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FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 16, 1990
"TAI A CHAU HAS A DESIGN CAPACITY OF
10,000. WHILE DETAILED PLANS HAVE YET TO BE FINALISED, WE ENVISAGE THAT ABOUT 8,000 BOAT PEOPLE WILL BE TRANSFERRED FROM HIGH ISLAND, SHEK KONG, WHITEHEAD AND ARGYLE CENTRES OVER THE NEXT FEW MONTHS.
"THIS WILL ENABLE OTHER TRANSFERS TO BE MADE AMONG THE EXISTING CENTRES WITH A VIEW TO REDUCING THE POPULATION IN SOME AND CLOSING OTHERS,' THE SPOKESMAN SAID.
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PREQUALIFICATION OF CONTRACTORS FOR TSING MA AND KAP SHUI MUN BRIDGES
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THE GOVERNMENT IS INVITING APPLICATIONS FROM CIVIL ENGINEERING FIRMS OR CONSORTIA TO PREQUALIFY FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO TENDER FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE TWO MAIN BRIDGES OF THE LANTAU FIXED CROSSING.
NOTICE OF
INVITATION WAS PUBLISHED IN THE GAZETTE TODAY ADVERTISEMENTS WERE PLACED IN MAJOR LOCAL AND
(FRIDAY) AND INTERNATIONAL NEWSPAPERS.
THE DIRECTOR OF HIGHWAYS, MR KWEI SEE-KAN, SAID TWO CONTRACTS WERE INVOLVED: THE CONSTRUCTION OF TSING MA BRIDGE; AND THE DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION OF THE KAP SHUI MUN BRIDGE INCLUDING THE LINKING VIADUCTS ON MA WAN ISLAND.
THE DEADLINE FOR APPLICATION FOR PREQUALIFICATION
21 THIS YEAR.
IS DECEMBER
FOLLOWING THE PREQUALIFICATION EXERCISE, TENDERS WOULD BE INVITED FROM THE PREQUALIFIED CONTRACTORS IN FEBRUARY NEXT YEAR WITH RETURN OF TENDERS FOR TSING MA BRIDGE IN JULY AND KAP SHUI MUN BRIDGE IN AUGUST THE SAME YEAR.
THE AWARD OF CONTRACTS WOULD BE MADE LATE NEXT YEAR AND EARLY 1992 RESPECTIVELY.
MR KWEI SAID THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE BRIDGES WOULD COMPLETED BY LATE 1996.
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ON THE LANTAU FIXED CROSSING, MR KWEI SAID THE CROSSING, WHICH WOULD CARRY A DUAL THREE-LANE HIGHWAY AND A TWIN-TRACK RAILWAY, WAS PART OF THE EXTENSIVE INFRASTRUCTURE SUPPORTING THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE NEW AIRPORT AND PORT ON LANTAU ISLAND.
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THE TSING MA BRIDGE WOULD CROSS THE NAVIGABLE CHANNEL BETWEEN TSING YI AND MA WAN ISLANDS IN THE FORM OF A SUSPENSION BRIDGE WITH MAIN SPAN OF 1,377 METRES AND A TOTAL DECK LENGTH OF 2,032 METRES.
/UNDER THE