Tender awarded for petrol filling stations
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    The Lands Department today (February 18) announced that the tender for three petrol filling stations at San Fung Avenue, Sheung Shui, New Territories (Fanling Sheung Shui Town Lot No. 235), Peak Road, Hong Kong (Rural Building Lot No. 1184) and Castle Peak Road, Kwai Chung, New Territories (Kwai Chung Town Lot No. 504) had been collectively awarded to Sinopec (Hong Kong) Limited (parent company: China Petroleum & Chemical Corporation) on a 21-year land grant at a total premium of $408 million.

    "Authority from the Central Tender Board was given to the Lands Department to award the sites to the highest tenderer," a government spokesman said.

    The successful tender was submitted on the basis of a single amount of tender premium for the purchase of all the three sites collectively as one package.  These three sites are existing, re-tendered sites for the development of petrol filling stations.

    Apart from the successful tenderer, four other tenderers took part in the tender exercise, which produced 18 tenders: 14 for the sites individually and four for all the three sites collectively as a package.  The other companies that tendered (individually or as a package) are listed below in respect of each lot and in alphabetical order:

(i) Fanling Sheung Shui Town Lot No. 235

(a) Chevron Hong Kong Limited
(b) ExxonMobil Hong Kong Limited
(c) Petrochina International (Hong Kong) Corporation Limited
(d) Shell Developments (HK) Limited


(ii) Rural Building Lot No. 1184

(a) Chevron Hong Kong Limited
(b) ExxonMobil Hong Kong Limited
(c) Petrochina International (Hong Kong) Corporation Limited
(d) Shell Developments (HK) Limited


(iii) Kwai Chung Town Lot No. 504

(a) Chevron Hong Kong Limited
(b) Petrochina International (Hong Kong) Corporation Limited
(c) Shell Developments (HK) Limited

Ends/Monday, February 18, 2008
Issued at HKT 17:30

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