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Contract to rebuild Tai Tam Road awarded
The Highways Department today (Wednesday) awarded the reconstruction and rehabilitation of Tai Tam Road contract to Shui On Civil Contractors Limited.
A spokesman for the department said the $69 million contract comprised mainly pavement rehabilitation works and associated drainage improvement works along Tai Tam Road from Stanley Village Road to Chai Wan Road. It also includes watermain laying works between Stanley Village Road and Red Hill Road junctions.
Works will start soon for completion in mid-1997.
"On completion of the works, a durable road with good riding quality will be provided for the traffic," the spokesman said.
The works have been designed and construction will be supervised by Halcrow Asia Partnership Limited for Hong Kong Region of Highways Department.
End/Wednesday, October 4, 1995
Hong Kong-Osaka yacht race to be held in 1997
Members of the race committee of the Sail Osaka 97 will be in Hong Kong tomorrow (Thursday) for a discussion with the Marine Department over the arrangements of the boat race.
The race, one of the major yachting events in Asia in recent years, will be held in March 1997.
So far more than 11 countries including Chile, Japan, Russia, Argentina, Portugal, Holland and Colombia will take part in the regatta which will start from Hong Kong and finish at Osaka in Japan.
The event is part of the activities organised by the Port of Osaka to celebrate its centenary.
End/Wednesday, October 4, 1995
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