07-MAY-1992 18:28
BRITISH TRADE COMM
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"The
assessment
Government
has
the applied
procedures
to
tenderers
for
this
each
critically
of the four international
same rigorous
important Airport
Core
Programme contract.
"There has been a
fair
assessment
has which
proposals,
their
stringent and scrupulously
included the
the tenderers' prices and experience in suspension bridge
construction, and their ability to complete the contract on time to the standards we require," said Mr Yeung.
both road and rail The Tsing Ma
cazzy Bridge will traffic and will be one of the world's longest suspension bridges, with a central span of 1,377m. It is the first and biggest of five major contracts to be let for the Lantau Fixed Crossing, which is a crucial section of the road and rail links to the new airport at Chek Lap Kok.
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Work must start under the terms of the contract within four weeks, and it is scheduled for completion and commissioning within five years.
"The Central
Tender Board
Board is
satisfied which submitted the
that the
second
Anglo-Japanese consortium,
lowest tender last December, is the best placed of the four contestants to undertake the Tsing Ma contract," said Mr
Yeung.
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"It will bring to Hong Kong the international construction expertise needed at the most cost-effective price and with the greatest assurance of project completion on time.
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