TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 5, 1991
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HE SAID THERE WERE SOME SPLENDIDLY IMAGINATIVE ENTRIES IN THE TWO DESIGN AWARD CATEGORIES.
"IT IS CLEAR THAT HONG KONG IS NOW FORGING ITS OWN, DISTINCTIVE DESIGN STYLE," HE SAID, ADDING THAT IN THE PRODUCTIVITY AND QUALITY CATEGORIES, SOME IMPRESSIVE ENTRIES CAME IN FROM THE INDUSTRIAL MACHINERY AND ELECTRONICS INDUSTRIES.
TENDERS INVITED FOR KAP SHUI MUN BRIDGE AND MA WAN VIADUCTS
TENDERS
THE GOVERNMENT 15 INVITING CONTRACTORS FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE KAP SHUI WAN VIADUCTS OF THE LANTAU FIXED CROSSING.
FROM PREQUALIFIED MUN BRIDGE AND MA
THE DIRECTOR OF HIGHWAYS, MR KWEI SEE-KAN, SAID TODAY (TUESDAY) THAT THE KAP SHUI MUN BRIDGE AND MA WAN VIADUCTS WOULD CONNECT NORTH LANTAU WITH THE TSING MA BRIDGE, THUS PROVIDING A COMPLETE TRANSPORT LINK BETWEEN TSING YI ISLAND AND LANTAU ISLAND.
"AS AN ESSENTIAL PART OF THE LANTAU FIXED CROSSING, THE KAP SHUI MUN BRIDGE WILL CROSS THE SHIPPING CHANNEL BETWEEN THE ISLANDS OF LANTAU AND MA WAN WITH A VERTICAL NAVIGATION CLEARANCE OF 45 METRES.
"THE MA WAN VIADUCTS WILL PROVIDE THE LINK ACROSS MA WAN ISLAND BETWEEN THE KAP SHUI MUN BRIDGE AND THE TSING
MA BRIDGE," HE SAID.
MR KWEI SAID THE KAP SHUI MUN BRIDGE AND THE MA WAN VIADUCTS WOULD BE DESIGNED BY THE CONTRACTOR ΤΟ GOVERNMENT STANDARDS AND SPECIFICATIONS.
THE STRUCTURES WOULD HAVE TO BE AESTHETICALLY
THE TSING MA BRIDGE. HE SAID.
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THERE WOULD BE TWO LEVELS, AN UPPER DECK LEVEL WHICH WOULD CARRY DUAL THREE-LANE CARRIAGEWAYS, AND A LOWER DECK WHICH WOULD ACCOMMODATE TWO SHELTERED TRAFFIC LANES AND TWO RAILWAY TRACKS.
THE DIRECTOR SAID. THE PURPOSE OF REQUIRING THE CONTRACTOR TO DESIGN THE KAP SHUI MUN BRIDGE AND MA WAN VIADUCTS WAS TO ENSURE THAT THE BEST AND MOST ECONOMICAL SOLUTION WOULD BE MADE AVAILABLE ΤΟ GOVERNMENT BASED ON THE CONTRACTOR'S OWN EXPERIENCE, RESOURCES AND EXPERTISE.
TENDER DOCUMENTS ARE AVAILABLE FOR COLLECTION BY THE PREQUALIFIED. CONTRACTORS FROM TODAY. THE CLOSING DATE FOR SUBMISSION OF TENDERS IS JUNE 4 NEXT YEAR.
THE AWARD OF CONTRACT WILL BE MADE IN THE THIRD QUARTER OF 1992, AND THE KAP SHUI MUN BRIDGE AND MA WAN VIADUCTS ARE EXPECTED TO BE COMPLETED AT THE SAME TIME AS THE TSING MA BRIDGE IN TIME FOR THE OPENING OF THE NEW AIRPORT AT CHEK LAP KOK.
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