SITE FORMATION WORK IN THE NORTHERN PART OF TSING YI ISLAND.

THE CONTRACT, WORTH MORE THAN $74.7 MILLION, FORMS PART OF THE TSUEN WAN NEW TOWN DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMME.

IT WAS SIGNED BY MR T.S. NG, PROJECT MANAGER OF TSUEN WAN NEW TOWN DEVELOPMENT OFFICE, AND MR C.P. YU, DEPUTY CHAIRMAN AND MR T. NAKAYAMA, ADMINISTRATION MANAGER OF THE COMPANY.

MR NG SAID THAT UNDER THE CONTRACT, ABOUT 19 HECTARES OF LAND WOULD BE FORMED IN THE NORTHERN PART OF TSING YI ISLAND FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF A PUBLIC HOUSING ESTATE AND A HOME OWNERSHIP SCHEME WHICH WILL ACCOMMODATE 24 000 PEOPLE.

HE SAID, IT WILL INCLUDE THE FORMATION OF TWO WORKS AREAS TO FACILITATE THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE TSING YI NORTH BRIDGE WHICH WILL BE LOCATED ABOUT 1 500 METRES NORTH OF THE EXISTING BRIDGE.+

+THE TWO AREAS WILL BE SITUATED TO THE SOUTH OF NGA YING CHAU AND AT THE NORTHERN END OF THE RAMBLER CHANNEL TYPHOON SHELTER.+

WORK WILL TAKE ABOUT 18 MONTHS TO COMPLETE.

SERVICES PARTICIPATE IN QUEEN'S BIRTHDAY CELEBRATIONS *****

THE BRITISH FORCES IN HONG KONG WILL TAKE PART IN THE CELEBRATION ACTIVITIES TO MARK THE QUEEN'S BIRTHDAY ON SATURDAY (JUNE 11) IN CONJUNCTION WITH VARIOUS GOVERNMENT DEPARTMENTS AND ORGANISATIONS THROUGHOUT THE TERRITORY.

COMING OUT FROM THE UNITED KINGDOM FOR THIS SPECIAL OCCASION ARE THE RED DEVILS WHO WILL GIVE THRILLING PARACHUTE DISPLAYS, INCLUDING FREE FALL, AT KOWLOON PARK AND MORSE PARK AT 9.30 AM ON SATURDAY. AT 11.30 AM, THEY WILL BE PERFORMING AT VICTORIA PARK AND YUEN LONG SWIMMING POOL.

THE PIPES AND DRUMS OF THE 1ST BATTALION SCOTS GUARDS WILL GIVE A MUSICAL DISPLAY AT 8.30 AM AT VICTORIA PARK WHILE THE BAND OF THE 2ND BATTALION 7TH DUKE OF EDINBURGH'S OWN GURKHA RIFLES WILL PERFORM AT MORSE PARK. AT 9.30 AM THE BAND OF QUEEN'S GURKHA SIGNALS AND GURKHA TRANSPORT REGIMENT WILL GIVE A CONCERT AT YUEN LONG SWIMMING POOL, AND AT THE SAME TIME THE BAND OF THE 1ST BATTALION OF 7TH DUKE OF EDINBURGH'S OWN GURKHA RIFLES WILL GIVE A DISPLAY AT FANLING RECREATION GROUND.

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