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THURSDAY, MAY 23, 1991

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CONTRACT FOR IMPROVING ACCESS ROAD TO NGONG PING SIGNED

NGONG PING MAJOR ROAD IMPROVEMENT WORKS ON THE ACCESS ROAD TO ON LANTAU ISLAND WILL START LATER THIS MONTH FOLLOWING THE AWARD OF A $66 MILLION CONTRACT BY THE HIGHWAYS DEPARTMENT.

WIDENING ROAD FROM PO LIN

AT THE CONTRACT SIGNING CEREMONY TODAY (THURSDAY), THE DIRECTOR OF HIGHWAYS, MR KWEI SEE-KAN, SAID THE CONTRACT COVERED AND REALIGNMENT OF THE EXISTING 2.6-KILOMETRE LONG ACCESS THE JUNCTION BETWEEN SHAM WAT ROAD AND KEUNG SHAN ROAD TO THE MONASTERY AT NGONG PING.

"SOME SECTIONS OF THE ACCESS ROAD TO NGONG PING

FOOTWAYS.

WIDE

THREE-METRE SIX-METRE WIDE.

WITH

NO

"THE WHOLE ACCESS ROAD WILL BE CARRIAGEWAY WITH ASSOCIATED FOOTWAYS,"

THE

REMAINING

ARE CURRENTLY SECTIONS ARE

WIDENED ΤΟ A 7.3-METRE WIDE ** MR KWEI SAID.

THE CONTRACT ALSO INCLUDES CONSTRUCTION OF A ROAD BAYS, A CARPARK AND LANDSCAPING WORKS.

BRIDGE, BUS

COVERED WORKS MR KWEI SAID ALL THE NORMALLY TAKE 23 MONTHS TO COMPLETE.

BY THE CONTRACT SHOULD

AND SAFETY OF

HOWEVER, IN ORDER TO IMPROVE THE ROAD CAPACITY THE EXISTING ACCESS ROAD AS SOON AS POSSIBLE, THE DEPARTMENT HAD MADE SECTIONS OF THE EXISTING ARRANGEMENTS SO THAT IMPROVEMENT TO THREE

ACCESS ROAD WOULD BE COMPLETED IN ONLY 18 MONTHS, HE SAID.

"THESE SECTIONS WITH A EITHER ONLY THREE-METRE WIDE OR KWEI SAID.

TOTAL LENGTH OF 1.2 HAVE UNSATISFACTORY

AS FOR

THE REMAINING

1.4-KILOMETRE

LONG,

KILOMETRES ALIGNMENT,'

ARK

" MR

SIX-METRE

WIDE WOULD BE

SECTIONS OF THE ACCESS ROAD, MR KWEI SAID IMPROVEMENT WORKS COMPLETED FIVE MONTHS LATER, IN APRIL 1993.

THE DIRECTOR OF

HIGHWAYS

WORKS WOULD CONSTRUCTION, TWO

SAID THE IMPROVEMENT START AT THE END OF THIS MONTH, ADDING THAT DURING WAY TRAFFIC IN THE EXISTING ACCESS ROAD WOULD BE MAINTAINED.

THE CONTRACT WAS AWARDED TO CHUN WO CONSTRUCTION &

ENGINEERING

CO. LTD.

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