THURSDAY, AUGUST 26, 1993
INVITING THE
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THE CITY AND NEW TERRITORIES ADMINISTRATION
31ST FLOOR, SOUTHORN CENTRE,
130 HENNESSY ROAD,
WAN CHAI, HONG KONG.
CENTRAL RECLAMATION CONTRACT AWARD
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RAILWAY BILLION OF
ACTING ON BEHALF OF THE GOVERNMENT, THE MASS CORPORATION (MTRC) HAS TODAY (THURSDAY) ACCEPTED A $1.72 TENDER FROM THE DRAGAGES/PENTA/BSG JOINT VENTURE FOR CONSTRUCTION THE FIRST PHASE OF THE CENTRAL RECLAMATION.
A GOVERNMENT SPOKESMAN SAID: "THE CONTRACT PRICE IS WITHIN THE GOVERNMENT'S ORIGINAL PROJECT ESTIMATE. WORK ON THIS 48-MONTH CONTRACT IS EXPECTED TO START IN EARLY SEPTEMBER.'
THE RECLAMATION WILL PROVIDE NEW LAND FOR GENERAL DEVELOPMENT OF THE CENTRAL DISTRICT. IT WILL ALSO INCLUDE A SITE FOR THE AIRPORT RAILWAY'S TERMINUS STATION FOR CENTRAL, WHICH WILL MAKE IT AN IMPORTANT PART OF THE AIRPORT CORE PROGRAMME.
RAILWAY,
BECAUSE OF THE PROJECT'S CONNECTION WITH THE AIRPORT THE MTRC HAS BEEN ENTRUSTED BY THE GOVERNMENT TO AWARD THE CONTRACT AND TO MANAGE THE EXECUTION OF THE WORKS.
THE SPOKESMAN SAID: "THE AWARD OF THIS CONTRACT BRINGS THE NUMBER OF GOVERNMENT CONSTRUCTION CONTRACTS AWARDED ON THE AIRPORT CORE PROGRAMME (ACP) TO 25, WITH A TOTAL VALUE OF OVER $28.5 BILLION. THIS AMOUNTS ΤΟ APPROXIMATELY 68 PER CENT BY VALUE OF ALL THE GOVERNMENT CONTRACTS ON THE ACP.
"TOGETHER WITH FOUR CONSTRUCTION CONTRACTS WORTH $9.7 BILLION AWARDED BY THE PROVISIONAL AIRPORT AUTHORITY, THE TOTAL VALUE OF CONTRACTS AWARDED ON THE ACP IS SOME $38.5 BILLION.
"THE DRAGAGES-PENTA-BSG JOINT VENTURE'S PRICE OF $1.72 BILLION (MONEY OF THE DAY) WAS THE LOWEST SUBMITTED BY TWO SHORTLISTED TENDERERS FOR THE CENTRAL RECLAMATION PHASE ONE CONTRACT, FOLLOWING DISCUSSIONS WITH THE MTRC AND THE GOVERNMENT. THE TWO CONSORTIA WERE SHORTLISTED BECAUSE THEY SUBMITTED THE LOWEST PRICES WHEN TENDERS FOR THE CONTRACT WERE FIRST RETURNED BY SIX TENDERERS IN SEPTEMBER 1992.
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