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TUESDAY, OCTOBER 11, 1994
THE FORECAST EXPENDITURE ON CAPITAL WORKS PROJECTS FOR THE NEXT
1997 IS FIVE
$78 YEARS
THE FIGURE FOR 1992 TO IS $105 BILLION. BILLION AND THE GOVERNMENT IS WELL ON TRACK TO ACHIEVE THIS.
ARE IN
AT PRESENT, THE NEW AIRPORT AND OTHER MAJOR PROJECTS SWING. MR BLAKE REPORTED THAT THE AIRPORT ISLAND WAS READY FOR
AND MAJOR CONSTRUCTION CONTRACTS INFRASTRUCTURE
FULL RELATED BEGIN.
"A TOTAL OF $11 BILLION HAS BEEN SET ASIDE FOR NEW AIRPORT WORKS THIS YEAR.
WOULD SOON
PORT AND
WEST KOWLOON MILLION ON THE MOVING FORWARD
"THE GOVERNMENT IS SPENDING $1.7 BILLION ON THE RECLAMATION THIS FINANCIAL YEAR AND A FURTHER $600 CENTRAL RECLAMATION. WORK ON THESE TWO PROJECTS ARE
SATISFACTORILY."
WORKS ON
MR BLAKE STRESSED THAT
THE MAJOR PROJECTS WERE HONG KONG PROGRESSING FASTER THAN PREVIOUSLY, WITH TING KAU BRIDGE,
IN INSTITUTE OF EDUCATION CAMPUS AND LANTAU PORT DEVELOPMENT TO START 1994/95.
CENTRE EXTENSION "THE
CONVENTION AND EXHIBITION HONG KONG
BILLION ANNOUNCED IN 1993 WILL BE COMPLETED IN 1997 AT A COST OF $4.8
AGO," HE ON A NEW ISLAND RECLAMATION WHICH DID NOT EXIST SIX MONTHS SAID.
NORTH DISTRICT HOSPITAL AT THE SAME TIME WILL BEGIN TO OPEN ITS 600 BEDS TO THE COMMUNITY IN JANUARY 1998.
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MEET ENSURE THAT THESE AND ALL PROJECTS REMAIN ON TRACK TO
AND ITS TARGET, COST AND PROGRAMME, MR BLAKE SAID THE WORKS BRANCH
USING DEPARTMENT HAD INTRODUCED NEW INITIATIVES INCLUDING ESTIMATING
MONITORING OF RISK ANALYSES, SETTING RELIABLE BASELINES AND SPECIAL
HIGH-IMPACT PROJECTS.
ALSO THE INTRODUCTION OF A COMPUTERISED PUBLIC WORKS MANAGEMENT SYSTEM WHICH HAS ALREADY CONTAINED DATA FOR 1,700 PROJECTS.
ON
CONSTRUCTION SITE SAFETY, MR BLAKE SAID SAFETY ON GOVERNMENT
WERE SHOWING IMPROVEMENTS WORK SITES STANDARDS, BUT MUCH MORE NEEDED TO BE DONE.
TO
INITIATIVES SAFETY
SAFETY
STANDARDS GOVERNMENT
HE WARNED THAT CONTRACTORS FAILING TO MEET WOULD BE PENALISED AND THEY WOULD BE REMOVED FROM LISTS OF APPROVED CONTRACTORS IN EXTREME CASES.
HOWEVER, CONTRACTORS WITH GOOD SAFETY AND SITE MANAGEMENT WOULD BE RECOGNISED UNDER AN AWARD SCHEME TO BE LAUNCHED EARLY NEXT YEAR, MR BLAKE ADDED.
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