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TUESDAY, AUGUST 12, 1980

THERE WAS STILL A NEED FOR A RAIL SYSTEM, HE BELIEVED.

AND THE QUESTION OF WHAT FORM SUCH A RAIL SYSTEM SHOULD TAKE, SAID DR BUTLER, SHOULD BE RESOLVED BEFORE THE END OF THE YEAR.

MONEY INVOLVED IN THIS ISSUE, HE ADDED, IS A MATTER ON WHICH THE ENVIRONMENT BRANCH IS ENGAGED WITH AT THE MOMENT IN CONSULTATION WITH PROFESSIONALS WITHIN AND OUTSIDE THE GOVERNMENT.

+THE FERRY SERVICE, HE SAID, ADMIRABLE THOUGH IT IS, CANNOT OBVIATE THE NEED FOR A RAIL SYSTEM ALONG THE CORRIDOR.

DR BUTLER PRAISED THE FERRY COMPANY FOR OFFERING AN ATTRACTIVE ALTERNATIVE TO PRIVATE TRANSPORT.

CHEUNG CHAU TYPHOON SHELTER NEARS COMPLETION

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A NEW SHELTERED ANCHORAGE WILL BE PROVIDED IN THE SOUTH-WESTERN APPROACHES TO HONG KONG HARBOUR IN ABOUT TWO YEARS WITH THE COMPLETION OF A NEW TYPHOON SHELTER AT CHEUNG CHAU.

THE PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT TODAY (TUESDAY) AWARDED A $45 MILLION CONTRACT FOR THE FINAL STAGE OF THE CHEUNG CHAU TYPHOON SHELTER TO VIANINI S.P.A.

THE CONTRACT WAS SIGNED THIS MORNING BY MR TSANG NAI-LOK, CHIEF ENGINEER OF THE PORT WORKS DIVISION, AND A REPRESENTATIVE OF THE COMPANY.

MR TSANG SAID THAT ON COMPLETION OF THE PROJECT, A GROSS TYPHOON SHELTER AREA OF SOME 63 HECTARES WOULD BE PROVIDED.

WORK ON THE CONTRACT INVOLVES THE CONSTRUCTION OF THREE RUBBLE BREAKWATERS AT CHEUNG CHAU WAN AT THE WEST SIDE OF THE ISLAND.

+THESE RUBBLE BREAKWATERS WILL BE ABOUT 600 METRES, 320 METRES AND 230 METRES LONG RESPECTIVELY AND WILL REST ON FOUNDATIONS WHICH WERE RECENTLY COMPLETED, + MR TSANG SAID.

+ASSOCIATED WORKS UNDER THE CONTRACT WILL INCLUDE THE CONSTRUCTION OF 13 MOORING DOLPHINS AND FOUR LIGHT BEACONS WITHIN THE TYPHOON SHELTER.+

WORK ON THE PROJECT WILL START LATER THIS MONTH AND WILL TAKE ABOUT TWO YEARS TO COMPLETE.

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