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WEDNESDAY, JUNE 14, 1989

THERE

HE SAID HE HAD HOPED WHEN HE CAME TO THE CONFERENCE THAT

EFFORT TO RESETTLE WOULD

INTERNATIONAL BE A REALLY SUBSTANTIAL GENUINE REFUGEES.

"THAT DOES SEEM TO BE COMING OUT OF THE CONFERENCE.'

ALL

THESE SUBSTANTIAL OFFERS, IF FOLLOWED THROUGH, SHOULD POSSIBLE FOR HONG KONG TO ACHIEVE ITS AIM OF RESETTLING GENUINE REFUGEES WITHIN ABOUT THREE YEARS, HE SAID.

MAKE IT EXISTING

THE OFFER BY THE A BONUS FROM THE CONFERENCE, HE ADDED, WAS

CENTRE FOR A REGIONAL RESETTLEMENT PHILIPPINES GOVERNMENT TO HOST REFUGEES IN FIRST ASYLUM COUNTRIES.

CONTRACT FOR RECONSTRUCTING KING'S ROAD SIGNED

* * * *

TODAY

(WEDNESDAY)

AWARDED

A

WILL

$155 START

THE HIGHWAYS DEPARTMENT MILLION CONTRACT FOR RECONSTRUCTING KING'S ROAD. THE WORK THIS MONTH AND IS EXPECTED TO BE COMPLETED IN THREE YEARS' TIME.

LTD.

THE CONTRACT WAS SIGNED BY THE DIRECTOR OF HIGHWAYS, BEATON, AND EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF GAMMON CONSTRUCTION TSOI.

•

MR HAROLD MR S.F.

SPEAKING AT THE SIGNING CEREMONY, MR BEATON

WAR

NOT 11, ROAD, WHICH WAS BUILT BEFORE WORLD TO COPE WITH PRESENT DAY TRAFFIC, THE SURFACE HAD STATE WELL BEYOND ECONOMIC REPAIR.

HAD

SAID THAT KING'S DESIGNED BEEN DETERIORATED TO A

TO NECESSARY

RECONSTRUCT

THE TOTALLY IT WAS THEREFORE KILOMETRE ROAD STRETCHING FROM TIN HAU TEMPLE ROAD IN CAUSEWAY BAY KORNHILL ROAD (EAST) IN QUARRY BAY,

3.8

TO

SAME

OUT IN FOUR STAGES MR BEATON SAID THE WORK WOULD BE CARRIED WITH THREE TO FOUR SEPARATED SECTIONS BEING RECONSTRUCTED AT THE TIME IN EACH STAGE.

HE ASSURED BE ENFORCED

THE

AT

THAT PUBLIC

TIMES ALL

APPROPRIATE

ENSURE TO

TRAFFIC

MANAGEMENT THAT AN ADEQUATE WOULD THROUGHPUT OF TRAFFIC WAS MAINTAINED DURING CONSTRUCTION.

TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT MEASURES HAD BEEN PLANNED BY A SPECIAL GROUP AND COMPRISING HIGHWAY AND TRAFFIC ENGINEERS TOGETHER WITH THE POLICE PUBLIC TRANSPORT OPERATORS, HE SAID.

WORKS THE IMPROVEMENT WORKS.

RECONSTRUCTION COMPRISED

AND OTHER ASSOCIATED

MR BEATON