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WEDNESDAY, JUNE 8,

JUNE 8, 1994

MASSIVE RECLAMATION IN TSEUNG KWAN O STARTS NEXT WEEK

CONSTRUCTION

WILL

DEVELOPMENT

MASSIVE RECLAMATION WORKS AND ROADWORKS START IN TSBUNG KWAN O NEXT WEEK AS PART OF THE ON-GOING PROGRAMME FOR THE NEW TOWN.

$389.8

CONTRACT WAS SIGNED TODAY DEVELOPMENT, MR CHOW A JOINT VENTURE OF

A

MILLION RECLAMATION

TERRITORY BY (WEDNESDAY)

OF THE DIRECTOR CHE-KING, AND A REPRESENTATIVE OF THE CONTRACTOR KIN SHING CONSTRUCTION COMPANY AND LAM CONSTRUCTION COMPANY LIMITED.

MR CHOW NOTED THAT THE CONTRACT INVOLVES RECLAIMING A TOTAL 65, 66. 34.3 HECTARES OF LAND AT TSEUNG KWAN O AREAS 55, 56, 57, AND 68 FOR HOUSING DEVELOPMENT AND OTHER COMMUNITY FACILITIES.

"ABOUT 16.5 HECTARES OF LAND WILL BE RECLAIMED AT AREAS 55, AND 57 TO PROVIDE LAND FOR COMMERCIAL/RESIDENTIAL AND OTHER USES.

"A

FURTHER

HECTARES

OF

OF 67

56

AT

AND 3.5

SCHEME

AND

BE WILL 17.8

RECLAIMED LAND 8.6 HECTARES IN AREA 65 OF THESE, AREAS 65, 66 AND 67.

HOME OWNERSHIP HECTARES IN AREA 67 WILL BE FOR BUILDING PRIVATE SECTOR PARTICIPATION SCHEME FLATS," HE SAID.

MAIN WESTERN RAILWAY BOX TUNNEL THE EASTERN SEAWALL; AND

THE CONTRACT WORKS ALSO INCLUDE EXTENSION OF THE BOX CULVERT; A SHORT SECTION OF THE MASS TRANSIT BENEATH THE WESTERN CULVERT; A SECTION OF SECTION OF THE MAIN SOUTH SEAWALL.

THE

WORKS

INVOLVES 28

HECTARES

OF SEABED RECEIVE PUBLIC

IN ADDITION, PREPARATION IN TSEUNG KWAN O PHASE III DEVELOPMENT TO DUMPING MATERIAL AS PROPOSED IN THE LONG TERM PUBLIC DUMPING STRATEGY.

THE WORKS WILL BEGIN ON JUNE 16 AND

WILL TAKK 30 MONTHS ΤΟ

COMPLETE.

CHOW MR

POINTED

OF

FILLING QUANTITY AND SEABED PREPARATION,

AT 6.2 MILLION CUBIC

THAT OUT

THE TOTAL MATERIAL REQUIRED FOR THE RECLAMATION WORKS EXCLUDING SEAWALL CONSTRUCTION, WAS ESTIMATED METRES.

"THE QUANTITY OF MARINE SAND FOR

TRENCHES WILL TRENCHS AND CULVERT METRES," HE ADDED.

BE ABOUT

BACKFILLING

TWO

THE SEAWALL MILLION CUBIC

CHOW ALSO

$99.6

A SIGNED MEANWHILE, MR CONSTRUCTION CONTRACT WITH A REPRESENTATIVE OF LIMITED TODAY.

MILLION ROADWORKS WAN HIN AND COMPANY

OF THREE NEW ROADS, THE CONTRACT COMPRISES THE CONSTRUCTION

HANG HAU TWO FOOTBRIDGES, TWO SUBWAYS, FOOTPATHS AND CYCLE TRACKS IN

VEHICULAR AND PEDESTRIAN ACCESS TO AREA TO PROVIDE

THE PROPOSED DEVELOPMENTS IN THE AREA, AND TO PROVIDE A MORE DIRECT TRANSPORT BETWEEN TSEUNG KWAN O TUNNEL AND THE INDUSTRIAL AREAS AS WELL AS LANDFILLS IN THE SOUTHERN END OF THE NEW TOWN.

LINK THE

THE WORKS WILL BEGIN ON JUNE 17 FOR COMPLETION IN 24 MONTHS.

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