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FRIDAY, AUGUST 7, 1992

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CONTRACTORS INVITED TO SEEK PREQUALIFICATION FOR RAMBLER CHANNEL BRIDGE PROJECT

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THE GOVERNMENT IS INVITING

APPLICATIONS

FROM CONTRACTORS TO PREQUALIFY FOR TENDERING FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF RAMBLER CHANNEL BRIDGE AND ASSOCIATED ROADWORKS WHICH FORM PART OF ROUTE 3.

A SPOKESMAN FOR THE HIGHWAYS DEPARTMENT SAID TODAY (FRIDAY) THAT THE BRIDGE WOULD BE BUILT ACROSS THE RAMBLER CHANNEL FROM THE EAST OF TSING YI, AT A POINT JUST NORTH OF THE EXISTING TSING YI SOUTH BRIDGE, TO THE JUNCTION OF KWAI TSING ROAD AND KWAI KING ROAD.

THREE-LANE EXPRESSWAY ON

IT WILL BE A

1.2-KILOMETRE DUAL

VIADUCTS, THE SPOKESMAN ADDED.

THE WORKS WILL INCLUDE BUILDING THREE SECTIONS SPAN BALANCED CANTILEVER BRIDGE USING PRECAST SEGMENTS RAMBLER CHANNEL.

OF

122 METRES TO CROSS THE

A NOTICE OF THE INVITATION WAS GAZETTED TODAY (FRIDAY).

IT IS EXPECTED THAT THE WORKS WILL START IN MAY NEXT YEAR FOR COMPLETION BY MID-1996.

THE SPOKESMAN SAID THIS CONTRACT WAS ONE OF THE THREE MAIN CIVIL CONTRACTS FOR THE AIRPORT CORE PROGRAMME PORTION OF ROUTE 3 FROM NORTHWEST TSING YI TO MEI FOO.

PREQUALIFICATION DOCUMENTS

MAY BE OBTAINED FROM THE DEPARTMENT'S CONSULTANTS AT 38TH FLOOR, METROPLAZA TOWER 1, 223 HING FONG ROAD, KWAI FONG.

APPLICATION MUST BE SUBMITTED TO

NOON ON FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 4.

FOLLOWING THE PREQUALIFICATION WILL INVITE TENDERS FROM PREQUALIFIED YEAR FOR THE PROJECT.

THE HIGHWAYS DEPARTMENT BY

EXERCISE, HIGHWAYS DEPARTMENT CONTRACTORS IN NOVEMBER THIS

MORE PRIVATE SECTOR SUPPORT FOR ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION URGED

CHAIRMAN OF THE ENVIRONMENTAL CAMPAIGN COMMITTEE, MRS PEGGY LAM, TODAY (FRIDAY) APPEALED TO THE BUSINESS SECTOR TO TAKE AN ACTIVE ROLE IN PROMOTING ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION.

SPEAKING AT THE CHEQUE-PRESENTATION CEREMONY OF THE SCHOOLS ENVIRONMENTAL AWARDS SCHEME 1992, MRS LAM SAID STUDENTS SHOULD BE EDUCATED TO TREASURE NATURAL RESOURCES AND TO PROTECT THE ENVIRONMENT BECAUSE THEY WERE FUTURE LEADERS OF SOCIETY WHO WOULD CONTINUE TO MAKE THIS THRIVING CITY WORK IN THE FUTURE.

/MRS LAM