XN000022-1992-12-27 — Page 4

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SUNDAY, DECEMBER 27, 1992

AFTER DETAILED INVESTIGATIONS, WARNING LETTERS HAVE BEEN ISSUED IN RESPECT OF 84 CASES, AND 15 ENFORCEMENT NOTICES AND THREE STOP NOTICES HAVE BEEN SERVED.

DEVELOPMENT,

OF *THE REPORTED CASES OF UNAUTHORISED EITHER OBTAINED PLANNING PERMISSION FROM THE TOWN PLANNING HAVE DISCONTINUED.

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LANTAU FIXED CROSSING A MAMMOTH HIGHWAY PROJECT

THE LANTAU FIXED CROSSING (LFC) IS THE BIGGEST PROJECT EVER UNDERTAKEN BY THE HIGHWAYS DEPARTMENT, ACCORDING TO LFC PROJECT DIRECTOR, MR KWONG HONG-SANG.

"THERE HAS

BEEN NOTHING LIKE THIS IN HONG KONG BEFORE, THE $17 BILLION (MONEY OF THE DAY) PROJECT IS NOT MY FIRST BIG PIONEERING JOB, HOWEVER, SAID MR KWONG, WHO HEADS THE LFC MANAGEMENT OFFICE WHICH HAS MORE THAN 50 ENGINEERING AND SUPPORT STAFF.

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"WHEN I JOINED THE GOVERNMENT IN 1963 AS AN APPRENTICE ENGINEER, 1 WENT TO WORK ON THE THEN BIGGEST PROJECT

CONSTRUCTION OF THE SHATIN APPROACH ROAD TO LION ROCK TUNNEL. THE PROJECT SUM AT THAT TIME WAS $6 MILLION,

THE FACT THE LFC PROJECT HAS BEEN IN THE PUBLIC SPOTLIGHT DOES NOT CREATE ADDITIONAL PRESSURE FOR THE PROJECT DIRECTOR.

"WORK IN THE HIGHWAYS DEPARTMENT ALWAYS HAS ITS OWN PRESSURES, SUCH AS IN MAINTAINING SCHEDULES AND SO ON.

THIS JOB, IN MY VIEW, WILL BE JUST AS DEMANDING AS THE OTHERS, SAID MR KWONG.

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HE RECALLED BEING INVOLVED IN IMPLEMENTING THE TERRITORY'S FIRST BUS PRIORITY SCHEME IN THE 1970'S. A HOTLINE WAS SET UP IN THE FIRST WEEK. HE RECEIVED MORE THAN 300 TELEPHONE COMPLAINTS THAT WEEKEND, WHEN HE WAS ON DUTY,

"BUT THESE DAYS MANY PROPLE ARE BUS-ONLY LANES, HE EXCLAIMED WITH A GRIN.

ENJOYING THE BENEFITS OF

AFTER YEARS OF DEDICATED WORK, MR KWONG NOW LEADS A TEAM OF OVER 50 IN THE LFC MANAGEMENT OFFICE. 17 OF THEM PROFFSSIONALS. MANY OF TUESE ENGINEERS ARE EXPERIENCED IN BUILDING BRIDGES IN HONG KONG.

SOME, LIKE MR KWONG, WERE INVOLVED IN THE FEASIBILITY STUDY AND DESIGN WORK FOR THE TSING MA BRIDGE IN THE EARLY 1980'S WHEN THE GOVERNMENT WAS THEN CONSIDERING BUILDING THE REPLACEMENT AIRPORT AT CHER LAP KOK.

"TODAY, WE ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR ALL THE SIX CONTRACTS UNDER LFC WHICH INCORPORATES TWO CABLE SUPPORTED BRIDGES AND A VIADUCT. IS A KEY KLEMENT IN THE AIRPORT CORE PROGRAMME, HE SAID,

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