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SUNDAY, AUGUST 10, 1975.
SHUN TAK AND GOVERNMENT TO DISCUSS TERMS FOR NEW MACAU FERRY TERMINAL PROJECT
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THE GOVERNMENT HAS AGREED TO ENTER INTO NEGOTIATIONS WITH THE SHUN TAK ENTERPRISES LIMITED FOR THE RECONSTRUCTION OF THE MACAU FERRY AND HYDROFOIL TERMINAL.
THE PROPOSAL WAS MADE BY THE COMPANY LAST YEAR.
A GOVERNMENT SPOKESMAN SAID TODAY THAT IF A SATISFACTORY AGREEMENT CAN BE REACHED WITH THE COMPANY, IT WILL CONSTRUCT A NEW TERMINAL TO A DESIGN APPROVED BY THE GOVERNMENT. IT WILL INCLUDE THE NECESSARY BERTHS FOR FERRIES AND HYDROFOILS AND ACCOMMODATION FOR IMMIGRATION AND CUSTOMS INSPECTIONS.
ONCE COMPLETED, THE COMPANY WILL HAND IT BACK TO THE GOVERNMENT FOR OPERATION. IN RETURN THE COMPANY WILL BE PERMITTED TO CONSTRUCT COMMERCIAL ACCOMMODATION ABOVE THE TERMINAL TO A VALUE EQUIVALENT TO THE CONSTRUCTION COSTS.
THE SPOKESMAN SAID HE HOPED THAT DETAILED AGREEMENT WOULD BE REACHED BEFORE CHRISTMAS, AND THAT WORK WOULD BEGIN IN THE FIRST HALF OF 1976,
HE DESCRIBED THE PROJECT AS AN IDEAL ONE FOR CO-OPERATION BETWEEN THE GOVERNMENT AND THE PRIVATE SECTOR. AND ADDED THAT EVERYONE WOULD WELCOME A NEW TERMINAL TO REPLACE THE EXISTING OUTDATED ACCOMMODATION.
THE SPOKESMAN EMPHASISED THAT THE TERMINAL, WHEN COMPLETED, WILL BE A GOVERNMENT TERMINAL RUN BY THE MARINE DEPARTMENT, AND THAT THE COMPANY HAD REQUESTED NO OPERATIONAL ADVANTAGES AS PART OF THE AGREEMENT.
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