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WEDNESDAY, JUNE 2, 1993

THE RAMBLER CHANNEL BRIDGE IS ONE OF THE THREE SECTIONS OF PART OF ROUTE 3 WHICH FALLS WITHIN THE ACP.

THE

TUNNEL CHEUNG CHING

AND CONTRACTS FOR THE OTHER TWO SECTIONS,

FEBRUARY AND APRIL KWAI CHUNG VIADUCT, WERE AWARDED RESPECTIVELY IN THIS YEAR. CONSTRUCTION OF THESE TWO SECTIONS IS NOW UNDER WAY.

OVER

THE RAMBLER CHANNEL BRIDGE CONTRACT COMPRISES THE CONSTRUCTION OF A 0.5-KILOMETRE-LONG BRIDGE

THE RAMBLER CHANNEL, TOGETHER WITH A 0.6-KILOMETRE VIADUCT.

THE WHOLE SECTION WILL BE A DUAL THREE-LANE EXPRESSWAY LINKING CHEUNG CHING TUNNEL AND KWAI CHUNG VIADUCT.

TENDERS WERE RECEIVED FROM

SEVEN

PREQUALIFIED TENDERERS AND

THE FRENCH/JAPANESE JOINT VENTURE BETWEEN DRAGAGES ET TRAVAUX PUBLICS, LTD SUBMITTED BACHY SOLETANCHE GROUP AND PENTA OCEAN CONSTRUCTION CO THE LOWEST PRICED BID OF $670 MILLION.

CONSTRUCTION WORK WILL START LATER THIS MONTH AND TO BE COMPLETED IN THE FIRST HALF OF 1996.

IS EXPECTED

BRIDGE CONTRACT BRINGS

THE AWARD OF THE RAMBLER CHANNEL TOTAL NUMBER OF GOVERNMENT-FUNDED CONTRACTS AWARDED ON THE ACP TO WITH A TOTAL VALUE OF ABOUT $25 BILLION.

THE

22,

ALL 22

CONTRACTS WERE SCHEDULE FOR COMPLETION ON TIME.

AWARDED WITHIN BUDGET AND ARE

ON

ASIA'S FIRST CHEMICAL WASTE TREATMENT CENTRE OPENS

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THE GOVERNOR, THE RT HON CHRISTOPHER PATTEN, TODAY (WEDNESDAY), OPENED THE $1,300 MILLION CHEMICAL WASTE TREATMENT CENTRE, THE FIRST INTEGRATED CHEMICAL WASTE TREATMENT FACILITY BUILT IN HONG KONG OR IN THE ASIA-PACIFIC REGION.

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THE CENTRE, BUILT BY ENVIROPACE LIMITED FOR THE ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION DEPARTMENT, IS A MAJOR PROJECT UNDER THE GOVERNMENT'S YEAR PLAN TO TACKLE POLLUTION AS LAID DOWN IN THE 1989 POLICY WHITE PAPER, "POLLUTION IN HONG KONG A TIME TO ACT".

THE TREATMENT CENTRE WILL PROVIDE A MUCH-NEEDED DISPOSAL FACILITY FOR THE ESTIMATED 100,000 TONNES OF CHEMICAL WASTE GENERATED IN HONG KONG EACH YEAR.

IN THE PAST, MOST OF THE WASTE, COMING FROM SOME 9,000 WASTE PRODUCERS, WAS DISPOSED OF BY ENVIRONMENTALLY UNACCEPTABLE MEANS,

PROCESSES,

INCLUDING

THE CENTRE, LOCATED ON SOUTH TSING YI, COMPRISES NINE SEPARATE AN OIL/WATER SEPARATION SYSTEM, VARIOUS PHYSICAL/CHEMICAL TREATMENT SYSTEMS, AND A HIGH TEMPERATURE INCINERATION SYSTEM.

"THE CHEMICAL

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