MONDAY, FEBRUARY 1, 1993
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$2.6-BILLION WEST KOWLOON RECLAMATION CONTRACT SIGNED
THE WEST KOWLOON RECLAMATION PROJECT TOOK ANOTHER STEP FORWARD WITH THE SIGNING OF A $2.6 BILLION CONTRACT TODAY (MONDAY).
THE CENTRAL TENDER BOARD AWARDED THE "WEST KOWLOON RECLAMATION NORTHERN AREA PHASE 11" CONTRACT TO A JOINT VENTURE FORMED BY FOUR LOCAL AND OVERSEAS COMPANIES LEIGHTON CONTRACTORS PTY LTD, CHINA
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STATE CONSTRUCTION ENGINEERING CORPORATION, VAN OORD ACZ AND LAU CHEUNG KEE MARINE ENGINEERING LTD WHICH SUBMITTED THE LOWEST TENDER.
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THE CONTRACT FORMS A MAJOR PART OF ONE OF THE 10 AIRPORT CORE PROGRAMME PROJECTS.
IT WAS SIGNED BY THE DIRECTOR OF TERRITORY DEVELOPMENT, MR C K CHOW, AND REPRESENTATIVES OF THE CONTRACTOR.
CONTRACT
WORKS WILL BEGIN THIS MONTH FOR COMPLETION
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FEBRUARY 1996.
THE WORKS INCLUDE THE COMPLETION OF THE REMAINING RECLAMATION IN THE NORTHERN AREA AND OTHER MAJOR ITEMS, WHICH COMPRISE:
RECLAMATION OF 90 HECTARES OF SEABED AND THE CONSTRUCTION OF ABOUT 800 METRES OF SEAWALL AT WEST KOWLOON;
RECLAMAT LON AND PIERS FOR A GOVERNMENT DOCKYARD ON STONECUTTERS ISLAND;
EXTENSION OF MAJOR DRAINAGE CULVERTS ACROSS THE RECLAMATION;
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LANDSCAPING TO THE BUFFER ZONES ADJACENT то MEI FOO CHUEN AND NAM CHEONG ESTATE AND ROAD AND DRAINAGE WORKS.
THE WEST KOWLOON RECLAMATION IS ONE OF THE SEVEN PROJECTS THE ACP WHICH WILL BE FUNDED BY THE GOVERNMENT AS PUBLIC WORKS.
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THE RECLAMATION ALONG THE WEST KOWLOON WATERFRONT FROM YAU MA TEI TO LAI CHI KOK WILL PROVIDE ABOUT 330 HECTARES OF LAND FOR TRANSPORT LINKS FOR THE NEW AIRPORT AT CHEK LAP KOK.
IN ADDITION, THE PROJECT WILL PROVIDE LAND FOR VARIOUS COMMERCIAL AND RESIDENTIAL USES AS WELL AS OPEN SPACE FOR RECREATIONAL PURPOSES.
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