Leighton Asia News, July 2005 - Leighton Holdings

HK$140 million in new
Hong Kong and China projects
Contracts as diverse as extensions to a plastics extrusion facility, remediation at a container port
and construction at a theme park are all in a day’s work for Leighton.
These are just some of the projects now
being undertaken in the latest series of
contracts secured by Leighton Asia
(Northern) in Hong Kong and China.
In June the company secured a RMB16
million contract with GE Plastics to extend
its plastics extrusion facility at Nansha
and build a two-storey administration
block and canteen at the site. The
contract will add a further 3500 square
metres to the extrusion facility.
Leighton has previously undertaken a
number of projects for GE Plastics in
Thailand and its success there helped the
company to secure this latest contract.
Over the past six months, Leighton has
been building a theatre at a theme park in
Hong Kong. This project has now been
followed by a HK$115 million contract for
further building work at the site.
Also in Hong Kong, Leighton has secured
a HK$10 million contract with Hong Kong
International Terminals (HIT) to repair
concrete and install a cathodic protection
(CP) system. This will take the form of
ribbon anode mesh on the landside slabs
and on the supporting corbels of two
berths at the massive Kwai Chung
container port.
The works also include commissioning the
cathodic protection system and creating
an operations and maintenance manual.
This is the second project of this type
awarded to Leighton by HIT at the same
shipping terminal.
Chinese website to be launched
Leighton is set to launch a Chinese language version of its web site, highlighting
the increasing importance of China in the company’s growth plans.
The new web site, which is a replica of
the company’s English language site, will
go live in July.
Leighton’s director of infrastructure, Allard
Nooy, said Leighton’s increased focus on
China had created a need for a Chinese
language website.
“Most of the people we are dealing with
are not fluent English-speakers. In fact,
many of them don’t speak English at all,”
Allard said.
“So, it is important for them to be able
to learn about us in their own language,”
he said.
Leighton is also considering creating web
sites in other languages.