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FRIDAY, AUGUST 16, 1985

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PUBLIC HOUSING CONTRACTS WORTH $43.7 MILLION SIGNED

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THE HOUSING AUTHORITY TODAY AWARDED 11 CONTRACTS TOTALLING $43.7 MILLION FOR A VARIETY OF WORKS INCLUDING PILING, LIFT INSTALLATION, REDEVELOPMENT AND LANDSCAPING.

SIGNED BY THE DEPUTY DIRECTOR OF HOUSING (CONSTRUCTION), MR DEREK MESSLING, THE LARGEST CONTRACT, VALUED AT $24 MILLION,

IS FOR FOUNDATION PILING FOR THE FIRST PHASE OF TAI WO ESTATE IN TAI PO NEW TOWN.

THE PILING WORKS WILL PAVE WAY FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF THREE 35-STOREY TRIDENT BLOCKS, A 22-STOREY SLAB BLOCK, A PRIMARY SCHOOL AND A COMMERCIAL CENTRE, AS WELL AS FOOTBRIDGE SUPPORTS.

THE FOUR RESIDENTIAL BLOCKS WILL PROVIDE A TOTAL OF 2 942 SELF-CONTAINED FLATS TO ACCOMMODATE 13 375 PEOPLE WHEN THEY ARE READY BY 1988.

PILING WORK WILL ALSO BE CARRIED OUT FOR A NEW DOMESTIC BLOCK AT KWAI FONG ESTATE AND A SECONDARY SCHOOL AT WU KING ESTATE UNDER TWO OTHER CONTRACTS WITH A TOTAL VALUE OF $6 MILLION.

IN ANOTHER CONTRACT OF $8.2 MILLION, 18 PASSENGER LIFTS WILL BE SUPPLIED AND INSTALLED ON FOUR MODERN BLOCKS AT TSUI LAM ESTATE IN JUNK BAY.

AT TAI WO HAU AND LEI CHENG UK ESTATES, 12 MORE OLD BLOCKS WILL BE DEMOLISHED UNDER THE AUTHORITY'S REDEVELOPMENT PROGRAMME AIMED AT TRANSFORMING MARK 1/11 ESTATES INTO MODERN COMMUNITIES. THE TWO DEMOLITION CONTRACTS TOTAL $1.9 MILLION.

ANOTHER THREE CONTRACTS WORTH $2.5 MILLION ARE FOR SOFT LANDSCAPING TO ADD MORE GREENERY TO SHEK LEI AND SHAN KING ESTATES AND THE LOK FU SHOPPING CENTRE.

TOTALLING $751 318. THE REMAINING TWO 12-MONTH TERM CONTRACTS ARE FOR STRUCTURAL INVESTIGATION AND CORE DRILLING WORK ON PUBLIC HOUSING ESTATES.

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