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FRIDAY, MAY 20, 1977
+ IN THE SOUTH, THE TUNNEL WILL LINK UP WITH WONG CHUK HANG ROAD WITH A THREE-LEVEL INTERCHANGE AT THE ROAD JUNCTION,
+THIS INTERCHANGE WILL FORM THE SUBJECT OF ANOTHER CONTRACT TO COMMENCE NEXT YEAR, MR. STEAD SAID.
THE MAIN CONTRACT OF ABOUT $184 MILLION FOR THE TUNNEL'S CONSTRUCTION WAS AWARDED BY THE P.W.D. LAST WEEK TO ABERDEEN TUNNEL JOINT VENTURE A NEWLY FORMED CONSORTIUM OF FOUR FIRMS REPRESENTING FRANCE, HONG KONG, SWEDEN AND WEST GERMANY.
THEY ARE SOCIETE FRANCAISE D'ENTREPRISES DE DRAGAGES ET DE TRAVAUX PUBLICS, GAMMON (HONG KONG) LTD., SVENSKA AB SENTAB, AND HOCHTIEF A.G. FUR HOCH UND TIEFBAUTEN.
MR. STEAD SAID THAT NONE OF THESE FIRMS WERE NEW TO HONG KONG. THEY HAVE ALL, EITHER SINGLY OR IN OTHER CONSORTIA, UNDERTAKEN VARIOUS MAJOR ENGINEERING PROJECTS IN HONG KONG, AND I AM CONFIDENT THAT THEY WILL IMPLEMENT THIS CONTRACT TO THE HIGHEST STANDARDS AND WITH EQUAL SUCCESS.+
THE HONG KONG BRANCH MANAGER OF DRAGAGES, MR. P. HAMON, POINTED OUT THAT BETWEEN THEM THE MEMBERS OF THE ABERDEEN TUNNEL JOINT VENTURE HAD A WEALTH OF EXPERIENCE IN GOVERNMENT TUNNELLING CONTRACTS IN HONG KONG.
DRAGAGES HAD DRIVEN BOTH THE LION ROCK TUNNELS, AND SENTAB/GAMMON THE PLOVER COVE SCHEME TUNNELS. HOCHTIEF HAD JOINED THESE COMPANIES IN A JOINT VENTURE OF THE SAME FOUR PARTNERS AS THOSE INVOLVED IN THE ABERDEEN TUNNEL JOINT VENTURE TO DO THE TUNNELLING FOR THE HIGH ISLAND WATER SCHEME. THE CONSORTIUM WAS ALSO INVOLVED IN TUNNELLING FOR THE MASS TRANS IT.
+THE EXPERIENCE GAINED DURING THE CONSTRUCTION OF THESE VARIOUS TUNNELS WILL ENABLE THE ABERDEEN TUNNEL JOINT VENTURE TO PERFORM SUCCESSFULLY THIS NEW CONTRACT,+ HE SAID.
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