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MONDAY, NOVEMBER 18, 1991

ADVISORY

COMMITTRES AND UNDER THEIR

AS THE PROJECTS PROCEEDED, RELEVANT DISTRICT BOARDS WOULD BE CONSULTED ON MATTERS WHICH FELL PURVIEW IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LONG-STANDING PRACTICE OF CONSULTATION WITH REGARD TO PUBLIC WORKS PROJECTS, HE ADDED.

ECHOING SIR DAVID'S VIEWS, THE CHAIRMAN OF THE CONSULTATIVE COMMITTEE, MR WONG PO-YAN, ALSO EXPRESSED CONFIDENCE THAT THE COMMITTEE WOULD PROVIDE VERY USEFUL ADVICE TO THE GOVERNMENT IN IMPLEMENTATION OF THE PROJECTS.

"I TRUST THAT THIS ADVICE CONSIDERATION BY THE ADMINISTRATION,

WILL BE ** HE SAID.

GIVEN

VERY SERIOUS

MEMBERS OF THE CONSULTATIVE COMMITTEE WERE THEN BRIEFED BY THE SECRETARY FOR WORKS, MR JAMES BLAKE, ON THE PROGRESS OF THE 10 AIRPORT CORE PROGRAMME PROJECTS.

"SINCE THE SIGNING OF THE MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING WE HAVE MOVED FORWARD WITH FULL SPEED AND A GOOD DEAL OF PROGRESS HAS BERN MADE, HE SAID.

ON THE NEW AIRPORT AT CHEK LAP KOK, MR BLAKE TOLD THE MEMBERS THAT CRUCIAL DECISIONS ON SITE FORMATION, RUNWAY AND TERMINAL DESIGN CONCEPTS HAD BEEN MADE.

"THE AIRPORT MASTER PLAN IS WELL ADVANCED AND IT WILL BE FINALISED BY THE END OF THE YEAR.

"MEANWHILE, TENDER DOCUMENTS FOR THE DETAILED DESIGN OF THE PASSENGER TERMINAL COMPLEX HAVE JUST BEEN ISSUED TO SHORTLISTED TENDERERS ON NOVEMBER 7. WORK

IS SCHEDULED TO COMMENCE IN AROUND MARCH 1992," HE SAID.

"ON THE WORKS SIDE, THE PREPARATION OF AN ADVANCE WORKS AREA ON CHEK LAP KOK, TO BE USED AS A BRIDGEHEAD BY THE SITE PREPARATION CONTRACTOR, IS IN GOOD PROGRESS AND IS EXPECTED ΤΟ BE COMPLETED IN EARLY 1992.

"THE MAIN SITE PREPARATION CONTRACT ITSELF WAS TENDERED ON NOVEMBER 8 AND IT WILL BE AWARDED IN MAY 1992.

MR BLAKE ALSO SAID THE TSING MA BRIDGE AND THE KAP SHUI MUN BRIDGE, WHICH FORM THE LANTAU FIXED CROSSING LINKING LANTAU ISLAND TO TSING YI, ARE EXPECTED TO BE COMPLETED AT MORE OR LESS THE SAME TIME, IN TIME FOR THE OPENING OF THE NEW AIRPORT.

"THE TSING MA BRIDGE CONTRACT WILL BE AWARDED BEFORE MID-1992 WHEREAS THE AWARD FOR THE KAP SHUI MUN BRIDGE CONTRACT WILL BE MADE IN THE THIRD QUARTER OF 1992, HE SAID.

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TALKING ABOUT RECLAMATION AT WEST KOWLOON, MR BLAKE SAID MAIN RECLAMATION CONTRACTS WERE UNDERWAY AND THE REMAINING PARTS OF THIS PROJECT WERE IN DETAILED DESIGN STAGE.

"THE GOVERNMENT IS IN THE PROCESS OF THE REPROVISIONING OF VARIOUS SEAFRONT

RECLAMATION.

MAKING ARRANGEMENTS FOR USERS AFFECTED BY THE

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