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WEDNESDAY, JULY 27, 1994
THE LAW OFFICER (INTERNATIONAL LAW) IS THE LEGAL ADVISER TO THE BRITISH SIDE OF THE JLG AND ALSO HEADS THE BRITISH SIDE IN THE INTERNATIONAL RIGHTS AND OBLIGATIONS (IRO) SUB-GROUP.
THREE
DURING THE YEAR THE JLG MET THREE TIMES (AND THE IRO SUB-GROUP TIMES) AND AGREED ON THE CONTINUED APPLICATION TO HONG KONG AFTER 1997 OF VARIOUS MULTILATERAL TREATIES, INCLUDING THE HAGUE CONVENTION ON THE TAKING OF EVIDENCE ABROAD, THE HAGUE CONVENTION ON THE SERVICE OF JUDICIAL AND EXTRA JUDICIAL DOCUMENTS AND SIX TREATIES IN RESPECT OF MERCHANT SHIPPING.
SECOND AP LEI CHAU BRIDGE TO CATER FOR GROWING DEMAND
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THE SECOND AP LEI CHAU BRIDGE WAS BUILT TO PROVIDE ADDITIONAL TRAFFIC CAPACITY TO CATER FOR HOUSING AND INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENTS ON AP LEI CHAU, THE DIRECTOR OF HIGHWAYS, MR KWONG HONG-SANG, SAID TODAY (WEDNESDAY).
MR BRIDGE,
KWONG SPEAKING AT THE OPENING CEREMONY OF THE NEW
WITH THE EXISTING SAID THE NEW BRIDGE WOULD IN CONJUNCTION
BRIDGE, AP LEI CHAU AND SERVE TO FORM A DUAL TWO-LANE TRAFFIC LINK BETWEEN ABERDEEN.
GENERATED BY HE SAID IN ANTICIPATION OF THE GROWTH IN TRAFFIC THE DEVELOPMENTS ON AP LEI CHAU, GOVERNMENT COMMISSIONED MAUNSELL CONSULTANT ASIA LIMITED
1988 TO
AND IDENTIFY
INVESTIGATE ALL AND TO DETERMINE PRACTICAL LOCATIONS FOR A SECOND AP LEI CHAU BRIDGE, THE OPTIMUM BRIDGE LOCATION.
IN
THE CONSULTANT RECOMMENDED THE CONSTRUCTION OF A SECOND
CHAU BRIDGE. ALONG THE WESTERN SIDE OF THE EXISTING AP LEI DESIGN OF THE NEW BRIDGE WAS CARRIED OUT IN 1991 AND WORK 1992 AT A COST OF $110 MILLION.
IS BASICALLY
BRIDGE DETAILED
STARTED IN
APPROACH ON
BRIDGE THE NEW
DIVIDED INTO THREE SECTIONS, NAMELY, THE MAIN BRIDGE OVER ABERDEEN HARBOUR, THE NORTH THE ABERDEEN SIDE, AND THE SOUTH APPROACH ON AP LEI CHAU SIDE.
THE MAIN BRIDGE IS OF THREE-SPAN BALANCED CANTILEVER CAST-IN-SITU CONCRETE CONSTRUCTION, 230 METRES IN LENGTH WITH A CENTRE SPAN OF 115 METRES ACROSS ABERDEEN HARBOUR.
A FIVE-SPAN
190-METRE
THE NORTH APPROACH IS
LONG POST-TENSIONED CONTINUOUS BRIDGE DECK AND THE SOUTH APPROACH IS A TWO-
POST-TENSIONED CONTINUOUS BRIDGE SPAN 60-METRE LONG
DECK WITH A 126-METRE LONG WIDENED ROAD SUPPORTED BY CAISSON RETAINING WALL.
WAS
FOR
OF 16
THE APPROACH BRIDGES WERE FORMED BY CAST-IN-SITU CONSTRUCTION WITH CONVENTIONAL FORMWORK AND FALSEWORK, WHEREAS THE MAIN BRIDGE
CANTILEVER
CHOSEN BUILT BY CAST-IN-SITU BALANCED
CONSTRUCTION, MINIMUM CLEARANCE MAINTAINING THE NAVIGATION CHANNEL WITH METRES UNDER THE BRIDGE AT ALL TIMES DURING CONSTRUCTION.
A
BRIDGE
THE BRIDGE DECKS STARTING FROM THE PIERS NEAR THE TWO BANKS, OF THE MAIN
WERE FORMED BY CASTING SUCCESSIVE REINFORCED CONCRETE SEGMENTS UNTIL THE CANTILEVERED SPANS WERE CONNECTED RIGHT ABOVE THE MIDDLE OF THE ABERDEEN HARBOUR.
/AN EXISTING