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MONDAY, FEBRUARY 10, 1992

S FOR W SEES PROGRESS ON WEST KOWLOON RECLAMATION

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GOOD PROGRESS IS BEING MADE ON THE WEST KOWLOON RECLAMATION, CORE PROJECT IN THE AIRPORT CORE PROGRAMME (ACP) PROVIDING THE LAND FOR A MAJOR LINK IN THE TRANSPORT CORRIDOR FROM HONG KONG AND KOWLOON TO THE NEW AIRPORT AT CHEK LAP KOK, THE SECRETARY FOR WORKS, MR JAMES BLAKE, SAID TODAY (MONDAY).

THE PROJECT WILL EVENTUALLY RECLAIM 330 HECTARES OF LAND ON THE WEST KOWLOON WATERFRONT AND AFTER VISITING THE WORK SITES THIS MORNING MR BLAKE SAID WORK ON CURRENT CONTRACTS WAS PROGRESSING VERY WELL.

THE AREA TO BE RECLAIMED BETWEEN YAU MA TEI AND LAI CHI KOK WILL PROVIDE LAND FOR TRANSPORT-RELATED PROJECTS UNDER THE ACP

A SECTION OF ROUTE 3, WEST KOWLOON EXPRESSWAY, AIRPORT RAILWAY AND THE RAILWAY'S KOWLOON STATION, AND THE LANDFALL FOR THE WESTERN HARBOUR CROSSING.

IN ADDITION, THE PROJECT WILL PROVIDE LAND FOR VARIOUS COMMERCIAL AND RESIDENTIAL USES, INCLUDING THE WHOLESALE MARKET COMPLEX IN CHEUNG SHA WAN, AS WELL AS MORE OPEN SPACE FOR RECREATION.

PUBLIC CARGO WORKING REPROVISIONED, AND

EXISTING SHIPYARDS, DOCKYARDS, PIERS, AREAS AND THE YAU MA TEI TYPHOON SHELTER WILL BE NEW BREAKWATERS AND SEAWALLS BUILT.

TRAVELLING BY LAUNCH AND ACCOMPANIED BY STAFF, MR BLAKE VISITED THE SITES OF THE THREE CONTRACTS NOW IN PROGRESS CREATING 142 HECTARES FIRST OF TWO PHASES OF WORK.

PROJECT ENGINEERING MAJOR RECLAMATION OF LAND IN THIS

THE FIRST CONTRACT IS PROVIDING THE OUTER BREAKWATER FOR THE NEW YAU MA TEI TYPHOON SHELTER WHICH IS NOW ABOVE WATER.

THIS CONTRACT, VALUED AT $233.8 MILLION, BEGAN IN AUGUST 1990 AND IS DUE FOR COMPLETION IN JUNE THIS YEAR.

THE SECOND CONTRACT WILL COMPLETE THE TYPHOON SHELTER PROJECT AND PROVIDE LAND FOR THE ACP TRANSPORT-RELATED PROJECTS AND FOR A NEW PUBLIC CARGO WORKING AREA.

THIS CONTRACT BEGAN

COMPLETION IN JULY NEXT YEAR.

IN JULY LAST YEAR AND IS DUE FOR

IT IS VALUED AT $1.09 BILLION.

THE THIRD CONTRACT, VALUED AT $1.55 BILLION, IS PROVIDING LAND FOR THE REPROVISIONING OF A NUMBER OF BUSINESSES AND SERVICES, SUCH AS THE CHEUNG SHA WAN SHIPYARDS AND THE CHEUNG SHA WAN WHOLESALE MARKET AFFECTED BY THE RECLAMATION.

IT BEGAN IN AUGUST LAST YEAR AND IS DUE FOR COMPLETION IN MAY NEXT YEAR.

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