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SATURDAY, JUNE 23, 1990
GOVERNMENT MEMBER:
FISHERIES DEPARTMENT.
REPRESENTATIVE
FROM AGRICULTURE AND
THE ACAF IS A GOVERNMENT-APPOINTED ADVISORY BODY TO PROVIDE A FORMALISED CONSULTATIVE MACHINERY TO ADVISE THE GOVERNMENT ON THE DEVELOPMENT OF LOCAL AGRICULTURAL AND FISHERIES PRODUCTION AND THE FORMULATION OF LONG-TERM POLICIES FOR THE RESPECTIVE INDUSTRIES.
THE CHAIRMAN OF THE 1990-91 TERM ADVISORY COMMITTEE IS THE DIRECTOR OF AGRICULTURE AND FISHERIES, DR LAWRENCE LEE.
CONSULTANCY FOR ROUTE 3 PRELIMINARY DESIGN WORK
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THE HIGHWAYS DEPARTMENT HAS AWARDED A $83.7 MILLION CONSULTANCY FOR THE PRELIMINARY DESIGN OF THE TSING YI SECTOR OF ROUTE 3.
THE AGREEMENT WAS SIGNED TODAY (SATURDAY) BY THE DIRECTOR OF HIGHWAYS, MR KWEI SEE-KAN, AND MR DAVID BUTLER, A REPRESENTATIVE OF SPHW, A CONSORTIUM FORMED BY SCOTT WILSON KIRKPATRICK AND PARTNERS, PARSONS AND BRINCKERHOFF (ASIA) LTD, WILBUR SMITH ASSOCIATES AND CHARLES HASWELL AND PARTNERS (FAR EAST) TOGETHER WITH OTHER
SUB-CONSULTANTS.
WORK ON THE PRELIMINARY
DESIGN HAS NOW BEGUN AND WILL ВЕ
COMPLETED IN APRIL NEXT YEAR.
MR KWEI SAID ROUTE 3 WAS A PLANNED NORTH-TO-SOUTH TRUNK ROAD LEADING FROM THE LOK MA CHAU BORDER CROSSING, THE NORTHWEST NEW TERRITORIES AND WEST KOWLOON TO HONG KONG ISLAND.
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AS ROUTE 3 AND THE LANTAU FIXED CROSSING WOULD BE LINKED UP AN INTERCHANGE TO BE BUILT ON THE NORTHWEST COAST OF TSING TSING YI SECTOR OF ROUTE 3 WOULD PROVIDE A MAJOR ROAD ACCESS NEW AIRPORT TRAFFIC EAST OF THE LANTAU FIXED CROSSING.
MR KWEI SAID THE TSING YI SECTOR ALIGNMENTS KNOWN AS CRAL AND CRA4.
FOLLOWED TWO SEPARATE
THE PRELIMINARY DESIGN WORK COVERED BY THE CONTRACT SIGNED TODAY WOULD BE ON THE CRA1 ALIGNMENT, HE SAID.
HOWEVER, AN ALIGNMENT FOR CRA4 AND THE LAND RESERVE NEEDED FOR THIS ROAD WOULD ALSO BE IDENTIFIED.
THE CRAI ALIGNMENT CONNECTS ROUTE 2 AT TING KAU IN THE NORTH AND WEST KOWLOON EXPRESSWAY AT CHEUNG SHA WAN IN THE SOUTH VIA TSING
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