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WHEN EACH BATCH OF "BOXES" WAS COMPLETED THE DRY DOCK WAS FLOODED AND THE UNITS FLOATED OUT INTO THE HARBOUR WHERE THEY WERE SUNK INTO POSITION IN PREPARED TRENCHES.
INSTALLATION OF THE IMMERSED TUBE WAS COMPLETED IN NOVEMBER 1988. THE DRY DOCK. NOW NEEDED NO LONGER. WAS CONVERTED INTO THE TOLL PLAZA AND ADMINISTRATION AREA.
ADMINISTRATION NEW HONGKONG
WHEN THE PRINCE OF WALES ARRIVED AT THE BUILDING AT CHA KWO LING THE DEPUTY CHAIRMAN OF THE TUNNEL COMPANY. MR.
NORMAN THOMPSON. PRESENTED THE PRESIDENT OF KUMAGAI GUMI. MR. TACHIRO KUMAGAI: THE VICE-CHAIRMAN AND MANAGING DIRECTOR CITIC HONG KONG LTD, MR. LARRY YUNG: THE MANAGING DIRECTOR OF MARUBENI CORPORATION, MR M. YOSHIDA: THE CHAIRMAN, LILLEY CONSTRUCTION CO LTD. MR L. ROBERTSON; THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF PAUL Y LTD. MRS THERESA LAU AND THE GENERAL MANAGER OF THE TUNNEL COMPANY, MR VICTOR LEUNG.
HIS ROYAL HIGHNESS UNVEILED A PLAQUE OUTSIDE THE BUILDING AND WAS LATER SHOWN AROUND THE COMPUTERISED CONTROL ROOM WHERE MR. LEUNG GAVE A BRIEFING ON THE WORKINGS OF THE TUNNEL.
THE PRINCE OF WALES LEFT BY CAR FOR THE LAM TIM MTR STATION WHERE THE CHAIRMAN OF THE MASS TRANSIT RAILWAY CORPORATION. MR. HAMISH MATHERS. PRESENTED THE MTR'S OPERATIONS DIRECTOR AND DEPUTY MANAGING DIRECTOR MR DAVID BARRACLOUGH, THE OPERATING MANAGER
MR. ROGER KYNASTON AND LAM TIM STATION MASTER MR. Y.L. YEUNG.
THE ROYAL PARTY TRAVELLED BY ESCALATOR TO THE CONCOURSE LEVEL WHERE MR. MATHERS PRESENTED THE SECRETARY FOR MONETARY AFFAIRS. MR.. DAVID NENDICK: THE MTRC'S FINANCE DIRECTOR. MR. ROGER MOSS. THE LEGAL DIRECTOR AND SECRETARY, MR. LEN TURK. OPERATIONS DIRECTOR DESIGNATE. MR. BILL DONALD AND THE PROJECT DIRECTOR, KUMAGAI GUMI CO LTD.
MR. Y.
MATSUMOTO.
HIS ROYAL HIGHNESS UNVEILED A PLAQUE COMMEMORATING THE OPENING OF THE EASTERN HARBOUR RAIL CROSSING AND THEN BOARDED A SPECIAL TRAIN IN WHICH HE TRAVELLED FROM LAM TIN TO QUARRY BAY IN THE DRIVER'S CAB..
HE LATER BOARDED A NORMAL ISLAND LINE TRAIN ON WHICH HE TRAVELLED TO ADMIRALTY STATION FROM WHERE HE LEFT BY CAR FOR LUNCH AT GOVERNMENT HOUSE.
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