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SATURDAY, JANUARY 7, 1989

PIONEER PROJECT IN NORTH DISTRICT COMES TO FRUITION

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OFFICE

A PIONEER MOVE BY THE WORKS SECTION OF THE NORTH

CAME ΤΟ FRUITION RECENTLY WITH THE COMPLETION RECONSTRUCTED VAN TRACK IN TSUNG PAK LONG VILLAGE, SHEUNG SHUI.

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DISTRICT OF A

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"THE $0.8 MILLION PROJECT WAS DONE ON A CONTRACT MARCH TO A COMPANY ON THE LANDS AND WORKS BRANCH'S LIST CONTRACTORS,

OF A SPOKESMAN FOR THE NORTH DISTRICT OFFICE SAID (SATURDAY).

AWARDED LAST APPROVED TODAY

WORKS

"IT IS THE FIRST CITY AND NEW TERRITORIES ADMINISTRATION CONTRACT OF THIS VALUE AT THE DISTRICT LEVEL OFFICE WORKS SECTION,

BY A DISTRICT

HE ADDED.

AWARDED

THE SPOKESMAN EXPLAINED THAT IN THE PAST ONLY CONTRACTORS THE CNTA'S DISTRICT CONTRACTORS LIST WERE EMPLOYED ON CONTRACTS UP TO $0.5 MILLION.

ON

WORTH

WITH THE INTRODUCTION OF A NEW SET OF PROCEDURES IN APRIL 1987, DISTRICT OFFICE WORKS SECTIONS WERE EMPOWERED TO AWARD VALUED AT BETWEEN $0.5 MILLION AND $1.5 MILLION TO CONTRACTORS ON

CONTRACTS LANDS AND WORKS BRANCH'S LIST, HE SAID.

THE $0.8 MILLION PROJECT AT TSUNG PAK LONG, WHICH WAS AND SUPERVISED BY THE WORKS SECTION OF THE NORTH DISTRICT PART OF THE URBAN FRINGE IMPROVEMENT PROGRAMME IN THE DISTRICT.

THE

DESIGNED

IS

OFFICE,

AND

TRACK то TURNING

THE PROJECT INVOLVED THE RECONSTRUCTION OF A VAN PROVIDE A 3.5-METRE-WIDE CARRIAGEWAY WITH PASSING PLACES AREAS, AND ASSOCIATED DRAINAGE.

ON COMPLETION, THE TRACK PROVIDES IMPROVED ACCESS FROM PEAK ROAD VIA AN EXISTING SERVICE ROAD TO TSUNG PAK LONG.

WAS OFFICIALLY

LAST WEEK, IT DEPARTMENT FOR MAINTENANCE.

CASTLE

HANDED OVER TO

THE HIGHWAYS

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