LEIGHTON Asia is an Australian general civil engineering contractor operating throughout the region with its head office in Hongkong and a branch office in Thailand.
A lot of the company's work in the territory has been for the Hongkong Government Housing Authority.
Housing Authority projects for which it has been responsible include 14 tower blocks at Chuk Yuen and another 10 at Ma On Shan.
''We have done more government work than private work because we wouldn't be so competitive for individual private blocks,'' said Mr John Faulkner, Leighton Asia's managing director.
''This situation is exactly the opposite in Thailand, where all the work is for the private sector.'' The company has just completed the joint venture construction of a sewage treatment and disposal plant on Stonecutters Island.
Despite delays in awarding most of the Port and Airport Development Strategy (PADS) projects, Leighton Asia won the contract to carry out advance earth works for Route 3 - the Lantau fixed crossing interchange on Tsing Yi Island.
