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Stonecutters Island naval base project

The Architectural Services Department is inviting approved contractors to participate in a prequalification exercise for the construction of a naval base at the south shore of Stonecutters Island.

The project comprises the construction of 11 main buildings of different sizes, complexity and structural types, 15 ancillary buildings, and other land facilities such as access roads, drainage services and related landscaping works on a 12-hectare site being reclaimed at the south shore.

Works are scheduled to start in October for completion in January 1997.

Only contractors on the Approved Contractors for Public Works List I in Group C for Building Works or on the List II for Building Works can apply for prequalification.

Interested parties may apply for prequalification documents from Mr Kwan Pak-lam, Assistant Director (A)1, Architectural Services Department, room 3508, 35th floor, Queensway Government Offices, 66 Queensway. The deadline for submission of applications is noon on March 10, and tenders will be invited from the prequalified contractors in July.

End/Friday, February 17, 1995

Three lots of land up for auction

Three lots of Government land in Kowloon and the New Territories will be offered for sale at a public auction on March 14, it was notified in the Gazette today (Friday).

The auction will start at 2.30 pm in the Concert Hall of Hong Kong Cultural Centre, Tsim Sha Tsui.

The first lot, located at the junction of Sheung Yee Road and Wang Chiu Road, Kowloon Bay, has an area of 12,590 square metres. It is intended for (i) industrial or godown or both, or (ii) offices ancillary and directly related to an industrial operation, or (iii) any combination of (i) and (ii), excluding offensive trade.