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SATURDAY, DECEMBER 4, 1993
TENDERS WERE RECEIVED FROM FIVE PREQUALIFIED TENDERERS AND (HONG KONG) LIMITED SUBMITTED THE LOWEST TENDER OF $305.9 MILLION.
WORK WILL START THIS MONTH FOR COMPLETION IN MID 1997.
THE LANTAU FIXED CROSSING,
GBC
BRIDGE,
COMPRISING THE TSING MA
VIADUCT, WILL FORM PART OF AN THE KAP SHUI MUN BRIDGE AND MA WAN
AND THE NEW EXTENSIVE TRANSPORT NETWORK LINKING TUNG CHUNG NEW TOWN AIRPORT AT CHEK LAP KOK TO THE URBAN AREAS OF KOWLOON AND HONG KONG.
LINKING THE
TSING
ACP AND
YI.
ROUTE 3 IS PLANNED AS A MAJOR NORTH-SOUTH HIGHWAY BORDER AND NORTHWEST NEW TERRITORIES WITH WEST KOWLOON VIA THE FIRST PART OF ROUTE 3 TO BE CONSTRUCTED FALLS WITHIN THE CONNECTS THE LANTAU FIXED CROSSING WITH THE WEST KOWLOON EXPRESSWAY.
THIS TRAFFIC
CONTROL
AND
SURVEILLANCE
THE AWARD OF
SYSTEM
BRINGS THE
CONTRACTS CONTRACT
TOTAL NUMBER OF ACP CONSTRUCTION
TOTAL VALUE OF NEARLY $31 AWARDED BY THE GOVERNMENT TO 33, WITH A BILLION.
VALUED AT
TOGETHER WITH THE FOUR MAJOR CONSTRUCTION CONTRACTS $9.7 BILLION AWARDED BY THE PROVISIONAL AIRPORT AUTHORITY AND THE $5.7 HARBOUR TUNNEL BILLION CONSTRUCTION CONTRACT AWARDED BY THE WESTERN
CONSTRUCTION CONTRACTS AWARDED COMPANY LIMITED, THE TOTAL VALUE OF FOR THE ACP, ALL WITHIN BUDGET, IS OVER $46 BILLION.
SIX MORE TREE WALKS OPEN
* * * * *
BEEN OPEN TO THE NUMBER OF SUCH WALKS IN THE
HAVE SIX MORE TREE WALKS IN COUNTRY PARKS
ΤΟ 14 THE TOTAL PUBLIC, BRINGING TERRITORY.
THE SIX TREE WALKS ARE SITUATED RESPECTIVELY CLEAR WATER BAY, NAI CHUNG, KAM SHAN, WONG SHEK AND
IN POK FU LAM, MA ON SHAN.
AGRICULTURE AND FISHERIES DEPARTMENT'S (AFD) ACTING SENIOR THESE WALKS COUNTRY PARKS DEVELOPMENT OFFICER, DR YEUNG KA-MING SAID
TREES WOULD PROVIDE MORE AVENUES FOR VISITORS TO STUDY AND UNDERSTAND WHILE APPRECIATING THE BEAUTY OF THE COUNTRYSIDE.
SAID: DR YEUNG
TO
"THESE TREE WALKS ARE OF VARYING LENGTH,
MAKE THEIR COUNTRY PARK VISITORS CAN
OWN PREFERENCE ACCORDING THEIR INTEREST, ACCESSIBILITY AND PHYSICAL STRENGTH,
中輸
OF
IDEAL
MIXTURE AN INTERESTING OFFERING
AN
HE ADDED THAT THESE WALKS EMBRACE EXOTIC AND INDIGENOUS TREE SPECIES, AREA TO APPRECIATE THE GRACE OF THEIR DIVERSE FORMS AND SHAPES.
TO VISITORS
HE SAID VISITORS COULD OBTAIN USEFUL INFORMATION INTERESTING TREE SPECIES FROM ON-SITE INTERPRETATIVE STEEL PLATES UP ALONG THE WALKS.
ABOUT PUT
/TO MARK