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WEDNESDAY, MAY 9, 1990
SELECTION OF AIRPORT MASTER PLAN CONSULTANT
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THE GOVERNMENT HAS COMPLETED
MADE BY SEVEN CONSORTIA SHORTLISTED MASTER PLAN CONSULTANCY.
ITS
CONSIDERATION OF PROPOSALS FOR THE CHEK LAP KOK AIRPORT
A SPOKESMAN SAID TODAY (WEDNESDAY) THAT NEGOTIATIONS WILL START SOON WITH A VIEW TO AWARDING THE CONSULTANCY TO GREINER AIRPORT CONSORTIUM. THIS IS A JOINT VENTURE BETWEEN THE AMERICAN FIRM GREINER INC AND THE LOCALLY-BASED BRITISH ENGINEERING MAUNSELL CONSULTANTS ASIA LTD.
FIRM OF
THE VERY HIGH QUALITY OF THE PROPOSALS MADE BY ALL SEVEN SHORTLISTED CONSORTIA HAD MADE THE SELECTION A PARTICULARLY DIFFICULT TASK, THE SPOKESMAN SAID. THE DECISION WAS TAKEN BY A SPECIAL PANEL MADE UP OF FIVE BRANCH SECRETARIES, THE SECRETARIES FOR TREASURY WORKS, ECONOMIC SERVICES, TRANSPORT AND PLANNING, ENVIRONMENT AND LANDS.
THE CONSULTANCY INVOLVES IN ADDITION TO DRAWING UP A MASTER FOR THE AIRPORT, CIVIL ENGINEERING DESIGN WORK AND THE UNDERTAKING OF AN ASSOCIATED ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT.
PLAN
THE COMBINED TEAM OF GREINER AND MAUNSELL HAS HAD EXTENSIVE EXPERIENCE IN AIRPORT MASTER PLANNING AND OF A WIDE RANGE OF ENGINEERING PROJECTS IN HONG KONG ON BEHALF OF THE GOVERNMENT.
IT IS INTENDED THAT THE CONSULTANTS WILL
IN JULY FOR A 16-MONTH PERIOD.
FORMALLY START WORK
CONSULTATION PERIOD ON BILL OF RIGHTS EXTENDED
THE
GOVERNMENT
TODAY ANNOUNCED
(WEDNESDAY)
THAT THE RIGHTS WOULD BK
CONSULTATION PERIOD FOR THE DRAFT HONG KONG BILL OF EXTENDED BY THREE WEEKS TO JUNE 6,
1990.
THE "THE DECISION IS MADE MAINLY IN RESPONSE TO A REQUEST FROM
OF RIGHTS, WHICH HAS LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL AD HOC GROUP ON THE BILL
FROM AS WELL
REPRESENTATIONS AS RECEIVING BEEN STUDYING THE BILL
A GOVERNMENT SPOKESMAN SAID.
MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC FOR SOME TIME,
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TO STUDY THE CONSIDERED VIEWS TO THE GOVERNMENT.
IT BEFORE
"THE AD HOC GROUP HAS INDICATED THAT IT WOULD
ISSUES
IS IN A POSITION
NEED MORE TIME ITS TO TENDER
/"SUGGESTIONS TO