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FRIDAY, AUGUST 24, 1990

AS WELL AS PROVIDING LAND FOR THE ITEMS RELATED TO THE NEW AIRPORT AT CHEK LAP KOK, THE PROJECT WILL ALSO CATER FOR RESIDENTIAL, COMMERCIAL, INDUSTRIAL, PORT, GOVERNMENT, INSTITUTIONAL AND OPEN

SPACE USES.

THE CONTRACT COMPRISES THE CONSTRUCTION OF 1,325 METRES OF BREAKWATER, 525 METRES OF VERTICAL SEAWALL AND 25 MOORING DOLPHINS FOR THE FIRST PHASE OF THE NEW TYPHOON SHELTER AS WELL AS 4.5 HECTARES OF RECLAIMED LAND.

IT IS ESTIMATED THAT ABOUT 2.4 MILLION CUBIC METRES OF MARINE MUD WILL BE DREDGED AND DISPOSED OF AT THE MARINE SPOIL GROUND AT SOUTH OF CHEUNG CHAU.

1.

FILL WILL 2 MILLION

THE REQUIRED ONE MILLION CUBIC METRES OF ROCK/SOFT BE OBTAINED FROM THE LAND BORROW AREA AT TSING YI AND CUBIC METRES OF SAND FILL WON FROM THE MARINE BORROW AREA AT SOUTH TATHONG CHANNEL.

WORKS WILL COMMENCE AT THE END OF THIS MONTH AND COMPLETE IN MID 1992.

OF

WORKS IN THE SECOND PHASE OF THE TYPHOON SHELTER REPROVISIONING, COMPRISING THE CONSTRUCTION OF 1,775 METRES VERTICAL SEAWALL AND 17.5 HECTARES OF RECLAMATION WILL BE IMPLEMENTED TOGETHER WITH THE PROPOSED JORDAN ROAD RECLAMATION PHASE ONE.

PREQUALIFICATION OF TENDERERS HAS BEEN GAZETTED FOR THESE WORKS WITH A VIEW TO COMMENCING WORK IN MARCH 1991.

STEP TOWARDS NEW AIRPORT

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SUBMISSIONS WERE

CALLED

TODAY

(FRIDAY)

PREQUALIFICATION OF TENDERERS FOR THE ADVANCE WORKS CONTRACT NEW AIRPORT TO BE BUILT AT CHEK LAP KOK.

FOR THE FOR THE

GIVEN THE VERY TIGHT TIME SCALE INVOLVED TO ENSURE THAT THE AIRPORT OPENS ON TIME IN EARLY 1997, IT IS ESSENTIAL THAT CERTAIN WORK IS CARRIED OUT AS SOON AS POSSIBLE, THE DIRECTOR OF CIVIL AVIATION, MR PETER LOK, SAID.

THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE ADVANCED WORKS AREA WILL ENSURE THAT WHEN THE MAIN CONSTRUCTION CONTRACT FOR THE AIRPORT PROJECT IS LET THE SUCCESSFUL TENDERER WILL BE ABLE TO MOVE IN AND START WORK STRAIGHT AWAY, WITHOUT HAVING то BUILD HIS OWN FACILITIES SCRATCH ON THE ISLAND.

FROM

TENDERS WILL BE INVITED IN EARLY NOVEMBER 1990 PREQUALIFIED CONTRACTORS FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE ADVANCED

FROM

WORKS

AREA.

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