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TUESDAY, OCTOBER 20, 1992

ANOTHER AIRPORT CORE PROGRAMME CONTRACT AWARDED

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HONG

WORKS FOR

THE GOVERNMENT HAS AWARDED A $28.3 MILLION CONTRACT TO A KONG COMPANY, KIN SHING CONSTRUCTION COMPANY, TO UNDERTAKE THE EXTENSION AND WIDENING OF TUNG CHAU STREET IN SHAM SHUI PO.

THE CONTRACT IS PART OF THE WEST KOWLOON UNDER THE AIRPORT CORE PROGRAMME (ACP).

RECLAMATION

PROJECT

FRIDAY THE AWARD WAS APPROVED BY THE CENTRAL TENDER BOARD LAST

BRINGING THE

NUMBER (OCTOBER 16),

TOTAL

OF GOVERNMENT CONTRACTS AWARDED ON THE ACP TO 18, WITH A TOTAL VALUE OF OVER $19 BILLION.

CONTRACTS 18

ALL THESE

WERE AWARDED WITHIN ESTIMATES, SAID A GOVERNMENT SPOKESMAN TODAY (TUESDAY).

THE PROJECT

"THAT IS A TREMENDOUS RECORD, AND IT

TO DO IN HONG HAVE BEEN ABLE

FOR KONG, PROJECTS IN TIME AND WITHIN BUDGET, HE SAID.

IS TYPICAL OF WHAT WE BUILDING INFRASTRUCTURE

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THE TUNG

CHAU STREET EXTENSION WORKS MAINLY

THE INCLUDES STREET FROM ITS JUNCTION WITH EXTENSION OF THE EXISTING TUNG CHAU

SECTION OF THE TONKIN STREET TO LAI CHI KOK ROAD, AND TO WIDEN THIS STREET TO A TWO-LANE DUAL CARRIAGEWAY.

CHAU STREET THE SPOKESMAN SAID THE EXTENDED AND IMPROVED TUNG

WAN WHOLESALE MARKET ON WOULD PROVIDE ACCESS TO THE NEW CHEUNG SHA

BY THE NEWLY RECLAIMED LAND ON THE WEST KOWLOON COAST, AND BE OPENED LATER PART OF NEXT YEAR.

"WORKS WILL START BEFORE THE END OF

* HE SAID. COMPLETED BY THE LATER PART OF 1993,

THIS

MONTH AND BE

GOVT TO SPEND $78BN ON NON-ACP WORKS PROJECTS

THE GOVERNMENT

FIVE YEARS

$78 ITS FIRM AND SOCIAL

PLANS TO SPEND OVER THE NEXT PUBLIC WORKS PROJECTS AS PART OF BILLION ON NON-ACP COMMITMENT то INVEST VIGOROUSLY IN HONG KONG'S ECONOMIC INFRASTRUCTURE.

AMPLIFYING

THE

PUBLIC ΤΟ THE BLAKE, SAID

ON THE GOVERNMENT SPENDING IN FURTHER WORKS PROGRAMMES OUTLINED IN THE GOVERNOR'S POLICY ADDRESS LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL, THE SECRETARY FOR WORKS, MR JAMES TODAY (TUESDAY) THE EXPENDITURE FOR 1992/93 44% GROWTH IN REAL TERMS OVER THE SPENDING ON PUBLIC WORKS IN THE PAST FIVE YEARS.

- 1996/97 REPRESENTED A

PROGRAMME

/HE SAID: