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MONDAY, FEBRUARY 17, 1992

IN THE SURVEY, THE DEFINITIONS USED IN MEASURING UNEMPLOYMENT AND UNDEREMPLOYMENT FOLLOW CLOSELY THOSE RECOMMENDED BY THE ILO.

IN DETAILED ANALYSIS OF LABOUR FORCE CHARACTERISTICS IS GIVEN THE REPORT ON THE GENERAL HOUSEHOLD SURVEY WHICH IS PUBLISHED FOUR TIMES A YEAR. THE NEXT REPORT COVERING THE QUARTER ENDING DECEMBER 1991 WILL BE AVAILABLE AT THE GOVERNMENT PUBLICATIONS AROUND MARCH 20, 1992 AT $13.50 PER COPY.

SALES CENTRE

DESIGN WORK STARTS ON ROUTE 3 AU TAU SECTION

CONSULTANCY OF THE COUNTRY

THE HIGHWAYS DEPARTMENT HAS AWARDED A $9.9 MILLION

DESIGN PRELIMINARY CONTRACT TODAY (MONDAY) FOR THE PARK SECTOR (CPS) OF ROUTE 3 FROM AU TAU TO TING KAU.

THE ESSENTIAL

STUDY

THE CONSULTANCY WORK COMPRISES THE PROVISION OF

AS INPUT COST AND TECHNICAL DATA

TO A FULL FINANCIAL PRIVATISATION OF THE PROJECT TO BE CONDUCTED IN JUNE THIS YEAR.

FIVE MONTHS

FOR

WHICH CAN BE

USED

WILL

A DESIGN MEMORANDUM WILL ALSO BE PRODUCED FOR THE BUILD, OPERATE AND TRANSFER PACKAGE OF CPS IN FUTURE.

TAKING ABOUT

ΤΟ COMPLETE, THE AGREEMENT

THE PRESENT COST REVIEW THE WORK SCOPE AS WELL AS REFINE AND UPDATE ESTIMATE FOR THE DUAL THREE-LANE OPTION ALONG THE CPS TO THE LEVEL OF ACCURACY REQUIRED FOR THE FINANCIAL STUDY.

AND ESTABLISH IT WILL ALSO EXAMINE THE ENGINEERING PARAMETERS

TWO-LANE DUAL

ALTERNATIVE ALONG THE COST ESTIMATE FOR A

THE SAME

ALIGNMENT.

THE COUNTRY PARK SECTOR IS 10 KILOMETRES LONG.

TING KAU BRIDGE AT THE IT INCLUDES AN INTERCHANGE WITH THE

COUNTRY PARK AND A SOUTH, A 3.5 KM-LONG TUNNEL BENEATH THE TAI LAM

KAM TIN PLAIN ENDING AT 6.5 KM-LONG OPEN ROADWAY ON THE

AU TAU, YUEN LONG TOGETHER WITH A 1 KM-LONG BRANCH SECTION CONNECTING TO THE SOUTHERN BYPASS AT ITS EASTERN END.

CORE PORTION THE TRAFFIC

BURDEN

UPON COMPLETION, IT WILL PROVIDE THE NON-AIRPORT OF THE NORTH-SOUTH STRATEGIC ROUTE 3 AND RELIEVE ON TUEN MUN ROAD.

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