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FRIDAY, MAY 26, 1989

FIRST ROADWORKS CONTRACT FOR TIN SHUI WAI AWARDED

THE TERRITORY DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT TODAY (FRIDAY) AWARDED FIRST ROADWORKS CONTRACT FOR THE TIN SHUI WA1 NEW TOWN DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMME.

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THE $109 MILLION CONTRACT, SIGNED BY THE DIRECTOR OF TERRITORY DEVELOPMENT, DR NIP KAM-FAN, AND THE CONTRACTOR, INVOLVES THE CONSTRUCTION OF ABOUT 600 METRES OF A DUAL TWO-LANE ROAD AND ABOUT 500 METRES OF A SINGLE TWO-LANE ROAD BETWEEN PING SHAN AND HA TSUEN.

UPON COMPLETION, THE ROADS WILL ALSO PROVIDE IMPROVED ACCESS FOR VILLAGERS OF THE TWO RURAL AREAS IN YUEN LONG BY REPLACING A SECTION OF THE EXISTING PING HA ROAD.

WORKS ON THE CONTRACT WILL BE

MANAGED BY TIN SHUI WAI/YURN

LONG DEVELOPMENT OFFICE AND SUPERVISED BY BINNIE CONSULTANTS LIMITED.

THEY WILL BEGIN BY END OF THIS MONTH AND BE SCHEDULED TO BE COMPLETED IN EARLY 1991.

ALSO

THE CONTRACTOR IS

REQUIRED ΤΟ UNDERTAKE WORK ON THE FORMATION OF A SECTION OF LIGHT RAIL TRANSIT RESERVE ALONGSIDE PART OF THE ROAD FOR THE FUTURE EXTENSION OF THE RAIL SYSTEM TO THE NEW TOWN FROM CASTLE PEAK ROAD.

ALSO INCLUDED UNDER THE CONTRACT 13 THE CONSTRUCTION OF A 1,200-METRE TRUNK SEWER AS PART OF THE NORTHWEST NEW TERRITORIES SEWERAGE SCHEME.

THE SEWER, TO BE CONNECTED WITH THE PROPOSED HA TSUEN SEWAGE PUMPING STATION, WILL TAKE SEWAGE FROM THE NEW TOWN AND NEARBY AREAS.

THE LAND IN TIN SHUI WAI, ORIGINALLY COMPRISED MAINLY OF FISHPONDS, IS BEING FORMED BY USING SOME 20 MILLION CUBIC METRES OF DREDGED MARINE SAND FROM OUTER DEEP BAY. TO DATE, SOME 65 HECTARES OF LAND HAS BEEN FORMED.

THE PILING WORK FOR THE FIRST PUBLIC HOUSING ESTATE BEGAN IN MARCH AND WORK FOR THE SECOND ESTATE AND THE FIRST PRIVATE HOUSING DEVELOPMENT WILL GET UNDERWAY SHORTLY.

BY THE END OF 1991, THE FIRST RESIDNETS ARE EXPECTED ΤΟ MOVE INTO THE NEW TOWN, WHICH IS DESIGNED FOR A POPULATION OF

135,000.

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