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MONDAY, FEBRUARY 5, 1990
ADVERTISEMENTS IN MAJOR INTERNATIONAL AND LOCAL NEWSPAPERS ARK NOW BEING PLACED TO ATTRACT AS WIDE AN INTEREST AS POSSIBLE.
"THE GOVERNMENT INTENDS TO INVITE THE PRIVATE SECTOR TO SUBMIT PROPOSALS IN LATE 1990 FOR A FRANCHISE TO FINANCE, CONSTRUCT AND OPERATE THE CROSSING, MR MAK SAID.
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HE SAID THE CROSSING WOULD FORM PART OF THE MAIN LAND TRANSPORT LINK TO THE NEW AIRPORT TO BE BUILT AT CHEK LAP KOK.
THE CROSSING WOULD BE A COMBINED ROAD AND RAIL CROSSING, COMPRISING A DUAL-THREE LANE HIGHWAY AND A TWIN TRACK RAILWAY. IT EXTENDS FROM THE END OF THE PROPOSED NORTH LANTAU EXPRESSWAY AT TSING CHÂU TSAI ON NORTH LANTAU VIA MA WAN TO NORTHWEST TSING YI WHERE IT WILL CONNECT WITH ROUTE 3.
MR MAK SAID IT WAS ENVISAGED THAT THE CROSSING WOULD INCORPORATE TWO SUSPENSION BRIDGES ACROSS KAP SUI MUN AND MA WAN CHANNEL AND APPROACH ROADS ON LANTAU AND TSING YI.
THE MAIN SPANS OF THESE TWO BRIDGES WOULD BE OVER 1,410 METRES AND 450 METRES RESPECTIVELY.
TOGETHER WITH CONNECTING HIGHWAYS, THE WHOLE PROJECT ABOUT SEVEN KILOMETRES IN LENGTH.
WOULD BE
HE ADDED THAT THE ALTERNATIVE OF USING TUNNEL ACROSS MUN AND MA WAN CHANNEL WAS ALSO BEING INVESTIGATED.
KAP SHUI
HE SAID ACCORDING TO THE PRESENT PLAN, THE CROSSING WOULD BE IN OPERATION BY MID-1996 BEFORE THE OPENING OF THE NEW AIRPORT IN EARLY 1997.
ORGANISATIONS WISHING TO REGISTER AN INTEREST IN THE PROJECT MAY DO SO BY COMPLETING A REGISTRATION FORM ATTACHED TO THE INVITATION PACKAGE WHICH CAN BE OBTAINED FROM THE DIRECTOR OF HIGHWAYS, HIGHWAYS DEPARTMENT, 10TH FLOOR, EMPIRE CENTRE, 68 MODY ROAD, KOWLOON, HONG KONG ON OR AFTER FEBRUARY 12.
THE INVITATION PACKAGE WILL INCLUDE DETAILS ON THE PROJECT THE BIDDING ARRANGEMENTS.
AND
THE COMPLETED REGISTRATION FORM SHOULD BE RETURNED NOT LATER THAN MARCH 16 THIS YEAR.
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