The Civil Engineering and Development Department (CEDD) today (January 26) gazetted a notice to invite tenders for the contract for Site Formation and Infrastructure Works at Tsing Yi Road West (Contract No. CV/2023/17). The closing time for the tender is noon on March 8.

     The works mainly include:

• site formation works and construction of associated retaining walls and slopes;
• construction of a footbridge across Tsing Yi Road West and associated lift facilities;
• construction of signalised junction at Tsing Yi Road West near Ching Hong Road; and
• ancillary works including drainage, sewerage, waterworks and landscaping works.

     The works are scheduled to commence in June 2024 and will take about 48 months to complete.

     The CEDD has commissioned Mott MacDonald Hong Kong Limited to design and supervise the works. Interested contractors may obtain the forms of tender and further particulars from the company at 3/F, Manulife Place, 348 Kwun Tong Road, Kwun Tong, Kowloon.

     Details of the tender notice are available at the CEDD's website (www.cedd.gov.hk/eng/tender-notices/contracts/tender-notices/index.html). For enquiries, please call Mott MacDonald Hong Kong Limited at 2828 5757 during office hours.

     The Commissioner for Labour today (January 26) gave notices in the Gazette under section 16(1A) and/or section 18(2) of the Protection of Wages on Insolvency Ordinance (Chapter 380) for cases with ex gratia payment from the Protection of Wages on Insolvency Fund made to employees. 
      
     For details of the notices, please refer to Government Notice Numbers from 463 to 492 on the website of the eGazette of the Government Logistics Department.

      The Government published in the Gazette today (January 26) the Land Survey (Fees) (Amendment) Regulation 2024 (the Amendment Regulation) to revise the fees for land survey services provided by the Government in accordance with the established review mechanism.
      
     The fee items to be revised include:
(a)  inspection of land boundary records;
(b)  supply of copies of plans;
(c)  deposit of land boundary plans and corresponding survey record plans with the Land Survey Authority;
(d)  registration as an authorised land surveyor; and
(e)  renewal of registration as an authorised land surveyor.
 
      "The main users of the above-mentioned services are land surveying professionals or authorised land surveyors. Since the last fee revision in 2018, the Government has reviewed the relevant fees in accordance with the established mechanism and 'user pays' principle, and revised them to levels adequate to recover the full costs of providing the services (with fee increases ranging from 4.7 per cent to 17.4 per cent, or from $9 to $370). It is estimated that the fee revision would have little impact on the relevant persons. The adjustment would also help restore the relevant fees to the 100 per cent cost recovery rate achieved in the past," a spokesman for the Development Bureau said.
 
      The Amendment Regulation has been published in the Gazette today, and will be tabled at the Legislative Council (LegCo) next Wednesday (January 31). Subject to approval by the LegCo by negative vetting, the revised fees will come into effect on March 31.

     The Government gazetted today (January 26) the proposed road works in Tuen Mun to provide the necessary infrastructure for the public housing developments at San Hing Road and Hong Po Road.

     Details of the proposal are set out in the Annex. The plans and scheme of the works are available for public inspection at the following government offices during office hours:
 
Central and Western Home Affairs Enquiry Centre,
G/F, Harbour Building,
38 Pier Road, Central, Hong Kong
 
Tuen Mun Home Affairs Enquiry Centre,
2/F, Tuen Mun Government Offices,
1 Tuen Hi Road, Tuen Mun, New Territories
 
District Lands Office, Tuen Mun,
6/F, Tuen Mun Government Offices,
1 Tuen Hi Road, Tuen Mun, New Territories
 
     The gazette notice, scheme, plans, resumption plan and location plan are available at www.tlb.gov.hk/eng/publications/transport/gazette/gazette.html.
      
     Any person who wishes to object to the works or the use, or both, is required to address to the Secretary for Transport and Logistics an objection in writing, which can be submitted via one of the following means:
 

• By post or by hand to the Transport and Logistics Bureau's Drop-in Box No. 6 located at the entrance on 2/F, East Wing, Central Government Offices, 2 Tim Mei Avenue, Tamar, Hong Kong. The box is available for use between 8am and 7pm from Monday to Friday (except public holidays);
• By fax to 2868 4643; or
• By email to gazettetlb@tlb.gov.hk.

 
     A notice of objection should describe the objector's interest and the manner in which he or she alleges that he or she will be affected by the works or the use. Objectors are requested to provide contact details to facilitate communication. A notice of objection should be delivered to the Secretary for Transport and Logistics not later than March 26, 2024.

     Police are investigating a fatal traffic accident happened in Tsing Yi in the small hours today (January 26), in which a 58-year-old man died.

     At about 1am, a heavy goods vehicle driven by a 61-year-old man reportedly knocked down the 58-year-old man when reversing at a dock loading area on Container Port Road.

     Sustaining serious head injuries, the man was certified dead at scene.

     The heavy goods vehicle driver was arrested for dangerous driving causing death and is being detained for enquiries.

     Investigation by the Special Investigation Team of Traffic, New Territories South is underway.

     Anyone who witnessed the accident or has any information to offer is urged to contact the investigating officers on 3661 1346 or 3661 1348.