Another Airport Core Programme contract awarded
The Secretary for the Treasury, on the advice of the Central Tender Board, has approved the award of an Airport Core Programme (ACP) contract for the construction of an administration building for the Lantau Fixed Crossing.
The $87 million contract has been awarded by the Architectural Services Department to Yau Lee Construction Company Limited of Hong Kong.
The company will be responsible for building a three-storey administration block and a single-storey workshop block at the Lantau Fixed Crossing's toll plaza on the Lantau Island.
Works will start later this month for completion in early 1997.
The Lantau Fixed Crossing, one of the 10 ACP projects, comprises the Tsing Ma Bridge, the Kap Shui Mun Bridge and Ma Wan Viaduct. The Crossing forms part of the 34-kilometre long expressway linking Tung Chung New Town and the new airport at Chek Lap Kok to the urban areas in Kowloon and Hong Kong.
The award of this contract brings the total number of ACP major contracts awarded so far to 110, with a total value of $79.1 billion.
End/Thursday, March 2, 1995
HM ships Plover and Peacock visit Macau
In what is thought to be the first visit by the Royal Navy in living memory, two patrol craft of the Hong Kong Squadron, HMS Plover and HMS Peacock, will make an informal visit to the Portuguese colony of Macau between tomorrow (Friday) and March 6.
A busy programme of events has been arranged while both ships are alongside at Macau International Ferry Terminal. Lieutenant Commander Simon Brown, Senior Officer Hong Kong Squadron and commanding officer of HMS Plover, and Lieutenant Commander Sean Steeds, commanding officer of HMS Peacock, are to host a lunch and cocktail party for local dignitaries tomorrow.
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