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New roads for Tseung Kwan O New Town
Works will soon start on the construction of new roads and subways in the northern part of Tseung Kwan O Town Centre.
A $275 million contract for the works was signed today (Wednesday) by the Territory Development Department's Project Manager for the New Territories East Development Office, Mr John Bosco Yu, and a representative of the contractor, China State Construction Engineering Corporation.
The road works were part of the department's on-going development programme for the Tseung Kwan O New Town, said Mr Yu after the contract signing.
"The works comprise the construction of about 3.8 kilometres of roads, a 23- metre wide and 80-metre long road bridge, eight subways and associated engineering works.
"Construction will start this week for completion in 27 months," he said.
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112 VMs depart on Orderly Repatriation flight
A group of 112 Vietnamese migrants (VMs) returned by air to Hanoi, Vietnam today (Wednesday) on the 28th flight under the Orderly Repatriation Programme (ORP).
All but three of the returnees, comprising 52 men, 30 women, 13 boys and 17 girls, are from south and central Vietnam.
Most of the returnees were transferred from High Island Detention Centre to Victoria Prison on November 30. The majority of them arrived in Hong Kong in 1991, with the remaining in 1988, 1989 and 1990.
The group brought to 1,849 the total number repatriated on ORP flights since November 1991 and to 864 the number repatriated this year.
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