THURSDAY, APRIL 7, 1994
DEPUTY TO THE GOVERNOR VISITS ACP SITES
WAS
MADE
ON
TODAY (THURSDAY) THE AIRPORT CORE
DEPUTY TO THE GOVERNOR, MRS ANSON CHAN, GIVEN A VIEW OF THE RAPID PROGRESS BEING PROGRAMME (ACP).
MRS CHAN WAS MAKING HER FIRST VISIT APPOINTMENT AS CHIEF SECRETARY.
то
ACP
SITES SINCE HER
PROJECTS
THE ACTING
ΤΟ THE NEW AIRPORT SHE WAS BRIEFED BY
THIS WAS PRECEDED BY
A
VISIT
COORDINATION OFFICE (NAPCO)
WHERE
DIRECTOR, MR BERNARD LAM, AND OTHER SENIOR OFFICERS.
APPROACH WORKING
MRS CHAN WAS TOLD ABOUT THE INTEGRATED TEAM IN NAPCO, INVOLVING CIVIL SERVANTS AND CONSULTANTS TO COORDINATE THE LARGE AND COMPLEX PROJECTS IN THE ACP.
OPERATED TOGETHER
SHE NOTED THAT THE EXPERIENCE GATHERED WOULD BE USEFUL FOR MANAGEMENT OF OTHER MAJOR PUBLIC WORKS PROJECTS IN THE TERRITORY.
THE
THE ACP, MRS CHAN WAS ALSO BRIEFED ON THE OVERALL PROGRESS OF
TOTAL VALUE OF $48 BILLION FOR WHICH 45 CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS AT A HAVE BEEN AWARDED TO DATE ALL WITHIN BUDGET.
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"THIS SHOWS THAT OUR MECHANISMS FOR COST CONTROL ARE WORKING WELL,
SHE SAID,
PROGRAMME
MANAGEMENT AND
MA BRIDGE MRS CHAN THEN PAID A VISIT TO THE SITE OF THE TSING
THE HIGHWAYS DEPARTMENT'S ACTING WHERE SHE WAS GIVEN A BRIEFING BY
LAU, AND THE PROJECT DIRECTOR FOR THE LANTAU FIXED CROSSING, MR C K CONSULTANTS' ENGINEER REPRESENTATIVE, MR ALAN REES,
MRS CHAN COULD SEE FROM A VANTAGE POINT ON TSING YI ISLAND,
WERK CONNECTED THE MA WAN CHANNEL WHICH THE FIRST TWO WIRES ACROSS BETWEEN THE GIANT TOWERS OF THE TSING MA BRIDGE JUST BEFORE AND THE EASTER HOLIDAYS.
AFTER
IN EACH SHE WAS BRIEFED ON THE TECHNIQUES USED WHICH RESULTED
JUST THREE MONTHS, OF THE TWO 50-STOREY TOWERS BEING CONSTRUCTED IN ON THE PLACEMENT OF HUGE STEEL SADDLES TO SUPPORT THE MAIN THE TOP OF THE TOWERS WHICH IS CURRENTLY UNDERWAY WORKS TAKING PLACK ON THE BRIDGE.
THE TSING MA BRIDGE CONTRACT WAS LET IN MAY MORE THAN 40 PER CENT COMPLETE.
OTHER
WORKS
CABLES AT AND ON THE OTHER
1992 AND [S NOW
A
ALREADY COMPLETED ARE "THE GIANT TOWERS AND
WHAT WILL BE VIVID ILLUSTRATION OF THE SIGNIFICANT PROGRESS MADE ON
AND A PROMINENT ONE OF THE LONGEST SUSPENSION BRIDGES IN THE WORLD,
MRS CHAN SAID. LANDMARK WHICH HONG KONG CAN BE PROUD OF,
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AND MA WAN WILL BK A VITAL
THE BRIDGE, TOGETHER WITH THE KAP SHUT MUN BRIDGE VIADUCT, WILL FORM THE LANTAU FIXED CROSSING WILL("}| LINK IN THE NEW HIGHWAY NETWORK BRING DEVELOPED FOR THE NEW AIRPORT.
/MRS CHAN
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