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THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 10, 1992
EXCELLENT PROGRESS ON AIRPORT CORE PROGRAMME: SECRETARY FOR WORKS
SO FAR ON THE AIRPORT FOR WORKS, MR JAMES
EXCELLENT PROGRESS HAS BEEN ACHIEVED CORE PROGRAMME (ACP) CONTRACTS, THE SECRETARY BLAKE, TOLD A SEMINAR THIS (THURSDAY) MORNING,
SPEAKING AT A SEMINAR ORGANISED BY THE HONG KONG GENERAL CHAMBER OF COMMERCE, MR BLAKE SAID THAT SO FAR 14 OF THE 62 MAJOR WORKS CONTRACTS FOR THE GOVERNMENT-FUNDED PORTION OF THE ACP HAD BEEN AWARDED AND ALL WERE WELL WITHIN THE BUDGET FIXED.
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"THIS GIVES EVERY CONFIDENCE THAT THE ESTABLISHED IN THE BASELINE IMPLEMENTATION PLAN ARE
SAID.
BUDGETARY TARGETS ACHIEVEABLE, HE
ABOUT 280 PEOPLE ATTENDED THE SEMINAR WHICH NINE INFRASTRUCTURAL PROJECTS THAT MAKE UP THE ACP, NEW AIRPORT.
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THE NINE PROJECTS WILL PROVIDE HONG KONG WITH NEWLY RECLAIMED LAND TO PROVIDE AN IMPORTANT BREATHING SPACE TO THE OVERCROWDED AREAS OF WEST KOWLOON AND MAJOR NEW ROAD LINKS INCLUDING ONE OF THE WORLD'S MAJOR SUSPENSION BRIDGES.
THEY WILL ALSO PROVIDE HIGHWAY INFRASTRUCTURE WHICH WILL SERVE THE NEW AIRPORT AND FORM PART OF A PROJECTED NEW HIGHWAY SYSTEM CONNECTING WITH CHINA, A NEW RAILWAY LINE RELIEVING THE EXISTING NATHAN ROAD MASS TRANSIT RAILWAY CORRIDOR, AND OPEN UP LAND FOR A CONTINUATION OF A SUCCESSFUL NEW TOWN PROGRAMME WHICH HAS BEEN UNDERTAKEN DURING THE PAST 20 YEARS.
SEVEN MORE MAJOR WORKS CONTRACTS ARE DUE TO BE AWARDED YEAR. THESE COMPRISE CONTRACTS FOR THE FOLLOWING PROJECTS:
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THE YAM O SECTION OF THE NORTH LANTAU EXPRESSWAY FOR WHICH THE CENTRAL TENDER BOARD WILL TODAY AWARD THE CONTRACT, AND WORK IS DUE TO BEGIN SHORTLY.
FOUR CONTRACTS WILL BE AWARDED ON THE WEST KOWLOON RECLAMATION PROJECT. ABOUT 20 PER CENT OF THE 300 HECTARES OF RECLAMATION FOR WEST KOWLOON HAVE ALREADY BEEN COMPLETED.
TENDERS HAVE BEEN RECEIVED FOR WORK ON THE FIRST PHASE OF THE CENTRAL AND WAN CHAI RECLAMATION WHICH COMPRISES 20 HECTARES OF THE EXISTING SEAWALL OPPOSITE EXCHANGE SQUARE.
THE CONTRACT FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE KAP SHUI MUN BRIDGE AND THE MA WAN VIADUCT. THE REMAINING MAJOR STRUCTURES THE LANTAU FIXED CROSSING IS SCHEDULED TO BE AWARDED AND THE AWARD WILL BE AHEAD OF THE MASTER BUDGET.
то COMPLETE BY NOVEMBER PROGRAMME AND WITHIN
/ALSO SPEAKING