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Tenders for footbridge improvement works invited

The Highways Department is inviting tenders for the improvements to the footbridge across Kwun Tong Road at Tsun Yip Lane.

The works include the demolition of the existing footbridge across Kwun Tong Road at Tsun Yip Lane; construction of a covered footbridge with ramps and two-way escalators at both ends to replace the existing footbridge; construction of sewer; and associated footway re-construction and drainage works.

Construction is scheduled to commence in May for completion in May 1998.

A notice on the tender invitation is gazetted today (Friday).

Tender forms and particulars can be obtained from Regional Highway Engineer/Kowloon, Highways Department, 13th floor, Room 1321, Nan Fung Commercial Centre, 19 Lam Lok Street, Kowloon Bay, Kowloon. The contact telephone number is 2707 7436.

Tenders must be clearly marked and addressed to the Chairman, Central Tender Board, and placed in the Government Secretariat Tender Box at the lift lobby on the lower ground floor of the Central Government Offices (East Wing), Lower Albert Road (at its junction with Garden Road), Hong Kong, before noon on March 22.

Late tenders will not be accepted.

The works have been designed and construction will be supervised by Kowloon Region of Highways Department.

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