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FRIDAY, JANUARY 14, 1994
FOOTBRIDGE ACROSS CLEAR WATER BAY ROAD NEAR PIK UK
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THE GOVERNMENT 18 INVITING TENDERS FOR CONSTRUCTING A ACROSS CLEAR WATER BAY ROAD NEAR THE PIK UK CORRECTIONAL INSTITUTION, SAI KUNG,
FOOTBRIDGE
THE FOOTBRIDGE IS ABOUT 27-METRE LONG BY THREE-METRE WIDE AND SPANS ACROSS CLEAR WATER BAY ROAD. IT IS A COMPOSITE STRUCTURE CONSISTING OF STRUCTURAL STEEL TRUSSES AND REINFORCED CONCRETE RAMPS, BOTH COVERED WITH CORRUGATED SHEET STEEL ROOF.
UPON COMPLETION, THE NEW FOOTBRIDGE WILL SERVE AS A SAFE SEPARATED CROSSING MAINLY FOR THE STAFF AND VISITORS OF THE CORRECTIONAL INSTITUTION.
GRADE
PIK UK
WORKS ARE EXPECTED TO START IN MAY THIS YEAR AND BE COMPLETED BY MAY NEXT YEAR.
THE
A NOTICE ON TENDER INVITATION IS GAZETTED TODAY (FRIDAY).
THE DEADLINE FOR SUBMISSION OF TENDERS IS FEBRUARY 4.
THE FOOTBRIDGE HAS BEEN DESIGNED BY THE STRUCTURES DIVISION AND CONSTRUCTION WILL BE SUPERVISED BY THE NEW TERRITORIES REGION OF
HIGHWAYS DEPARTMENT.
326 VIETNAMESE SENT BACK
A GROUP OF 326 VIETNAMESE MIGRANTS TODAY (FRIDAY) RETURNED TO VIETNAM UNDER A VOLUNTARY REPATRIATION PROGRAMME OF THE UNITED NATIONS HIGH COMMISSIONER FOR REFUGEES.
COMPRISING 113 MEN, 97 WOMEN, 67 BOYS AND 49 GIRLS, THEY WERE THE 195TH BATCH TO GO BACK UNDER THE PROGRAMME.
THE GROUP BROUGHT TO 998 THE TOTAL NUMBER OF VIETNAMESE 611 THE TOTAL NUMBER OF RETURNEES SINCE THE PROGRAMME STARTED IN MARCH 1989.
MIGRANTS WHO HAVE RETURNED VOLUNTARILY THIS YEAR, AND TO 39,
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