THURSDAY, MAY 31, 1990
SECRETARY GIVES JOINT PRESENTATION ON AIRPORT PROJECT
* * * * ‡
EUROPE, THE (MAY 30) GAVE A CORPORATION VICE
ON THE FINAL LEG OF HIS TOUR OF NORTH AMERICA AND SECRETARY FOR WORKS, MR KENNETH KWOK, ON WEDNESDAY JOINT PRESENTATION IN SAN FRANCISCO WITH A BECHTEL PRESIDENT, MR STUART HILL, IN CONNECTION WITH THE NEW AIRPORT PROJECT.
OF ADDRESSING AROUND 150 MEMBERS AND GUESTS AT A LUNCH MEETING
CALIFORNIA, MR KWOK GAVE AN THE HONG KONG ASSOCIATION OF NORTHERN OVERVIEW OF THE PORT AND AIRPORT DEVELOPMENT STRATEGY (PADS).
THE
THE PROJECT HE DESCRIBED THE TRANSPORTATION LINKS INVOLVED IN
IN TYING TOGETHER ALL THE COMPLEX COMPONENTS OF THE AIRPORT DEVELOPMENT FOR A COMMON TARGET DATE.
AND
CO-ORDINATION ROLE
HAD APPOINTED A WORLD-CLASS BECHTEL CORPORATION, AS
FOR THIS REASON, THE GOVERNMENT STATUS PROJECT MANAGER, SAN FRANCISCO-BASED OVERALL PROJECT MANAGER FOR THE WORKS, MR KWOK SAID.
BE INVOLVED IN ENSURING HE EXPLAINED THAT THE COMPANY WOULD THAT THE TRANSPORT INFRASTRUCTURE WAS IN PLACE SIX MONTHS
FULLY IN AIRPORT WAS READY,
CO-ORDINATING
ACTIVITIES AND IN MONITORING THE CASH FLOW.
ALL THE
TURNING TO THE PORT DEVELOPMENT, MR KWOK SAID DIFFERENT TO THE AIRPORT PROGRAMME.
BEFORE THE CONSTRUCTIONAL
THIS
WAS QUITE
PORT
BUT TRIGGER
TO BE DEMAND LED. WE "WE WANT THE PORT EXPANSION PROGRAMME DON'T HAVE A TARGET DATE FOR THE PHYSICAL EXPANSION OF THE WE KEEP A VERY CLOSE MONITOR ON THE THROUGHPUT OF THE PORT TO OFF FURTHER DEVELOPMENT WITH SUFFICIENT LEAD TIME TO MEET THE DEMAND.
AND THIS EIGHT WILL NINE WILL BE AT COMPLETED ALL THE MR KWOK SAID.
"WE HAVE JUST FINISHED CONTAINER TERMINAL NUMBER SIX IS JUST IN OPERATION; NUMBER SEVEN IS BEING BUILT; NUMBER BE CONTIGUOUS WITH STONECUTTERS ISLAND; AND NUMBER TSING YI. AFTER TERMINAL NUMBER NINE WE WILL HAVE CONTAINER TERMINAL DEVELOPMENT AT KWAI CHUNG,
11
ISLAND
"FOR FURTHER EXPANSION, WE WILL COME TO NORTHERN LANTAU
1 WITH CONTAINER TERMINALS AND TO DO WHAT WE CALL A 'PORT PENINSULA
LINK FIXED CROSSING MULTI-PURPOSE TERMINALS, WITH A POSSIBLE SECOND TO HONG KONG ISLAND.
THE
THE US$16
EXPRESSWAY
MR KWOK ASSURED HIS AUDIENCE THAT A GOOD PORTION OF BILLION PORT AND AIRPORT DEVELOPMENT WOULD BE DIRECTLY FUNDED BY GOVERNMENT RESERVES, FOR INSTANCE THE 10-MILE NORTH LANTAU PROJECT, ESTIMATED TO COST AROUND US$700 MILLION.
/4