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SUNDAY, DECEMBER 30, 1990

BILLION

MAJOR WORKS UNDER WAY DURING THE YEAR INCLUDE THE $1.3

AND DISPOSAL SCHEME, THE $500 NORTH WEST KOWLOON SEWAGE TREATMENT

SCHEME, AND THE FROM THE TOLO ΚΑΙ TAK NULLAH

MILLION HONG KONG ISLAND SOUTH SEWERAGE IMPROVEMENT $450 MILLION SCHEME TO CONVEY TREATED SEWAGE EFFLUENT HARBOUR AREA THROUGH A 7.5-KILOMETRE TUNNEL TO FLUSH AND DISCHARGE INTO VICTORIA HARBOUR.

A $200 MILLION FEASIBILITY THE SEWAGE FROM THE LONG SEA

IN ADDITION, WORK HAS STARTED ON STUDY OF A DEEP TUNNEL SYSTEM TO INTERCEPT ALL SOUTHERN PART OF THE TERRITORY AND DISCHARGE IT OUTFALL SOUTH OF LAMMA ISLAND.

THROUGH

CONSTRUCTION OF THE $800 MILLION YUEN LONG

WEST LINK COMMENCED IN CORRIDOR AND YUEN LONG

EXCELLENT

—

TUEN MUN EASTERN

MAY

1990

AND IS

IS

ALSO

BRING

PROGRESS MILLION KWUN

PROGRESSING SATISFACTORILY. MAINTAINED ON CONSTRUCTION OF THE $2,400 WHICH IS SCHEDULED FOR COMPLETION NEXT YEAR.

TONG BY-PASS

CONSTRUCTION OF THE $200 MILLION HILLSIDE ESCALATOR CENTRAL TO THE MID-LEVELS WILL COMMENCE IN 1991.

LINK FROM

FROM

THE NEW

COMPRISING GOVERNMENT AIRPORT WORKS DIVISION, ENGINEERING AND ADMINISTRATIVE STAFF INTEGRATED WITH SPECIALISTS

INC, HAS BEEN SET UP SINCE THE CONSULTANTS INTERNATIONAL BECHTEL APRIL 1990.

CO-ORDINATING, SERVICE TO BRANCHES ITS RELATED PROJECTS, IN

THE ROLE OF THE INTEGRATED TEAM IS TO PROVIDE A PROGRAMMING, MONITORING, REPORTING AND ADVISING

NEW

AND AIRPORT AND DEPARTMENTS ON THE PARTICULAR ON THE RESOLUTION OF THE PROGRAMMING INTERFACE PROBLEMS.

RANK WORLD. THEMSELVES,

BOTH

PROJECTS AND ITS RELATED THE NEW CHEK LAP KOK AIRPORT AMONG THE MOST AMBITIOUS MEGA-PROJECTS TO BE UNDERTAKEN IN THE

ARE LARGE AND COMPLEX THE INDIVIDUAL PROJECTS

WITHIN CLOSE WHICH IS

THEIR

INTER-RELATIONSHIPS

COMPOUNDED BY

PHYSICALLY AND FINANCIALLY.

DEMANDS THE FIRST RUNWAY, TARGETED TO BE IN OPERATION IN 1997,

THIS SCHEDULE, WHICH HAS CHALLENGING AND WILL

A VERY TIGHT OVERALL CONSTRUCTION PERIOD. LITTLE CONTINGENCY OR FLOAT TIME, IS EXTREMELY REQUIRE BOLD AND INNOVATIVE ACTION TO ENSURE SUCCESS.

DURING THE

YEAR,

THE

INDIVIDUAL DEPARTMENTS WITHIN

WORKS THE TERRITORY DEVELOPMENT BRANCH GROUP, SUCH AS

DEPARTMENT, CIVIL SUPPLIES DEPARTMENTS HAVE ENGINEERING SERVICES DEPARTMENT AND WATER BEEN WORKING VERY HARD ON A VARIETY OF OTHER PROJECTS.

OF

THE

AND QUITE A FBW THESE VARIOUS

NO FEWER THAN 20 CONSULTANCIES ARE UNDERWAY CONTRACTS HAVE ALREADY BEEN LET. PERHAPS AT THE MOMENT MUCH OF PREPARATORY WORK

IMPLEMENTATION FOR PHYSICAL STRATEGIES IS OUT OF THE PUBLIC EYE.

HOWEVER, THAT SITUATION WILL CHANGE FAIRLY SOON AS MANY OF PROJECTS ON WHICH SO MUCH PLANNING AND DESIGN WORK HAS BEEN DONE BECOME A VISIBLE PART OF HONG KONG AS CONSTRUCTION GETS UNDERWAY.

THE

WILL

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