THURSDAY, MARCH 24, 1994
TERRITORIES
IT ALSO FORMS PART OF THE TSING YI SECTION OF ROUTE 3, A NEW NORTH-SOUTH HIGHWAY LINKING THE BORDER AND NORTHWEST NEW WITH WEST KOWLOON.
THE FIRST PART OF ROUTE 3 TO BE CONSTRUCTED FALLS
THE ACP AND CONNECTS THE LANTAU FIXED CROSSING WITH EXPRESSWAY VIA TSING YI AND KWAI CHUNG.
WITHIN THE WEST KOWLOON
INCLUDE THE OF THE
WORKS ΤΟ BE EXECUTED UNDER THE CONTRACT AWARDED DESIGN, MANUFACTURE, INSTALLATION, TESTING AND COMMISSIONING FOLLOWING ELECTRICAL AND MECHANICAL FACILITIES:
*
TUNNEL VENTILATION SYSTEM
*
CENTRAL MONITORING AND CONTROL SYSTEM
TENDERERS AND
THE WORKS WILL START
TENDERS
PREQUALIFIED WERE RECEIVED FROM FOUR BALFOUR BEATTY LIMITED SUBMITTED THE LOWEST BID.
1997. THIS MONTH FOR COMPLETION BY JANUARY
NUMBER OF ACP
THE AWARD OF THIS CONTRACT BRINGS THE TOTAL CONTRACTS AWARDED BY THE GOVERNMENT TO 38, WITH A TOTAL VALUE OF $31.7 BILLION.
OVER
VALUED AT TOGETHER WITH THE SIX MAJOR CONSTRUCTION CONTRACTS,
THE $10.7 BILLION, AWARDED BY THE PROVISIONAL AIRPORT AUTHORITY, AND
WESTERN HARBOUR $5.7 BILLION CONSTRUCTION CONTRACT AWARDED BY THE
OF CONSTRUCTION CONTRACTS TUNNEL COMPANY LIMITED, THE TOTAL VALUR AWARDED FOR THE ACP, ALL WITHIN BUDGET, IS OVER $48 BILLION.
ONE MORE WEEK FOR BRITISH NATIONALITY SCHEME APPLICATIONS
REMINDED INTENDING APPLICANTS THE GOVERNMENT TODAY (THURSDAY) OF THE BRITISH NATIONALITY SELECTION SCHEME THAT ONLY ONE WEEK IS LEFT BEFORE THE CLOSE OF THE APPLICATION PERIOD ON MARCH 31 (THURSDAY).
FINAL
PHASE
OF THE SCHEME.
UNDER THE
13.160 HOUSEHOLDS AND THEIR DEPENDANTS IN HONG KONG WILL BE ABLE TO AS BRITISH CITIZENS.
AS AT YESTERDAY, A TOTAL OF 10,169 APPLICATIONS FOR PHASE OF THE SCHEME HAD BEEN RECEIVED.
A
GOVERNMENT
HEADS
OF
REGISTER
THE FINAL
SAID
IN THE
IT
SPOKESMAN COMMENTING ON THE RESPONSE, REFLECTED A STRONG INTEREST IN THE SCHEME. FURTHER INCREASES NUMBER OF APPLICATIONS ARE EXPECTED AS THE DEADLINE DRAWS NEAR.
"APPLICANTS
SHOULD
SUBMIT LAST-MINUTE
AS
APPLICATIONS AS EARLY THEIR
RUSH AND MISSING THE DEADLINE PRACTICABLE TO AVOID A
THE SPOKESMAN INADVERTENTLY. LATE APPLICATIONS WILL NOT BE ACCEPTED,'
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SAID.
OF GUIDANCE NOTES ARE CENTRE, IMMIGRATION AND POST
APPLICATION FORMS TOGETHER WITH A SET AVAILABLE FROM
PUBLICATIONS THE GOVERNMENT OFFICES, PUBLIC ENQUIRY SERVICE CENTRES OF DISTRICT OFFICES OFFICES.
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