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580:'s largest engineering contract since its formation—for the construction of Kwun Tong Bypass Phase 2 was awarded to the Dragages–Bachy Soletanche joint venture. Works on this 2.3-kilometre (1.4 mi) section, which connects Wai Yip Street to Kai Fuk Road near the eastern portal of the
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