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SATURDAY, DECEMBER 5, 1987

DURING HIS VISIT TO THE SITE THE FINANCIAL SECRETARY WAS SHOWN AND WORK IN PROGRESS ON THE NEW LAM TIN MASS TRANSIT RAILWAY STATION

FOR 14,500 PUBLIC TRANSPORT INTERCHANGE, ABOVE WHICH, A DEVELOPMENT

ARC EXPECTED TO BE PEOPLE IS INTENDED. THE FIRST FLATS

READY FOR OCCUPANCY ABOUT THE SAME TIME AS THE EASTERN HARBOUR CROSSING PROJECT OPENS.

MR JACOBS WAS PARTICULARLY IMPRESSED BY PROGRESS ON THE LARGE FABRICATION DOCK AT CONCRETE TUNNEL UNITS UNDER CONSTRUCTION IN THE CHA KWO LING QUARRY.

FIVE TUNNEL UNITS HAVE ALREADY BEEN COMPLETED AND THE NEXT THE END OF FIVE UNITS WILL BE READY FOR FLOATING OUT OF THE DOCK AT THIS MONTH.

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MOORED

EACH UNIT WEIGHS 42,000 TONNES AND IS BEING TEMPORARILY IN JUNK BAY BEFORE BEING PLACED INTO POSITION IN THE SPECIALLY PREPARED TRENCH WHICH HAS BEEN DREDGED ACROSS THE HARBOUR BETWEEN

HAS QUARRY BAY AND CHA KWO LING. THE FIRST TUNNEL UNIT

ALREADY BEEN PLACED AND THE NEXT UNIT WILL BE PLACED LATER THIS MONTH.

MR JACOBS CONCLUDED HIS VISIT TO THE SITE AFTER VIEWING THE

THE UNDERGROUND TUNNELS FOR

NEW MASS TRANSIT

BAY RAILWAY QUARRY ROCK ARE STATION. THE 7.6M DIAMETER TUNNELS CARVED OUT OF SOLID BEING LINED WITH CONCRETE, AND TRACK LAYING WORK FOR THE MASS RAILWAY IS EXPECTED TO COMMENCE BY JUNE 1988.

THE LARGEST

NOW TRANSIT

THE EASTERN HARBOUR CROSSING IS

OF PROJECT

ITS A VITAL KIND UNDERTAKEN IN HONG KONG, AND, WHEN COMPLETED, WILL FORM PART OF THE TERRITORY'S TRANSPORT INFRASTRUCTURE

MUCH NEEDED RELIEF TO THE PRESENT CROSS-HARBOUR TUNNEL.

PROVIDING

1991 THE

TO THE

WHEN THE TATE'S CAIRN TUNNEL IS COMPLETED BY THE END OF

CARRIAGEWAY THERE WILL BE A CONTINUOUS DUAL

HIGHWAY CONNECTING NORTH EASTERN NEW TERRITORIES' TOWNS OF TAI PO AND SHA TIN URBAN AREAS OF HONG KONG ISLAND VIA THE NEW KWUN TONG BYPASS, CURRENTLY UNDER CONSTRUCTION, AND THE EASTERN HARBOUR CROSSING. THE MAIN DESIGN CONSULTANT FOR THE

FOX (FAR EAST)

LIMITED.

PROJECT

IS FREEMAN

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