Tender awarded for Kwai Chung petrol station site
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     The Lands Department today (February 13) announced that the tender for a petrol filling station at Castle Peak Road, Kwai Chung, New Territories (Kwai Chung Town Lot No. 508), had been awarded to Shell Developments (HK) Limited on a 21-year land grant at a premium of $148.98 million.  The site is an existing, re-tendered site for the development of a petrol filling station.

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

     The other tenderers in alphabetical order were:-
(a) Chevron Hong Kong Limited
(b) Sinopec (Hong Kong) Limited

Ends/Friday, February 13, 2009
Issued at HKT 17:30

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