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TUESDAY, JUNE 14, 1994
"THEREFORE, A PRIME TASK FOR POLICY-MAKERS OF THE TWO PLACES IS ΤΟ
IMPLEMENT THE CONCEPT OF 'ONE COUNTRY, TWO SYSTEMS', TO, MAINTAIN HONG KONG'S CAPITALIST FREE TRADE SYSTEM, AND TO RECOGNISE THAT HONG KONG IS A SEPARATE ECONOMIC ENTITY, WITH SEPARATE MEMBERSHIP IN THE GENERAL AGREEMENT ON TARIFFS AND TRADE, THE ASIA DEVELOPMENT BANK, THE ASIA PACIFIC ECONOMIC CO-OPERATION AND OTHER ECONOMIC AND TRADE ORGANISATIONS.
**THE HONG KONG GOVERNMENT WILL CONTINUE TO DO ITS BEST то MAINTAIN THE COMPETITIVENESS OF ITS PHYSICAL INFRASTRUCTURE, MANPOWER RESOURCES, MANAGEMENT TECHNIQUES AND VARIOUS SERVICES TO ENSURE THAT HONG KONG'S ECONOMY CONTINUES TO PROSPER AND CONTRIBUTE TO THE FURTHER ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT OF CHINA AND THE ENTIRE ASIA-PACIFIC REGION."
CATWALK CONSTRUCTION STARTS ON TSING MA BRIDGE SITE * * * * *
PANELS OF STEEL WIRE MESH ARE BEING HOISTED BETWEEN THE TWIN TOWERS OF TSING MA BRIDGE TO FORM TWO TEMPORARY FOOTBRIDGES, OR CATWALKS, SPANNING THE MA WAN CHANNEL.
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"THIS MARKS ANOTHER SIGNIFICANT STEP IN THE SUSPENSION CONSTRUCTION, SAID MR K C YEUNG, PROJECT DIRECTOR OF THE LANTAU FIXED CROSSING PROJECT MANAGEMENT OFFICE OF THE HIGHWAYS DEPARTMENT.
THE TSING MA BRIDGE IS PART OF THE LANTAU FIXED CROSSING, AN IMPORTANT ELEMENT OF THE AIRPORT CORE PROGRAMME'S HIGHWAYS NETWORK WHICH WILL CONNECT THE NEW AIRPORT AT CHEK LAP KOK AND TUNG CHUNG NEW TOWN TO THE URBAN AREA IN KOWLOON AND CENTRAL HONG KONG.
MR YEUNG SAID THE TEMPORARY FOOTBRIDGES WOULD BE USED AS WORKING PLATFORMS FOR AERIAL SPINNING AND CONSTRUCTION OF THE MAIN. SUSPENSION CABLES AND OTHER CABLES.
"A TOTAL OF 76 PANELS OF STEEL WIRE MESH, EACH MEASURING 60 METRES BY 3.85 METRES, WILL BE SLID OUT ALONG THE WIRES WHICH HAVE BEEN HOISTED BETWEEN THE TWO TOWERS TO FORM THE FOOTBRIDGES.
"IN PREPARATION FOR THE FOOTBRIDGE CONSTRUCTION, 10 WIRES MEASURING FROM 16 MILLIMETRES (MM) TO 38 MM IN DIAMETER HAVE BEEN STRUNG ACROSS THE TWO BRIDGE TOWERS.
"THESE WIRES ARE BEING USED TO HAUL MATERIALS BETWEEN THE AND ΤΟ SERVE AS FLOOR AND HAND STRANDS FOR BUILDING THE FOOTBRIDGES," MR YEUNG EXPLAINED.
TOWERS
CONSTRUCTION OF THE FOOTBRIDGES WILL BE COMPLETED LATER THIS MONTH, ENABLING THE SPINNING OF THE MAIN CABLES TO BEGIN NEXT MONTH.
"THERE WILL BE TWO MAIN CABLES, EACH MEASURING 1.1 METRES IN DIAMETER, BULIT UP WIRE BY WIRE BY A SPINNING PROCESS.
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