FRIDAY, JULY 15, 1994
AIRPORT SUPPORTING COMMUNITY CLOSER TO COMPLETION
THE COMMUNITY TO SUPPORT THE NEW AIRPORT AT ONE STEP CLOSER TO COMPLETION.
CHEK LAP KOK IS
OF ABOUT $704 MILLION FOR TWO CONTRACTS WITH A TOTAL VALUE
TODAY CONSTRUCTION OF THE INFRASTRUCTURE OF THE COMMUNITY WERE SIGNED
OF TERRITORY
DR DEVELOPMENT,
CHOI (FRIDAY) BY THE ACTING DIRECTOR YU-LEUK, AND REPRESENTATIVES OF THE CONTRACTORS.
"THE SIGNING OF THE TWO CONTRACTS TODAY SIGNIFIES AN STAGE IN THE PROGRESS OF THE NORTH LANTAU DEVELOPMENT,
JOINT
IMPORTANT
* DR CHOI SAID.
WAS AWARDED ΤΟ A THE FIRST CONTRACT, VALUED AT $511 MILLION,
AND CONTRACTORS
CHINA ON CIVIL
HARBOUR VENTURE OF SHUI
INFRASTURCTURE то SERVE ENGINEERING COMPANY FOR PROVIDING THE BASIC THE FIRST PHASE OF TUNG CHUNG NEW TOWN.
LOCAL
THE CONTRACT INCLUDES THE CONSTRUCTION OF 3.3 KILOMETRES
AND SEWERAGE; A AND THE
WATER DRAINAGE ASSOCIATED STORM
ROAD BRIDGE TO CHEK LAP KOK 290-METRE-LONG PRESTRESSED CONCRETE
FOOTBRIDGE; FOUR CONCRETE
ROADS
ISLAND;
A
REINFORCED
38-METRE-LONG REINFORCED
CONCRETE
SUBWAYS;
TRANSPORT INTERCHANGE NOISE BARRIER; FRESH
PUBLIC FACILITIES; A 200-METRE-LONG, 3.5-METRE-HIGH AND SALT WATER DISTRIBUTION MAINS; AND LANDSCAPING WORKS.
BE
"THE ROAD NETWORK TO BE CONSTRUCTED UNDER THE CONTRACT WILL
TWO
TO INTERCHANGES,
THE NORTH LANTAU EXPRESSWAY CONNECTED, VIA
(NLE), DR CHOI SAID.
HE EXPLAINED THAT THE ROAD PROVIDE A DIRECT ACCESS FOR LOCAL AIRPORT ISLAND, WHICH OTHERWISE DETOURED WAY VIA THE NLE.
то BRIDGE
CHEK LAP KOK WAS TO FROM TUNG TRAFFIC
CHUNG TO THE WOULD HAVE TO TRAVEL A LONG AND
"ADDITIONALLY, THE BRIDGE PROVIDES
AN ALTERNATIVE ROUTE FOR
THE EXPRESSWAY TRAFFIC GOING TO CHEK LAP KOK IN CASE HAS TO BE CLOSED IN AN EMERGENCY," DR CHOI ADDED.
WORKS UNDER THIS CONTRACT WILL BEGIN ON MONDAY COMPLETION IN 30 MONTHS.
THE NLE BRIDGE
IS WORTH ABOUT
$193
LIMITED,
CORPORATION
FOR
THE OTHER CONTRACT WHICH AWARDED TO A JOINT VENTURE OF KIER HONG KONG
AND CHINA (CIVIL) LIMITED
TECHNO-ECONOMIC CO-OPERATION.
IT
FUJIAN
(JULY 18) FOR
MILLION, WAS SUNG KOO KEE INTERNATIONAL
OF FIRST PHASE
SCHEME DESIGNED TUNG CHUNG
A
IS FOR THE
OF THE CONSTRUCTION COMPREHENSIVE SEWAGE PUMPING, TREATMENT AND DISPOSAL TO SERVE THE NEW AIRPORT AT CHEK LAP KOK, THE NEW TOWN AT AND TAI HO AND THE LANTAU PORT DEVELOPMENTS.
MAIN SEWAGE PLANT PROVIDING
THE CONTRACT WORKS COMPRISE THE CONSTRUCTION OF A PUMPING STATION AT TUNG CHUNG AND A SEWAGE TREATMENT PRELIMINARY TREATMENT AT SIU HO WAN.
JER CHOI
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