Leighton Asia wins A$100 million sewerage project in Hong Kong

Leighton Asia has been awarded an A$100 million (HK$426 million) contract for the construction of a new sewerage system in Hong Kong for the Hong Kong Government’s Drainage Services Department.

The project, to be undertaken in joint venture with Kumagai Gumi, involves the construction and commissioning of over four kilometres of trenchless sewers of various diameter between Wanchai and North Point.  Leighton Asia’s share of the project is A$50 million (HK$213 million).

It includes the construction of an additional 180 metres of open cut sewers and 75 metres of watermain, as well as 27 associated shafts and manholes ranging in depth from six to 20 metres.

The project will commence immediately and is scheduled for completion in December 2005.

It follows the new A$200 million housing project in Hong Kong Leighton Asia was awarded in March, and maintains the company’s work in hand at over A$1.5 billion.

Leighton Asia Limited – part of Australia’s largest project development and contracting group, the Leighton Group – has been successfully operating in Asia since 1975.  

The company operates in Hong Kong, Malaysia, Indonesia, Thailand, Vietnam, the Philippines, Singapore and China.

ENDS.

For further information, please contact:

In Hong Kong
Chris Gordon
Group Communications Manager
Leighton Asia Limited
Phone: (852) 2823 1493
Mobile: (852) 9092 0827
chris.gordon@leightonasia.com
www.leightonasia.com

In Australia
Penny Bingham-Hall
Executive General Manager, Corporate
Leighton Holdings Limited
Phone: (61-2) 9925 6641
Mobile: (61) 0412 275 391
pbh@leighton.com.au