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M IPT: LANTAU FIXED CROSSING: TSING MA BRIDGE TENDERS: PRESS
RELEASE, 16TH DECEMBER:
BEGINS:
ALL FOUR CONSORTIA PREQUALIFIED FOR BUILDING THE TSING MA BRIDGE, THE MAIN BRIDGE IN THE LANTAU FIXED CROSSING PROJECT, HAD SUBMITTED TENDERS BY THE TIME TENDERS CLOSED TODAY (MONDAY).
ANNOUNCING THIS, A GOVERNMENT SPOKESMAN SAID THE CONSORTIA HAD ALSO INCLUDED IN THEIR SUBMISSIONS PROPOSALS ON FINANCIAL
ARRANGEMENTS.
THE GOVERNMENT WILL EVALUATE THE BIDS, AND A DECISION ON SELECTION IS EXPECTED TO BE MADE IN ABOUT FIVE MONTHS.
'THE CONTRACT WILL BE AWARDED AROUND MID-1992. CONSTRUCTION WILL COMMENCE AS SOON AS POSSIBLE WITH THE AIM OF COMPLETING THE PROJECT BY THE TIME THE NEW AIRPORT OPENS AT CHEK LAP KOK', SAID THE SPOKESMAN.
THE LANTAU FIXED CROSSING IS A KEY ELEMENT OF THE EXTENSIVE TRANSPORT NETWORK DESIGNED TO SUPPORT DEVELOPMENT OF THE NEW AIRPORT. IT WILL LINK THE NORTH LANTAU EXPRESSWAY IN THE WEST AND WITH THE TSING YI SECTION OF ROUTE THREE IN THE EAST. THE FOUR CONSORTIA WHICH HAVE BEEN PREQUALIFIED FOR TENDERING THE TSING MA
BRIDGE CONSTRUCTION ARE:
(1) ANGLO JAPANESE CONTRACTORS JOINT VENTURE
DORMAN LONG OVERSEAS LIMITED (JOINT VENTURE LEADER) COSTAIN CIVIL ENGINEERING LIMITED
MITSUI AND CO. LIMITED
(2) HONG KONG INTERNATIONAL CONSORTIUM.
BOUYGUES SA
DRAGAGES ET TRAVAUX PUBLICS (JOINT VENTURE LEADER)
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