TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 7,
1993
STEEL TRUSSES WEIGHING UP TO 185 TONNES EACH WILL BE INSTALLED TO BRACE THE TWO TOWER LEGS AS CONCRETE WORK PROCEEDS.
THE TRUSSES WILL EVENTUALLY BE ENCASED IN REINFORCED AND PRESTRESSED TO THE TOWER LEGS.
CONCRETE
REINFORCED CONCRETE PLINTHS WILL BE CONSTRUCTED ON TOP OF THE TOWER AFTER THE SLIPFORMING OPERATION. STEEL SADDLES WILL THEN BE ERECTED ON THE PLINTHS TO CARRY THE MAIN SUSPENSION BRIDGE CABLES.
THE TSING MA BRIDGE IS BEING CONSTRUCTED UNDER A $7.14 BILLION CONTRACT AWARDED IN MAY 1992 TO THE ANGLO-JAPANESE CONSTRUCTION JOINT VENTURE.
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THE
HK-U.S. OFFICIALS MEET ON ILLEGAL TEXTILE TRANSHIPMENT
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BY
OF
THE
MR TONY MILLER AND OFFICIALS THE DIRECTOR-GENERAL OF TRADE
MET REPRESENTATIVES OF THE UNITED STATES LED DEPARTMENT CHIFF TEXTILES
MS JENNIFER HILLMAN TODAY (TUESDAY). FOLLOWING IS A JOINT STATEMENT ISSUED AFTER THE MEETING:
STATES
NEGOTIATOR,
UNITED
INTERNATIONAL TRANSHIPMENT.
"REPRESENTATIVES OF THE GOVERNMENT OF HONG KONG AND THE
MET ON SEPTEMBER 7 TO DISCUSS
AND BILATERAL CO-OPERATION TO CONTROL AND ELIMINATE ILLEGAL TEXTILE MUTUAL EFFORTS TO DEAL WITH THIS PROBLEM WERE REVIEWED.
APPRECIATES KONG ΤΟ
THE GOVERNMENT OF THE UNITED STATES RECOGNISES AND THE EFFORTS CURRENTLY BEING MADE BY THE GOVERNMENT OF HONG ADDRESS THE TEXTILE TRANSHIPMENT PROBLEM.
EFFORTS
THE CURRENT STATE OF CO-OPERATION TO DEAL WITH THE TRANSHIPMENT ISSUE, NEW PROCEDURES RECENTLY IMPLEMENTED TO ASSIST IN THESE WERE REVIEWED AND AN ON-SITE VISIT TO BORDER INSPECTION ASSISTED IN THESE EFFORTS.
FACILITIES
THE TWO SIDES ACKNOWLEDGE THAT TRANSHIPMENT CONTINUES TO BE A SIGNIFICANT INTERNATIONAL PROBLEM AND
ΤΟ BOTH GOVERNMENTS AGREE CONTINUE THEIR MUTUAL EFFORTS TO ADDRESS THE TEXTILES PROBLEM.'
TRANSHIPMENT
RIVER AND MARINE WATER QUALITY REPORTS PUBLISHED
THE ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION DEPARTMENT (EPD) HAS PUBLISHED TWO REPORTS TO GIVE A COMPREHENSIVE ACCOUNT OF THE RESULTS OF ITS MARINE AND RIVER WATER QUALITY MONITORING PROGRAMMES IN 1991.
THE 71-PAGE "RIVER WATER QUALITY IN HONG KONG FOR 1991" REVIEWS THE STATE OF RIVER WATER QUALITY OF 12 PRIORITY RIVERS AND
17 MINOR STREAMS IN THE TERRITORY.
/MEANWHILE, THE