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TUESDAY, APRIL 10, 1984

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CONTRACTS AWARDED FOR ARMY BORDER BLOCKS

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THE GOVERNMENT HAS AWARDED FOUR CONTRACTS, WITH A TOTAL VALUE OF $492 988. FOR INSTALLING FIRE SERVICE SYSTEMS AND CATERING EQUIPMENT IN TWO BORDER BLOCKS BEING BUILT AT MA TSO LUNG AND PAK FU SHAN.

THE TWO SINGLE-STOREY BLOCKS ARE TO ACCOMMODATE SOLDIERS ON ANTI-ILLEGAL IMMIGRANT DUTIES.

THE FIRE SERVICE INSTALLATION CONTRACT, AMOUNTING TO $83 389, HAS BEEN AWARDED TO SOUTH CHINA ENGINEERING COMPANY.

THE SECOND CONTRACT FOR $310 410 HAS BEEN AWARDED TO CHUNG SHING COMMERCIAL CATERING EQUIPMENT LIMITED AND IS TO SUPPLY AND INSTALL COOKING EQUIPMENT IN THE BLOCKS.

THE NEXT CONTRACT, VALUED AT $37 589, IS FOR PROVIDING AND INSTALLING LIQUEFIED PETROLEUM GAS CYLINDERS AND ASSOCIATED PIPES TO CONNECT THE COOKING EQUIPMENT. THIS WENT TO HONG KONG L.P. GAS COMPANY LIMITED.

THE FINAL CONTRACT FOR INSTALLING THE KITCHEN EXHAUST EQUIPMENT, VALUED AT $61 600, HAS BEEN AWARDED TO DARRID ENGINEERING LIMITED.

THE FOUR CONTRACTS WERE AWARDED BY THE ARCHITECTURAL OFFICE OF THE BUILDING DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT.

WORK WILL START NEXT WEEK AND BE COMPLETED BY THE END OF THIS YEAR WHEN THE BLOCKS ARE DUE TO BE READY FOR USE.

A $3.4 MILLION CONTRACT FOR BUILDING THE BLOCKS WAS AWARDED TO PING KEE CONSTRUCTION COMPANY BY THE SAME OFFICE AT THE END OF LAST MONTH (MARCH).

THE BLOCK AT MA TSO LUNG, BEING BUILT ON A 4 500-SQUARE-METRE SITE, IS SITUATED NEAR LOK MA CHAU POLICE STATION, WHILE THE PAK FU SHAN BLOCK, OCCUPYING AN AREA OF ABOUT 4 000 SQUARE METRES, IS AT LIN MA HANG ROAD.