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WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 14,
1994
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GOVERNMENT SPOKESMAN SAID CONSTRUCTION CONTRACTS WORTH THAN $51 BILLION WERE UNDER WAY ON THE ACP.
MORE
COVERED THE LAND COMPLETE, MORE
IN ADDITION ΤΟ THE TSING MA BRIDGE, THEY FORMATION FOR THE AIRPORT WHICH WAS OVER 65 PER CENT LAND RECLAMATION AT WEST KOWLOON AND CENTRAL, HIGHWAYS STRETCHING BETWEEN THE AIRPORT SITE AND INCLUDING HONG KONG'S THIRD CROSS-HARBOUR ROAD TUNNEL.
AND 34 KILOMETRES OF HONG KONG ISLAND
WHICH ITS MOST MAIN TOWERS ON
THE SPOKESMAN SAID CONSTRUCTION OF THE TSING MA BRIDGE, WOULD FORM PART OF THE LANTAU FIXED CROSSING, HAD REACHED IMPRESSIVE STAGE WITH THE AERIAL SPINNING OF 2.2-KILOMETRE-LONG SUSPENSION CABLES OVER THE BRIDGE'S TWIN 206-METRE-HIGH TSING YI AND MA WAN.
THE SPINNING BEGAN IN JULY, JUST TWO YEARS AFTER STARTED ON THE BRIDGE.
WORK ON THE $7.2 BILLION FIVE-YEAR CONSTRUCTION NOW 60 PER CENT COMPLETE.
CONSTRUCTION
CONTRACT WAS
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LEVEL PLAYING FIELD FOR ALL GOVT CONTRACTS
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TYPE OF COMPANY WHICH RESPONDING TO PRESS REPORTS ABOUT THE THE
THE OPERATION OF CT9, SHOULD BE ALLOWED TO BE INVOLVED IN
THAT FINANCIAL SECRETARY, SIR HAMISH MACLEOD, SAID TODAY (WEDNESDAY)
POLITICAL THE GRANTING OF CONTRACTS FOR THIS PROJECT WAS NOT BASED ON FACTORS.
PLAYING FIELD FOR ALL ITS
"THE GOVERNMENT OPERATES A LEVEL CONTRACTS, INCLUDING CT9," SIR HAMISH SAID,
BUCH "I AND MY COLLEAGUES HAVE SPENT OUR CAREERS ENSURING THAT
REGARD MERITS, WITHOUT
TO DECISIONS ARE
PURELY ON THEIR TAKEN
WE HAVE NOT AND WILL NOT POLITICS OR THE NATIONALITY OF BIDDERS. ALTER THIS LEVEL PLAYING FIELD' POLICY.
DAMAGING KEY FACTOR
"TO SUGGEest otherWISE IS UTTERLY GROUNDLESS, AND MOST TO HONG KONG - OUR OBJECTIVITY IN SUCH MATTERS HAS BEEN A IN ATTRACTING BIDS. DISCRIMINATORY PRACTICES RUN COUNTER TO ALL THE GATT (GENERAL AGREEMENT ON TARIFFS AND TRADE) AND ITS THE WTO (WORLD TRADE ORGANISATION), IS TRYING TO ACHIEVE."
THAT
SUCCESSOR,
RECALLING THE HISTORY OF THIS PROJECT, THE FINANCIAL SECRETARY 1992, WHICH NOTED THAT EXPRESSIONS OF INTEREST WERE INVITED IN EARLY RESULTED IN FIVE SUBMISSIONS.
TERMINAL TWO MAJOR HONG
ONE WAS REJECTED BECAUSE OF LACK OF PROVEN CONTAINER EXPERTISE. THREE OF THE OTHER SUBMISSIONS INVOLVED THE EXISTING TERMINAL OPERATORS, MODERN TERMINALS LIMITED (MTL) AND KONG INTERNATIONAL TERMINALS (HIT), IN VARYING COMBINATIONS.
THE
CONSORTIUM
OTHER BIDDER TSING YI CONTAINER TERMINAL
NEW PRIMARILY INVOLVED JARDINES, SEALAND, SUN HUNG KAI PROPERTIES AND
EXPERTISE WAS WORLD DEVELOPMENT. THE CONTAINER TERMINAL OPERATING PROVIDED BY SEALAND.
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