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MONDAY, JUNE 14, 1993
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FOR ENQUIRIES, PLEASE CALL 802 1638.
WILL BE
SEPTEMBER AT LEAST
FOR JANUARY
30. ONE
CLOSING DATE FOR ALL APPLICATIONS SHORTLISTED APPLICANTS WILL BE REQUIRED TO ATTEND SELECTION INTERVIEW IN HONG KONG TENTATIVELY SCHEDULED NEXT YEAR.
WORK STARTS ON TSING MA TOWER
THE FIRST OF THE TWO GIANT TOWERS OF THE TSING MA BRIDGE НАЯ BEGUN TO RISE WITH THE COMMENCEMENT OF CONSTRUCTION ABOVE GROUND.
A SPOKESMAN FOR THE NEW AIRPORT PROJECTS CO-ORDINATION OFFICE SAID IN A MATTER OF WEEKS, THE TOWER OF ONE OF
WORLD'S LONGEST SUSPENSION BRIDGES WOULD BECOME CLEARLY VISIBLE.
THE
THE TWO TOWERS, ONE ON TSING YI AND THE OTHER OFF MA WAN ISLAND, WILL BE REINFORCED CONCRETE STRUCTURES RISING 190 METRES HIGH, EQUIVALENT TO THE HEIGHT OF A 50-STOREY BUILDING,
THE PLACEMENT OF CONCRETE AND REINFORCING STEEL AT THE TSING YI TOWER BEGAN ON JUNE 3 AND SO FAR 10 METRES OF THE TOWER BASE HAS BEEN CAST.
USING A PROCESS KNOWN AS SLIPFORMING, THE TOWER WILL REACH FULL HEIGHT OF 190 METRES IN ABOUT THREE MONTHS..
ITS
CONSTRUCTION OF THE SECOND TOWER OFF MA WAN IS DUE TO BEGIN AUGUST AFTER ITS BASE IS CONSTRUCTED WITHIN RECENTLY PLACED CAISSONS.
IN
STEEL TRUSSES WEIGHING UP TO 185 TONNES EACH WILL BE INSTALLED TO BRACE THE LEGS TEMPORARILY AS CONCRETE WORK PROCEEDS. THE TRUSSES ΤΟ PRESTRESSED WILL EVENTUALLY BE ENCASED IN REINFORCED CONCRETE AND THE TOWER LEGS.
BY SPRING NEXT YEAR THE TSING MA BRIDGE WILL START ΤΟ TAKE SHAPE WHEN WORK BEGINS ON THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE MAIN CABLES BY A PROCESS KNOWN AS AERIAL WIRE SPINNING.
IS CROSSING, THE TSING MA BRIDGE, PART OF THE LANTAU FIXED KEY ELEMENT OF THE TRANSPORT NETWORK IN THE AIRPORT CORE PROGRAMME
THE LINKING NORTH LANTAU AND THE AIRPORT AT CHEK LAP KOK TO
REST OF
HONG KONG.
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