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MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 13, 1993

ANOTHER WEST KOWLOON RECLAMATION DRAINAGE CONTRACT AWARDED

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THE APPROVED THE CENTRAL TENDER BOARD HAS AIRPORT CORE PROGRAMME CONTRACT, WORTH $139 MILLION, DRAINAGE SYSTEM IN WEST KOWLOON.

AWARD OF ANOTHER TO IMPROVE THE

ENTITLED THE CONTRACT,

WEST KOWLOON RECLAMATION HINTERLAND ΤΟ WING FAI DRAINAGE PACKAGE 2 (SOUTHERN PORTION), HAS BEEN AWARDED CONSTRUCTION COMPANY LIMITED OF HONG KONG.

AWARDED IN THE SPOKESMAN FOR THE

"TOGETHER WITH THE NORTHERN PORTION CONTRACT WHICH WAS JUST TWO WEEKS AGO, THE WORKS WILL BRING ABOUT AN IMPROVEMENT WATER QUALITY IN THE HARBOUR OFF WEST KOWLOON," A NEW AIRPORT PROJECTS CO-ORDINATION OFFICE SAID TODAY (MONDAY).

AND IMPROVEMENT OF THE WORKS WILL INCLUDE THE RECONSTRUCTION

SYSTEM IN THE DRAINAGE

OF THE EXISTING

HINTERLAND

WEST KOWLOON AND JORDAN INCLUDING TAI KOK TSUI AND THE AREA BETWEEN ARGYLE STREET ROAD.

THIS WILL

PREVENT FLOODING ARISING FROM THE EXTENSION OF DRAINAGE FROM WEST KOWLOON ACROSS THE NEWLY RECLAIMED LAND.

THE HARBOUR WILL BE THE IMPROVEMENT IN THE WATER QUALITY IN

OF NEW SEWERS AND DRY ACHIEVED BY THE CONSTRUCTION

FLOW

WHICH WILL INTERCEPT INTERCEPTORS

POLLUTED EXISTING DRAINAGE SYSTEM.

WATER STORM

WEATHER IN

THE

CONSTRUCTION WORK WILL START

LATER THIS MONTH AND WILL

BE

COMPLETED IN EARLY 1996.

THE SPOKESMAN SAID TEMPORARY TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT MEASURES BE INTRODUCED IN MONG KOK AND YAU MA TEI TO FACILITATE WORK.

"THESE MEASURES

HAVE BEEN CAREFULLY MONITORED TO ENSURE MINIMAL IMPACT ON TRAFFIC,

WOULD

..

AND DESIGNED

HE SAID.

WILL BE

THE AWARD OF THIS CONTRACT BRINGS THE TOTAL NUMBER CORE PROGRAMME (ACP) CONSTRUCTION CONTRACTS AWARDED BY THE TO 27, WITH A TOTAL VALUE OF NEARLY $29 BILLION,

OF AIRPORT GOVERNMENT

AT $9.7 TOGETHER WITH THE FOUR CONSTRUCTION CONTRACTS, VALUED

AND THE $5.7 BILLION, AWARDED BY THE PROVISIONAL AIRPORT AUTHORITY,

WESTERN HARBOUR TUNNEL BILLION CONSTRUCTION CONTRACT AWARDED BY THE

OF CONSTRUCTION CONTRACTS AWARDED COMPANY LIMITED, THE TOTAL VALUE FOR THE ACP, ALL WITHIN BUDGET, IS OVER $44 BILLION.

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