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ACP contract for airmail centre approved

The Secretary for the Treasury, on the advice of the Central Tender Board, has approved the award of an Airport Core Programme (ACP) contract for the construction of an airmail centre at the new airport at Chek Lap Kok.

The contract, valued at $327 million, will be awarded to Yau Lee Construction Co Ltd by the Architectural Services Department.

It includes the construction of a two-storey office building structure, a large hall which houses all the airmail functions, a parking yard and ancillary facilities for the Post Office.

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Land auction scheduled for February cancelled

The Lands Department announced today (Monday) that the land auction scheduled for February 14 will be cancelled.

The cancellation is due to the objection procedures in respect of the zoning of two sites originally scheduled for auction in the current financial year have not been completed.

The two sites are a 6.438-square metre residential site in Wan Hoi Street in Hung Hom originally scheduled for auction on February 14 and a 6,700-square metre residential site in Town Park Road in Yuen Long originally scheduled for auction on March 18.

The last land auction for this financial year will be held at 2.30 pm on March 18 (Monday) at the Concert Hall of the Hong Kong Cultural Centre in Tsim Sha Tsui.

Four sites will be put up for auction. The sites are a 16,000-square metre site at the Hung Hom Bay Reclamation for commercial/residential purpose; a 1,591-square metre site in Hong Man Street in Chai Wan for commercial/residential purpose; a 1,585-square metre site in Arbuthnot Road, Central for commercial purpose and a 466- square metre site in Area 2, Tai Po for residential purpose.

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