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FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 25, 1987

J1 PENGFEI

IN THE EVENING HE HAD DINNER WITH STATE COUNCILLOR AND ALSO LUNCH AT THE BRITISH AMBASSADOR'S RESIDENCE WITH MR ZHOU NAN AND HIS COLLEAGUES, WHICH PROVIDED THEM A CHANCE TO CONTINUE TALKS.

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INFORMAL

"REVIEW" IN A PRESS STATEMENT ASKED TO EXPLAIN WHY THE TERM

INVERTED ISSUED BY THE CHINESE FOREIGN MINISTRY ABOUT HIS TRIP WAS IN

IN

THE THE CHINESE TEXT, COMMAS,

DAVID POINTED OUT SIR

MEANING FROM CHARACTERS FOR REVIEW USED IN HONG KONG HAD A DIFFERENT THE WAY THE TERM WAS USED IN CHINA.

THAT

"TO MAKE IT MORE UNDERSTANDABLE IN THE MAINLAND, IN INVERTED COMMAS," HE SAID.

THEY PUT IT

SIX CONSORTIA VIE FOR TATE'S CAIRN TUNNEL

*

CONSORTIA

HAVE

FOR

THE

OF

A TOTAL OF SIX

PROPOSALS SUBMITTED CONSTRUCTION AND OPERATION OF THE TATE'S CAIRN TUNNEL BY THE CLOSE SUBMISSIONS TODAY (FRIDAY). THIS COMPARES WITH A TOTAL OF 17 LOCAL AND

INTEREST AND INITIALLY SHOWN

WHO HAD INTERNATIONAL FIRMS WHO HAD

TO MAKE COLLECTED THE PROJECT DOCUMENTATION FOLLOWING THE INVITATION OFFERS ON MAY 29, 1987.

OF A THE FRANCHISE WILL BE FOR THE CONSTRUCTION AND OPERATION

KILOMETRES CONNECTING TWIN-TUBE ROAD TUNNEL OF APPROXIMATELY FOUR DIAMOND HILL IN EAST KOWLOON TO SIU LEK YUEN IN SHA TIN,

DIAMOND HILL WITH CONNECTING THE SOUTHERN PORTAL WILL BE AT

EASTERN ROADS TO THE EXISTING AND PLANNED ROAD SYSTEM, INCLUDING THE

AT SHA HARBOUR CROSSING BY MEANS OF A KWUN TONG BY-PASS, THE PORTAL

THE AREA OF SIU LEK

THE MAIN WHERE YUEN, TIN WILL BE SITED IN

ROAD NETWORK

BE WILL PLANNED THE

AND INTERCHANGE WITH

EXISTING

LOCATED.

AND THE CONSTRUCTION ON SITE IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN IN MID-1988

THE TUNNEL WHEN COMPLETED PROJECT SHOULD BE COMPLETED IN MID-1992. WILL BRING RELIEF TO THE TRAFFIC CONGESTION CURRENTLY THE LION ROCK TUNNEL.

EXPERIENCED AT

NOW

COMMENCEMENT OF NEGOTIATIONS HOPED THAT A RECOMMENDATION AWARD OF THE FRANCHISE IN

A TRANSPORT BRANCH SPOKESMAN SAID THAT THE PROPOSALS WOULD

THE BE EXAMINED AND ASSESSED PRIOR TO

WAS WITH THE INTERESTED CONSORTIA. IT COULD BE MADE TO THE GOVERNMENT FOR THE EARLY 1988.

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