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MONDAY, FEBRUARY 17, 1992
IN THE SURVEY, THE DEFINITIONS USED IN MEASURING UNEMPLOYMENT AND UNDEREMPLOYMENT FOLLOW CLOSELY THOSE RECOMMENDED BY THE ILO.
IN DETAILED ANALYSIS OF LABOUR FORCE CHARACTERISTICS IS GIVEN THE REPORT ON THE GENERAL HOUSEHOLD SURVEY WHICH IS PUBLISHED FOUR TIMES A YEAR. THE NEXT REPORT COVERING THE QUARTER ENDING DECEMBER 1991 WILL BE AVAILABLE AT THE GOVERNMENT PUBLICATIONS AROUND MARCH 20, 1992 AT $13.50 PER COPY.
SALES CENTRE
DESIGN WORK STARTS ON ROUTE 3 AU TAU SECTION
CONSULTANCY OF THE COUNTRY
THE HIGHWAYS DEPARTMENT HAS AWARDED A $9.9 MILLION
DESIGN PRELIMINARY CONTRACT TODAY (MONDAY) FOR THE PARK SECTOR (CPS) OF ROUTE 3 FROM AU TAU TO TING KAU.
THE ESSENTIAL
STUDY
THE CONSULTANCY WORK COMPRISES THE PROVISION OF
AS INPUT COST AND TECHNICAL DATA
TO A FULL FINANCIAL PRIVATISATION OF THE PROJECT TO BE CONDUCTED IN JUNE THIS YEAR.
FIVE MONTHS
FOR
WHICH CAN BE
USED
WILL
A DESIGN MEMORANDUM WILL ALSO BE PRODUCED FOR THE BUILD, OPERATE AND TRANSFER PACKAGE OF CPS IN FUTURE.
TAKING ABOUT
ΤΟ COMPLETE, THE AGREEMENT
THE PRESENT COST REVIEW THE WORK SCOPE AS WELL AS REFINE AND UPDATE ESTIMATE FOR THE DUAL THREE-LANE OPTION ALONG THE CPS TO THE LEVEL OF ACCURACY REQUIRED FOR THE FINANCIAL STUDY.
AND ESTABLISH IT WILL ALSO EXAMINE THE ENGINEERING PARAMETERS
TWO-LANE DUAL
ALTERNATIVE ALONG THE COST ESTIMATE FOR A
THE SAME
ALIGNMENT.
THE COUNTRY PARK SECTOR IS 10 KILOMETRES LONG.
TING KAU BRIDGE AT THE IT INCLUDES AN INTERCHANGE WITH THE
COUNTRY PARK AND A SOUTH, A 3.5 KM-LONG TUNNEL BENEATH THE TAI LAM
KAM TIN PLAIN ENDING AT 6.5 KM-LONG OPEN ROADWAY ON THE
AU TAU, YUEN LONG TOGETHER WITH A 1 KM-LONG BRANCH SECTION CONNECTING TO THE SOUTHERN BYPASS AT ITS EASTERN END.
CORE PORTION THE TRAFFIC
BURDEN
UPON COMPLETION, IT WILL PROVIDE THE NON-AIRPORT OF THE NORTH-SOUTH STRATEGIC ROUTE 3 AND RELIEVE ON TUEN MUN ROAD.
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