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FRIDAY, JULY 2, 1993
NEW SENIOR UK REPRESENTATIVE TO JOINT LIAISON GROUP
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MR HUGH DAVIES, WHO IS AT PRESENT
TEMPORARILY OCCUPYING THE POST OF SENIOR BRITISH TRADE COMMISSIONER, WILL BE TAKING OVER FROM MR ANTHONY GALSWORTHY AS SENIOR UK REPRESENTATIVE TO THE SINO-BRITISH JOINT LIAISON GROUP IN THE EARLY AUTUMN,
MR GALSWORTHY WILL BE RETURNING TO LONDON TO TAKE UP A POST IN THE CABINET OFFICE.
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MR FRANCIS CORNISH, CURRENTLY HEAD OF NEWS FOREIGN AND COMMONWEALTH OFFICE, WILL TAKE UP HIS DUTIES AS SENIOR BRITISH TRADE COMMISSIONER IN MID-SEPTEMBER.
JAPANESE FIRMS GAIN LARGEST SHARE OF AIRPORT CONTRACTS
JAPANESE COMPANIES
CONSTRUCTION CONTRACTS FOR
HAVE SO FAR WON THE LION'S SHARE THE AIRPORT CORE PROGRAMME (ACP), DEPUTY TO THE GOVERNOR, SIR DAVID FORD, SAID TODAY (FRIDAY).
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SPEAKING AT THE GROUND-BREAKING CEREMONY OF THE KAP SHUI BRIDGE AND VIADUCT, SIR DAVID PAID TRIBUTE TO THE DESIGNERS CONTRACTORS FROM MANY COUNTRIES WHO HAD COME TO HONG KONG TO WORK THE AIRPORT CORE PROGRAMME (ACP).
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HE SAID JAPANESE COMPANIES HAD WON $7.4 BILLION WORTH OF CONTRACTS. THIS INCLUDED THE DESIGN AND BUILD CONTRACT FOR THE SHUI MUN BRIDGE AND VIADUCT WHICH WAS BEING CARRIED OUT BY THE ALL-JAPANESE KUMAGAI-MAEDA-YOKOGAWA-HITACHI JOINT VENTURE.
CONSTRUCTION CONTRACTS WORTH A TOTAL OF MORE THAN $34 BILLION HAVE BEEN LET ON THE AIRPORT AND NINE OTHER ASSOCIATED PROJECTS. ALL WERE BELOW BUDGET ESTIMATES AND ON SCHEDULE TO BE COMPLETED ON TIME.
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"THIS IS A RARE ACHIEVEMENT ANYWHERE IN THE WORLD. HONG KONG SHOWING ONCE AGAIN THAT IT KNOWS HOW TO EXECUTE LARGE INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECTS SUCCESSFULLY AND THE KAP SHUI MUN BRIDGE AND MA WAN VIADUCT CONTRACT, WITH ITS COMPLETION DATE OF MAY 1997, WILL, I AM SURE, BE ANOTHER EXCELLENT EXAMPLE OF THAT RECORD, SIR DAVID SAID.
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IN ADDITION, THE FRANCHISE FOR THE WESTERN HARBOUR CROSSING IS READY TO GO AHEAD AT A CONSTRUCTION COST OF ABOUT $6 BILLION, ALSO WITHIN BUDGET ESTIMATES.
"CONSTRUCTION OF THIS IMPORTANT PRIVATE SECTOR FRANCHISE SHOULD START IN AUGUST, AND I VERY MUCH HOPE THAT THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL WILL PASS THE NECESSARY LEGISLATION IN ITS CURRENT SESSION THAT THIS CAN HAPPEN," HE SAID.
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THE KAP SHUI MUN BRIDGE AND VIADUCT TOGETHER WITH THE TSING BRIDGE FORMS THE LANTAU FIXED CROSSING THAT WILL LINK THE AND AIRPORT ON LANTAU TO THE URBAN AREAS.
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/THE KAP