XN000022-1984-08-15 — Page 7

WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 15, 1984

$87 MILLION MA ON SHAN CONTRACT AWARDED

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A NETWORK OF ROADS AND ESSENTIAL COMMUNITY FACILITIES TO SERVE MA ON SHAN WILL BE READY WHEN RESIDENTS MOVE INTO THE FIRST HOUSING ESTATE AT THE END OF 1986.

THE NEW TERRITORIES DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT TODAY (WEDNESDAY) AWARDED THE WORKS CONTRACT TO MARPLES INTERNATIONAL LIMITED FOR THE PROJECT WHICH INCLUDES BUILDING ROADS, FORMING LAND AND CONSTRUCTING A SEAWALL.

THE $87 MILLION CONTRACT WAS SIGNED BY THE SHA TIN PROJECT MANAGER, MR KEITH AUSTIN, AND THE DIRECTOR OF MARPLES INTERNATIONAL LIMITED, MR GRAHAM BATES.

THE PROJECT INVOLVES THE CONSTRUCTION OF A 3.8-KILOMETRE TWO-LANE SINGLE CARRIAGEWAY AND ASSOCIATED FOOTPATHS AND CYCLETRACKS.

IT ALSO INCLUDES THE RECLAMATION AND FORMATION OF ABOUT 16 HECTARES OF LAND TO PROVIDE SITES FOR A FIRE STATION, AN AMBULANCE DEPOT AND OTHER FACILITIES.

A 180-METRE-LONG SEAWALL WILL ALSO BE BUILT, IN ADDITION TO STORM-WATER DRAINS AND SEWERS AND EXTENSIVE LANDSCAPING.

WORK ON THE PROJECT IS EXPECTED TO START TOWARDS THE END OF THE MONTH AND TAKE ABOUT TWO YEARS TO COMPLETE.

FINAL PHASE OF REDEVELOPMENT UNDERWAY

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THE THIRD, AND LAST, PHASE OF REDEVELOPMENT FOR CHAI WAN (WEST) ESTATE, NOW RE-NAMED WAN TSUI ESTATE, HAS JUST STARTED FOLLOWING THE ACCEPTANCE OF A $110.6 MILLION BUILDING TENDER RECENTLY BY THE HOUSING AUTHORITY.

UNDER THE TENDER

TWO HIGH-RISE DOUBLE-H BLOCKS WITH A TOTAL OF 1 546 MODERN SELF-CONTAINED FLATS WILL BE BUILT TO ACCOMMODATE 7 000 PEOPLE.

ALSO TO BE BUILT ARE A THREE-STOREY MULTI-PURPOSE MARKET BUILDING AND A SINGLE-STOREY LORRY PARK OF WHICH THE ROOF WILL BE LANDSCAPED AND TURNED INTO A RECREATION PODIUM.

THE MARKET BUILDING WILL FORM THE EXTENSION OF THE EXISTING WAN TSUI COMMERCIAL CENTRE TO PROVIDE EXTRA SHOPPING AND COMMUNITY FACILITIES, INCLUDING SOME 57 MARKET STALLS, FIVE COOKED FOOD STALLS, A CHILDREN AND YOUTH CENTRE AND OVER 100 PARKING SPACES.

/REDEVELOPMEN 2 WORK