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REPORTER:
And so then earlier on you gave a figure of 8 to 9 billion dollars, was that for the site prep --7
MR RICHARD ALLEN:
That's for the site preparation.
REPORTER:
Okay.
MR RICHARD ALLEN : That's the creation of the island. We will have to flatten Chek Lap Kok; we will leave the southern-tip as an Environmental Reserve; we will create part of the reclamation with the material from the island, the balance of the material
will be from dredged sources will be reclamation dredged material; and then we will create the balance of the island. The total of that island will, as I said, be equivalent to the
Kowloon Peninsula south of Boundary Road to give you an idea of how big that will be.
REPORTER:
is
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And so the estimate for the total project
do you have an estimate?
MR RICHARD ALLEN:
The estimate for the total project, I believe was $43.5 billion at 1991 prices.
REPORTER:
$43.5 billion
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thank you.
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REPORTER:
the Site Preparation Contract would be going out in the first-quarter of 1991. Well according to your Information Office, the pre-qualification of the contractors who have applied for this project is not even complete yet.
So, you know, we are in the third-quarter in September
that's only a few weeks away.
MR RICHARD ALLEN: Yes, the pre-qualification was submitted by the interested contractors approximately two months ago. We have not yet decided who is pre-qualified and what the short-list will be, that is in the
the process of completion but will be completed in the next few weeks, well in time to have discussions
with any of those parties and to enable us to go out to tender to
those consortia.
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