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TUESDAY, JULY 18, 1978

THE TOTAL PROJECT WOULD EXTEND OVER 7.8 KM, AND THE LENGTH OF WATER CROSSING ALONE WOULD BE 2.7 KM.

SHILE ALL FACTORS WOULD DEPEND ON THE CONSULTING ENGINEERS' REPO

AFTER THE INVESTIGATION STAGE, IT WOULD SEEM LIKELY THAT SPECIAL FEATURES OF THE PROJECT WOULD INCLUDE:

* THE FIRST MAJOR SUSPENSION BRIDGE TO BE CONSTRUCTED

IN A TYPHOON-PRONE AREA AND

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IF THE SPAN OF THE SUSPENSION BRIDGE WAS TO BE IN THE 1200 - 1300 METRE RANGE, IT WOULD BE ONE OF THE LARGEST SPAN BRIDGES IN THE WORLD.

TC COPE WITH THE FUTURE DEVELOPMENT OF LANTAU, THE CONSULTING ENGINEERS' BRIEF WILL COVER THE POSSIBILITY OF EXPANDING THE LANTAU-MA WAN LINK FROM A FOUR-LANE FACILITY TO EIGHT-LANE.

IT WOULD ALSO COVER THE POSSIBILITY OF INCREASING FROM FOUR LANES TO SIX LANES THE CONNECTION BETWEEN MA WAN AND TSUEN WAN, AND FINALLY THE CONSTRUCTION OF A TWO-LANE ERIDGE BETWEEN MA WAN AND THE MAINLAND IN THE VICINITY OF SHAM TSENG.

WHILE IT IS EXTREMELY DIFFICULT TO PREDICT.PROJECT SCHEDULES AT THIS STAGE, A SPOKESMAN FOR THE PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT SAID CONSTRUCTION COULD POSSIBLY BEGIN IN 1981.

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HONG KONG TO ATTEND TRANSPORT SEMINAR IN TOKYO

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THE TRANSPORT DEPARTMENT WILL TAKE PART IN AN INTERNATIONAL SEMINAR ON URBAN TRANSPORT ADMINISTRATION TO BE HELD IN TOKYO FROM JULY TO SEPTEMBER THIS YEAR,

MR. ERNEST S.W. LEE, SENIOR TRANSPORT OFFICER, WILL REPRESENT THE DEPARTMENT AT THE SEMINAR, WHICH INCLUDES A TRAINING COURSE CONDUCTED BY THE GOVERNMENT OF JAPAN AS PART OF ITS TECHNICAL CO-OPERATION PROGRAMMES FOR DEVELOPING COUNTRIES.

AT THE SEMINAR, MR. LEE WILL PRESENT A PAPER ENTITLED +URBAN TRANSPORT PLANNING IN HONG KONG.+

THE TRAINING COURSE WILL CONSIST OF LECTURES, DISCUSSIONS AND OBSERVATIONS ON VARIOUS ASPECTS OF URBAN TRANSPORT ADMINISTRATION, INCLUDING THE PLANNING OF TRANSPORT PROJECTS. FINANCIAL AND ECONOMIC ANALYSIS OF SUCH PROJECTS. MANAGEMENT OF THE TRANSPORT INDUSTRY, TRAFFIC ENGINEERING STUDIES, PHYSICAL DISTRIBUTION AND ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION IN TRANSPORT OPERATIONS.

MR. LEE IS A MEMBER OF THE U.K. CHARTERED INSTITUTE OF TRANSPORT (C.I.T.) AND IS THE HON. SECRETARY - DESIGNATE OF THE HONG KONG SECTION OF THE C.I.T. HE STUDIED IN QUEEN'S COLLEGE AND THE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG.

MR. LEE WILL LEAVE FOR TOKYO ON THURSDAY.

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