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WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 29, 1992
WILL PROVIDE TWO EXISTING
THE BRIDGE WILL COST ABOUT $145 MILLION AND
TRAFFIC ADDITIONAL
LANES ADJACENT TO THE CONSTRUCTION IS PLANNED TO START IN THE SECOND HALF OF THIS TO BE COMPLETED IN EARLY 1995.
GOVERNMENT A HAD BEEN
DISTRICT
BRIDGE. YEAR AND
THE
SPOKESMAN SAID TODAY (WEDNESDAY) CONFLICTING EXPRESSED WITHIN THE SOUTHERN
ON
ALIGNMENT OF THE SECOND BRIDGE.
VIEWS
FAVOURED AN
HE SAID OBJECTORS TO THE ALIGNMENT NOW AUTHORISED ALIGNMENT BETWEEN AP LEI CHAU MAIN STREET AND CENTRAL ABERDEEN.
RESIDENTS, OTHER
HOWEVER, OBJECTED TO SUCH AN ALIGNMENT AND NEARBY BECAUSE OF THE IMPACT THIS WOULD HAVE ON ABERDEEN HARBOUR RESIDENTIAL BUILDINGS IN ABERDEEN.
THAT THE ALIGNMENT MEANS TO KEEP PACE
"A COMPARISON OF THE ALIGNMENTS HAS SHOWN CHOSEN OFFERS THE QUICKEST, MOST COST EFFECTIVE WITH THE DEVELOPMENT AND TRANSPORT NEEDS OF AP LEI CHAU.
BUILDING
CENTRAL
COST
"THE ALTERNATIVE OF
A BRIDGE TO WOULD HAVE OFFERED NO PARTICULAR TRANSPORT ADVANTAGE, AND LEAD TO WIDESPREAD TRAFFIC CONGESTION DURING THE EXTRA REQUIRED FOR DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION," THE SPOKESMAN SAID.
HARBOUR
AND
"BUILDING THE BRIDGE ALONGSIDE THE
THE USE OF INTERFERE ENVIRONMENTAL TERMS," HE ADDED.
WITH
ABERDEEN MUCH MORE 20 MONTHS
EXISTING BRIDGE WILL NOT
IS
MORE
ACCEPTABLE
IN
GOVT TO CONDUCT SECOND FOREIGN EXCHANGE MARKET SURVEY
THE MONETARY AFFAIRS BRANCH WILL BE CARRYING OUT THE SECOND FOREIGN EXCHANGE MARKET SURVEY IN APRIL AS PART OF A GLOBAL SURVEY CO- ORDINATED BY THE BANK FOR INTERNATIONAL SETTLEMENTS.
ANNOUNCING THIS TODAY (WEDNESDAY), A GOVERNMENT SPOKESMAN SAID: "THE PREVIOUS SURVEY CONDUCTED IN APRIL 1989 REVEALED THAT THE FOREIGN EXCHANGE MARKET IN HONG KONG IS ONE OF THE LARGEST IN THE WORLD, WITH A DAILY TURNOVER OF US$49 BILLION. THE FORTHCOMING SURVEY WILL PROVIDE VERY USEFUL INFORMATION ON THE LATEST DEVELOPMENTS IN THIS MARKET.
CONFIRMED THEIR DENMARK, JAPAN, LUXEMBOURG,
APART FROM HONG KONG, 24 CENTRES HAVE PARTICIPATION. THEY ARE. AUSTRALIA, AUSTRIA, BELGIUM, CANADA, FINLAND, FRANCE, GERMANY, GREECE, IRELAND, ITALY, NETHERLANDS, NEW ZEALAND, NORWAY, PORTUGAL, SINGAPORE, SOUTH AFRICA, SPAIN, SWEDEN, SWITZERLAND, UK AND USA.
THE SPOKESMAN