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Samsung C&T wins 455 bln won reclamation order in Hong Kong

By Yonhap

Published : Dec. 25, 2017 - 14:14

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Samsung C&T Corp., the construction unit of Samsung Group, said Monday it secured a 455 billion won ($420 million) land reclamation project in Hong Kong.

In a joint venture with local company Build King, Samsung C&T received the order from Hong Kong's Civil Engineering & Development Department to reclaim land from the sea for a new town on northern Lantau Island, the company said in a statement.

Mainland Chinese tourists pose for photos in front of Victoria Harbour and the skyline in Hong Kong on December 19, 2017. (AFP-Yonhap) Mainland Chinese tourists pose for photos in front of Victoria Harbour and the skyline in Hong Kong on December 19, 2017. (AFP-Yonhap)


The reclamation project begins in January 2018 and will be completed by July 2024, it said. 

The value of the overall reclamation project is estimated at

$858 million, with Samsung C&T holding a 49-percent stake in the work with the remaining 51 percent held by Build King, it said. (Yonhap)