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SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 23, 1985

DF 8999

7 000

DG 138

11 000

DD3399 21 000

DG2699

3 000

DD 99

50 000

DG 986

4 500

DG 218

6 000

TODAY'S SALE BROUGHT THE TOTAL AMOUNT OF MONEY FOR CHARITY REALISED SO FAR TO $35 851 732.

JAPANESE FIRM GETS ROAD CONTRACT

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A JAPANESE COMPANY HAS WON A $62.8 MILLION CONTRACT TO BUILD ROADS FOR THE LEUNG TIN HOUSING ESTATE IN TUEN MUN AND A BRIDGE TO CARRY THE LIGHT RAPID TRANSIT SYSTEM OVER A NULLAH IN THE AREA.

THE CONTRACT, AWARDED TO THE TOBISHIMA CORPORATION, INCLUDES THE CONSTRUCTION OF A 1 050-METRE DUAL-CARRIAGEWAY ROAD IN TUEN MUN NEW TOWN AND A TOTAL OF 980 METRES OF SINGLE CARRIAGEWAY ROAD.

ALSO INCLUDED IS A 75-METRE BRIDGE TO TAKE THE LRT TRACKS ACROSS A NULLAH AND THREE PEDESTRIAN FOOTBRIDGES IN THE AREA.

THE ROADS WILL SERVE THE HOUSING ESTATE WHICH IS NOW UNDER CONSTRUCTION. THE ESTATE WILL HOUSE 65 000 PEOPLE WHEN COMPLETED.

WORK ON THE CONTRACT WILL START LATER THIS MONTH AND IS EXPECTED TO TAKE 21 MONTHS TO COMPLETE.

FIRE FIGHTING EQUIPMENT ON DISPLAY

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THE PUBLIC WILL HAVE A CHANCE TO LOOK AT SOME OF THE WORLD'S MOST ADVANCED EQUIPMENT AND APPLIANCES IN DEALING WITH FIRES AND OTHER EMERGENCIES IN AN OUTDOOR EXHIBITION STAGED BY THE FIRE SERVICES DEPARTMENT AT THE EDINBURGH PLACE TOMORROW (SUNDAY).

THE DISPLAY IS PART OF THE ACTIVITY OF THE CAREERS EXHIBITION ORGANISED BY THE LABOUR DEPARTMENT AT THE CITY HALL.

/THE OUTDOOR