SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 25, 1989
OPEN OPTIONS FOR CONTAINER TERMINAL 8
THE GOVERNMENT HAS
SHOULD
DETAILED
IN
AND ENGINEERING IN PARALLEL
TSING YI AND PROPOSED SITING OF CONTAINER
THAT DECIDED COMMENCE PLANNING STUDIES STONECUTTERS ISLAND IN RESPECT OF THE TERMINAL 8 (CT8).
THE STUDIES WILL OF (T8 TO BE WORKS OF
EARLY NEXT YEAR. 1990, 4 GOVERNMENT SPOKESMAN
"THE TIMETABLE FOR CT8 1S STILL ON SCHEDULE. BE COMPLETED TO ENABLE A FINAL DECISION ON THE SITING MADE IN DECEMBER PRIOR TO THE GAZETTING TENDERS WILL BE INVITED IN NOVEMBER, SAID TODAY (SATURDAY).
THE TIMING WILL ALSO ENSURE THAT THE FIRST BERTH FOR
PLANNED. BE COMMISSIONED BY MID-1994 AS ORIGINALLY
CTA WILL
THE WIDER CONTEXT OF (PADS) STUDY.
AS FOR CT9, THIS WILL BE DEALT WITH IN THE PORT AND AIRPORT DEVELOPMENT STRATEGY
DEVELOPMENT IMPACT. MARINE ASPECTS,
NINE SITES WERE EXAMINED FOR CT8 IN TERMS OF THEIR POTENTIAL.
ENVIRONMENTAL LAND ACCESS, PROGRAMMING AND COSTS.
AND STONECUTTERS, THE THERE WERE A NUMBER OF
OF THE TWO PREFERRED SITES AT TSING YI
RECOGNISED
GOVERNMENT
SPOKESMAN SAID THE PROBLEMS THAT NEED TO BE RESOLVED INCLUDING:
THE
TO
MINIMISF NEED STONECUTTERS ISLAND; AND
THE
DISPLACEMENT
OF
BUOYS
OFF
THE NEED TO RESOLVE ADVERSE ENVIRONMENTAL USERS ON TSING YI.
IMPACTS ON NEARBY
INTO DETAILED IN ADDITION, IT WOULD ALSO BE NECESSARY TO LOOK
SITE DESIGN OF THE ALIGNMENT OF SEAWALLS TO PROVIDE A CLEARLY DEFINED
PHASING OF WORKS AND THE FOR PRODUCING TENDER DOCUMENTS PROVISION OF NEW ROADS.
NEWLY
THE AND
"THE ENGINEERING AND PLANNING STUDIES WILL BE CARRIED OUT BY
PADS ESTABLISHED
"
IN OFFICE HORDINATING CO- THE SPOKESMAN SAID.
THE
DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT,
A
TERRITORY
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