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SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 14, 1988

HIGHWAYS, URBAN SERVICES DEPARTMENTS WIN CERTIFICATES

BOTH

THE HIGHWAYS DEPARTMENT AND THE URBAN SERVICES DEPARTMENT WON A CERTIFICATE AWARDED BY THE BRITISH ASSOCIATION OF LANDSCAPE INDUSTRIES (BALI) IN RECOGNITION OF THEIR EFFORT IN PROVIDING LANDSCAPE FOR THE ISLAND EASTERN

A GOOD CORRIDOR (IFC) PHASE 2. PROJECT,

STAGE 2

THE CERTIFICATES WERE PRESENTED ΤΟ THE TWO DEPARTMENTS BY DR WAI TZE-KONG, GENERAL MANAGER OF ORIENTAL ENVIRONMENTAL LIMITED ON BEHALF OF BALI.

SERVICES

THE DIRECTOR OF HIGHWAYS, MR HAROLD BEATON, SAID TODAY (SUNDAY) BALI PRESENTED A LANDSCAPE AWARD OF MERIT ANNUALLY ΤΟ ENCOURAGE FOSTER HIGH STANDARDS OF LANDSCAPE CONSTRUCTION WORKS BY ITS MEMBRES.

AND

ORIENTAL ENVIRONMENTAL SERVICES LIMITED WON THE AWARD SEPTEMBER

LAST FOR ITS PERFORMANCE IN CONSTRUCTING AND PLANTING THE LANDSCAPE FOR THE IEC PHASE 2, STAGE 2.

EXTENSION TO THIS AWARD, THE HIGHWAYS DEPARTMENT

AND AND

THE CERTIFICATES SERVE AS AN WERE AWARDED TO THE WINNER'S CLIENTS THE URBAN SERVICES DEPARTMENT.

TURNING TO THE IEC PROJECT, MR

BEATON SAID CONSTRUCTION OF THE SECTION OF THE CORRIDOR FROM TAI KOO SHING TO SHAU ΚΕΙ WAN WAS ENTRUSTED TO THE MASS TRANSIT RAILWAY CORPORATION, BOTH DESIGN AND SUPERVISION OF WORKS WHILE THE MAINTAINED AN OVERALL PROJECT MANAGEMENT ROLE.

WHICH CARRIED OUT HIGHWAYS DEPARTMENT

IN RECOGNITION OF THE MAJOR IMPACT THAT SUCH MASSIVE ROAD STRUCTURES WOULD HAVE ON THE LOCAL ENVIRONMENT,

THE PROJECT ALLOWED FOR A SUBSTANTIAL AMOUNT OF LANDSCAPE WORKS. AS A RESULT, THE NEW URBAN LANDSCAPE WAS OF MUCH GREATER BENEFIT TO THE LOCAL POPULATION THAN THE OLD.

PLANNING AND DESIGN OF THE LANDSCAPE WORKS WAS CARRIED OUT BY URBIS LIMITED, HONG KONG, AS SPECIALIST SUB-CONSULTANTS, IN CLOSE CO-OPERATION WITH URBAN SERVICES DEPARTMENT AND THE HIGHWAYS DEPARTMENT.

THE WORKS INCLUDED ABOUT EIGHT SMALL PARKS, SITTING OUT AREAS AND PLAY FACILITIES FOR CHILDREN WITH A TOTAL AREA OF AROUND 12,000 SQUARE METRES.

OVER 63,000 TREES, SHRUBS, PALMS AND GROUND COVER PLANTS HAVE BEEN PLANTED ON THE SITE.

IN ADDITION, AN OPEN SPACE AREA

OF 2,000 SQUARE METRES WAS DEVELOPED AND THIS, TOGETHER WITH THE SENSITIVE TREATMENT PEDESTRIAN ROUTES, HAS CREATED A PLEASING URBAN LANDSCAPE.

OF

THE TOTAL VALUE OF THE LANDSCAPE COMPONENT CONTRACT WAS ABOUT $10 MILLION, COMPRISING BOTH HARD AND SOFTWORKS AND INCLUDING WORKS FUNDED BY THE URBAN COUNCIL.

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