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THURSDAY, JANUARY 3, 1991

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CONTRACT SIGNED FOR YUEN LONG TUEN MUN

EASTERN CORRIDOR TUEN MUN SECTION

THE HIGHWAYS DEPARTMENT HAS AWARDED A $310 MILLION CONTRACT FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE TUEN MUN SECTION OF THE YUEN LONG

TUEN MUN EASTERN CORRIDOR.

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THE CONTRACT WAS SIGNED TODAY (THURSDAY) BETWEEN THE DIRECTOR HIGHWAYS, MR KWEI SBE-KAN, AND A REPRESENTATIVE OF AOKI CORPORATION, MR SEIYA YAMAMOTO.

OF

TUEN MUN EASTERN CORRIDOR

IS

A

5.5

THE YUEN LONG KILOMETRE-LONG DUAL TWO-LANE EXPRESSWAY RUNNING ALONG THE EASTERN SIDE OF CASTLE PEAK ROAD.

MR KWEI SAID IT WOULD CONNECT THE EXISTING CASTLE PEAK ROAD IN TUEN MUN NEAR TO YUEN WAI AND THE EXISTING WANG TAT ROAD/MA WANG ROAD IN YUEN LONG NEAR SHUI PIN WAI.

"ON COMPLETION OF THE CORRIDOR, IT WILL RELIEVE THE HEAVY TRAFFIC ON THE EXISTING CASTLE PEAK ROAD BETWEEN YUEN LONG AND TUEN MUN.

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HE SAID THE TUEN MUN SECTION OF THE CORRIDOR COVERED BY THE CONTRACT SIGNED TODAY WOULD BE A 2.5 KILOMETRE-LONG DUAL TWO-LANE EXPRESSWAY EXTENDING FROM TO YUEN WAI TO TAN KWAI TSUEN,

"THE WORKS ALSO INCLUDE THE CONSTRUCTION OF A GRADE-SEPARATED INTERCHANGE NEAR TO YUEN WAI, SIX ROAD BRIDGES, FOUR PEDESTRIAN SUBWAYS AND ASSOCIATED DRAINAGE WORKS.

"THE FIRST CONTRACT, INVOLVING THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE YUEN LONG SECTION OF THE CORRIDOR AND YUEN LONG WEST LINK, WAS AWARDED AT A CONTRACT SUM OF $390 MILLION IN MAY 1989.

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BOTH CONTRACTS ARE SCHEDULED FOR COMPLETION IN LATE 1993.

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COMPLEX PRODUCTION TECHNIQUES AN IMPORTANT CHALLENGE

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IN THE 1990'S

THE MOST IMPORTANT CHALLENGE FOR MANUFACTURING IS HOW TO MANAGE THE MORE COMPLEX PRODUCTION TECHNIQUES WHICH GO WITH INDUSTRIAL UPGRADING, THE ACTING DIRECTOR OF INDUSTRY, MR WILFRED WONG, SAID TODAY (THURSDAY).

SPEAKING AT THE 1991 INAUGURATION CEREMONY OF THE PENINSULA JAYCEES, MR WONG SAID: "WE MUST ENSURE THAT HONG KONG PRODUCES MEN AND WOMEN WHO CAN GET THE BEST OUT OF THE MORE SOPHISTICATED RESOURCES AT THEIR DISPOSAL.

/HE SAID