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THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 24, 1987
TERMINAL 7 TENDER DETAILS ANNOUNCED
DETAILS OF THE TENDER TO BUILD AND OPERATE THE SEVENTH TERMINAL OF THE CONTAINER PORT AT KWAI CHUNG WERE ANNOUNCED TODAY (THURSDAY).
THE NEW TERMINAL WILL BE BUILT NEXT TO TERMINAL 6. NOW UNDER CONSTRUCTION.
IT WOULD MAKE HONG KONG, ALREADY AFTER ROTTERDAM AS THE WORLD'S SECOND LARGEST CONTAINER PORT IN TERMS OF THROUGHPUT, POSSIBLY THE LARGEST.
IT WILL BE CONSTRUCTED ON LAND TO BE RECLAIMED FROM THE SEA AND OCCUPY AN AREA OF 31.5 HECTARES.
A GOVERNMENT LAND AGENT IN THE DEPARTMENT, MR JIM HUGHES, SAID KEEN LOCAL AND ALREADY BEEN EXPRESSED IN THE PROJECT.
BUILDINGS AND LANDS OVERSEAS INTEREST HAD
"THERE HAS BEEN A CONSIDERABLE NUMBER OF ENQUIRIES," HE SAID.
DEVELOPERS HAVE UNTIL JANUARY 29 TO SUBMIT THEIR TENDERS.
"WE ARE ALLOWING FOUR MONTHS AS THIS IS SUCH A MAJOR UNDERTAKING, MR HUGHES SAID.
THE SUCCESsful tendERER WILL BE ANNOUNCED BY APRIL 13, 1988.
SIGNING
THE PURCHASER WILL BE GIVEN 12 MONTHS FROM THE DATE OF THE AGREEMENT TO SUBMIT HIS PLANS FOR DEVELOPMENT OF THE TERMINAL COVERING DETAILS OF ROADS, ANY BUILDINGS, QUAYS OR STRUCTURES ΤΟ CONSTRUCTED ON THE SITE AND THE TIMING OF DEVELOPMENT WORKS.
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THE GOVERNMENT IS TO MAKE AVAILABLE A BORROW AREA ON THE SOUTHWEST OF TSING YI ISLAND FOR THE PURCHASER TO OBTAIN FILL FOR THE RECLAMATION WORKS. HOWEVER, ADDITIONAL TENDERS BASED ON THE USE OF MARINE OR OTHER SOURCES OF FILL MAY BE SUBMITTED IF DEVELOPERS CONSIDER THEM TO BE MORE ECONOMIC.
THE CONDITIONS PROVIDE FOR THE LOT TO BE BROUGHT INTO OPERATION IN PHASES OVER A PERIOD OF 60 MONTHS.
WITHIN 48 MONTHS THE PURCHASER WILL BE REQUIRED TO DEVELOP THE LOT SUFFICIENTLY TO BE ABLE TO OPERATE ONE CONTAINER BERTH AND, AFTER 54 MONTHS, TO BE ABLE TO OPERATE TWO BERTHS.
THE THREE-BERTH TERMINAL WILL BE FULLY OPERATIONAL BY 1993 WHEN IT SHOULD BE CAPABLE OF BERTHING THREE CONTAINER SHIPS SIMULTANEOUSLY AND MAINTAINING A HANDLING CAPACITY OF 750,000 TEUS
(TWENTY-FOOT EQUIVALENT UNITS) PER ANNUM.
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