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WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 15, 1990
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PUBLICATIONS FROM
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DETAILS
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FROM THE
THE
REPORT OFFICE
SALES
FLOOR,
BE SURVEY BUSINESS
MAY OF THE CENSUS AND
OF
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$203M PORT AND AIRPORT DEVELOPMENT CONTRACT SIGNED
PORT AND THE FIRST WORKS CONTRACT IN RELATION TO THE DEVELOPMENT WAS AWARDED BY THE GOVERNMENT TODAY (WEDNESDAY).
THE 20-MONTH CONTRACT, WORTH $203 MILLION, IS FOR THE OF YAU MA TEI ANCHORAGE AND KELLETT BANK. IT HAS BEEN AWARDED CHINA HARBOURS ENGINEERING COMPANY.
"THIS IS A SIGNIFICANT STEP FORWARD IN
ACTING DEVELOPMENT,
**
THE
AIRPORT SERVICES, MR SIU CHUEN, SAID.
DIRECTOR
"WE ARE NOW MOVING VERY DEFINITELY WORK AFTER MANY YEARS OF PLANNING.
DREDGING
AIRPORT
DREDGING TO THE
HONG KONG'S PORT AND OF CIVIL ENGINEERING
INTO THE ACTUAL PHYSICAL
OF ABOUT 240 THE EXISTING
MR SIU SAID THIS PROJECT COMPRISED TWO MAJOR PORTIONS OF WORK.
WITHIN AN AREA THE FIRST PORTION INVOLVED HECTARES OF SEABED AT YAU MA TEI ANCHORAGE AND LOWERING SEABED FROM SIX METRES TO EIGHT METRES BELOW CHART DATUM.
THE
MARINE ACCESS FOR "THE PROJECT AIMS TO PROVIDE A REPLACEMENT USERS ALONG THE COASTLINE OF CHEUNG SHA WAN AND SHAM SHUI PO WHEN EXISTING MARINE ACCESS NORTH OF STONECUTTERS ISLAND IS CUT OFF BY
MR SIU SAID. CONTAINER TERMINAL NO. 8 DEVELOPMENT,
THE
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AREA OF ABOUT THE SECOND PORTION INVOLVES DREDGING WITHIN AN
AND LOWERING THE EXISTING KELLETT BANK 270 HECTARES OF SEABED AT
BELOW CHART DATUM SEABED FROM ABOUT SEVEN METRES TO 11.5 METRES
SITE FOR
MOORING NINE MARINE PROVIDE A REPLACEMENT DISPLACED BY THE CONTAINER TERMINAL NO. 8 DEVELOPMENT AND SIX BY KOWLOON RECLAMATION.
BUOYS, THREE WEST
MR SIU ADDED THAT IT WAS CUBIC METRES AND 13 MILLION DREDGED AND REMOVED RESPECTIVELY.
CUBIC FROM YAU MA
THAT ESTIMATED
OF METRES TEI ANCHORAGE
ABOUT FOUR MILLION
MUD
BE MARINE
AND KELLETT BANK
WOULD
WILL "THE MARINE MUD GROUNDS, ONE AT SOUTH NINEPINS, HE SAID.
"
OF
DISPOSED BE
CHAU CHEUNG
AND
OF AT TWO
THE OTHER
MARINE
AT
EAST
SPOIL OF
THE WORKS WILL COMMENCE EARLY NEXT MONTH AND
BE
COMPLETED IN
MID 1992.
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