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AIRPORT CORE PROGRAMME MOVES AHEAD
TUESDAY, MAY 25, 1993
PROGRESS IS BEING MAINTAINED ON THE AIRPORT CORE PROGRAMME (ACP) WITH A STEP-BY-STEP APPROACH, THE DIRECTOR OF THE NEW AIRPORT PROJECTS CO-ORDINATION OFFICE, MR BILLY LAM, SAID TODAY (TUESDAY).
MR LAM WAS GIVING A LUNCHEON SPEECH TO A SEMINAR ON "URBAN TECHNIQUES" ORGANISED BY THE FRENCH TRADE COMMISSION IN HONG KONG AND THE FRENCH MINISTRY OF PUBLIC WORKS AND TRANSPORTATION.
"THE AIRPORT CORE PROGRAMME IS AN
ESSENTIAL CORNERSTONE OF
HONG KONG'S INFRASTRUCTURE AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT."
"THE SIZE AND SCOPE OF THE PROJECTS ARE OF SUCH MAGNITUDE THAT HONG KONG'S PHYSICAL PROFILE WILL UNDERGO A MAJOR TRANSFORMATION AS THE PROJECTS ARE COMPLETED AND IN OPERATION, HE SAID.
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HE SAID SO FAR "OUR PROGRAMME IS ON TIME AND WITHIN BUDGET. 14
"WE ARE MAKING STEADY PROGRESS ON THE PUBLIC WORKS SIDE OF THE ACP, IN LINE WITH OUR OBLIGATIONS UNDER THE MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING SIGNED BY THE BRITISH AND CHINESE GOVERNMENTS IN 1991.
"SO FAR, A TOTAL OF 25 MAJOR CONSTRUCTION CONTRACTS HAVE BREN AWARDED BY THE GOVERNMENT AND THE PROVISIONAL AIRPORT AUTHORITY (PAA) WITHIN BUDGET, ON SCHEDULE, AND WITH MAJOR INTERNATIONAL PARTICIPATION," HE SAID.
MANY MORE CONTRACTS
ABOUT 130 IN ALL
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WILL BE AWARDED BY THE GOVERNMENT, THE PAA AND THE MASS TRANSIT RAILWAY CORPORATION IN THE NEXT TWO OR THREE YEARS.
BY THE ENTHUSIASTIC LOCAL AND INTERNATIONAL
THE DIRECTOR SAID HE WAS VERY ENCOURAGED RESPONSES RECEIVED SO FAR FROM THE CONSTRUCTION SECTORS.
AND HE WAS CONFIDENT THAT THE PROJECTS WOULD CONTINUE TO ATTRACT INTEREST AND PARTICIPATION WORLDWIDE.
MR LAM SAID FRENCH COMPANIES WERE PLAYING A KEY ROLE IN SOME OF THE MOST IMPORTANT HIGHWAY PROJECTS IN THE ACP.
THE VALUE OF ACP CONTRACTS AND INVOLVEMENT AMOUNTS TO OVER $3 BILLION.
CONSULTANCIES WITH FRENCH
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