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WEDNESDAY, JULY
OTHER STUDIES WERE IN PROGRESS ON THE
LANTAU
FIXED CROSSING,
THE WESTERN HARBOUR CROSSING, THE AIRPORT RAILWAY AND A PART OF THREE.
MR NENDICK SAID TWO FURTHER CONSULTANCIES HAD AWARDED FOR THE DETAILED DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION OF THE EXPRESSWAY AND THE RELATED WEST KOWLOON RECLAMATION.
ROUTE
RECENTLY BEEN WEST KOWLOON
PROJECT MANAGEMENT PROJECT THIS
HE ALSO SAID THE FIRST PHASE OF AN OVERALL
WITH THE PRIMARILY
AND PROGRAMMING CONSULTANCY TO DEAL CONTROL ASPECTS FOR THIS COMPLEX PROJECT HAD GOT UNDERWAY IN MAY YEAR.
"AS THE PROJECT ADVANCES, IT WILL BE FURTHER CONSULTANCIES."
CONSULTANCIES
NECESSARY TO COMMISSION
APPOINTMENT
OF
AN
THE THESE
WOULD INCLUDE
THAT OVERALL FINANCIAL ADVISER, A STUDY OF THE COMMERCIAL ENTERPRISES
DESIGN FOR THE WERE TO BE RELOCATED WITH THE NEW AIRPORT, DETAILED
AND CONSTRUCTION FOR THE LANTAU FIXED CROSSING AND DETAILED DESIGN
ΤΟ NEW AIRPORT, THE NORTH LANTAU EXPRESSWAY AND A PART OF ROUTE THREE CONNECT WITH THE WEST KOWLOON EXPRESSWAY, MR NENDICK SAID.
ENVISAGED THAT
OVERALL
THE
PROJECT MANAGEMENT "IT IS ALSO
IN THE CONSULTANCY, COMMISSIONED IN MAY THIS YEAR, COULD BE EXTENDED LIGHT OF REQUIREMENTS WHEN ITS TERM EXPIRES IN DECEMBER 1991."
OF COST FOR THESE
HE ADDED THAT A VERY ROUGH ORDER CONSULTANCIES IS $1,400 MILLION.
FURTHER
0
OBJECTIVES OF FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE IN ELECTIONS OUTLINED
*
THE
CONSIDERED
QUESTION CANDIDATES
OF
IN
HAS GOVERNMENT
THE CAREFULLY GRANTING FINANCIAL
ΤΟ AND OTHER FORMS OF ASSISTANCE ELECTIONS TO THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL, THE CHIEF SECRETARY, THE HON SIR DAVID FORD, SAID IN THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL TODAY (WEDNESDAY).
"WE HAVE CONCLUDED THAT SUCH ASSISTANCE SHOULD BE GIVEN BOTH TO ENCOURAGE PARTICIPATION AND TO HELP VOTERS IN MAKING THEIR CHOICES, SIR DAVID SAID IN REPLY TO A QUESTION FROM THE HON RONALD CHOW.
HE
THE SAID THAT IN THE 1991 DIRECT ELECTIONS TO COUNCIL, THE GOVERNMENT WOULD PROVIDE TWO ROUNDS OF FREE MAILING EACH CANDIDATE.
THE COST OF
THIS WORKED
OUT ΤΟ BE ABOUT
LEGISLATIVE
FOR
A
FOR $240,000 CANDIDATE IN AN AVERAGE CONSTITUENCY WITH 200,000 REGISTERED ELECTORS, HE ADDED.
/HE SAID
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