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WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 22, 1993

IT WILL CONNECT WITH THE WESTERN END) OF THE LANTAU FIXED CROSSING, FORMING PART OF AN EXTENSIVE TRANSPORT NETWORK LINKING TUNG CHUNG NEW TOWN AND THE NEW AIRPORT AT CHEK LAP KOK TO THE URBAN AREAS OF HONG KONG.

THE SPOKESMAN SAID CONSTRUCTION OF THE EXPRESSWAY WAS DIVIDED INTO THREE SECTIONS: YAM O, TAI HO AND TUNG CHUNG.

CONTRACTS FOR THE TAI HO AND YAM O SECTIONS HAVE BEEN AWARDED RESPECTIVELY IN JUNE AND SEPTEMBER LAST YEAR.

THE TUNG CHUNG SECTION OF THE EXPRESSWAY WILL BE BUILT PARTLY ON HILLSIDES AND PARTLY ON RECLAIMED LAND.

THE WORKS WILL ALSO COMPRISE THE FORMATION OF RESERVES FOR THE PROPOSED AIRPORT RAILWAY AND PUBLIC UTILITIES, A SEAWALL AND PRESTRESSED CONCRETE BRIDGES.

TENDERS WERE RECEIVED FROM EIGHT PREQUALIFIED TENDERERS AND THE JOINT VENTURE FORMED BY CHINA STATE CONSTRUCTION ENGINEERING CORPORATION, LEIGHTON CONTRACTORS (ASIA) LIMITED OF AUSTRALIA AND HOCHTIEF AG OF GERMANY, SUBMITTED THE LOWEST TENDER OF $969 MILLION.

WORK WILL START LATER THIS MONTH AND BE COMPLETED IN LATE 1996.

THE AWARD OF THIS CONTRACT BRINGS THE TOTAL NUMBER OF ACP CONSTRUCTION CONTRACTS AWARDED BY THE GOVERNMENT TO 28, WITH A TOTAL VALUE OF NEARLY $30 BILLION.

TOGETHER WITH THE FOUR CONSTRUCTION CONTRACTS, VALUED AT $9.7 BILLION, AWARDED BY THE PROVISIONAL AIRPORT AUTHORITY, AND THE $5.7 BILLION CONSTRUCTION CONTRACT AWARDED BY THE WESTERN HARBOUR TUNNEL COMPANY LIMITED, THE TOTAL VALUE OF CONSTRUCTION CONTRACTS AWARDED FOR THE ACP, ALL WITHIN BUDGET, IS OVER $45 BILLION,

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HK TO BAN IMPORT OF OZONE-DEPLETING CHEMICALS

HONG KONG WILL IMPOSE A TOTAL BAN ON THE IMPORT OF DEPLETING CHEMICALS BY JANUARY 1, 1996 UNDER THE OZONE PROTECTION ORDINANCE, THE DIRECTOR-GENERAL OF INDUSTRY, DENISE YUE, SAID TODAY (WEDNESDAY).

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SHE WAS SPEAKING AT THE OPENING OF THE "NON-OZONE-DEPLETING CHEMICALS SYMPOSIUM: CHLOROFLUOROCARBON ALTERNATIVES AND SOLUTIONS".

UNDER THE MONTREAL PROTOCOL CONCLUDED IN 1987, THE INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY WAS COMMITTED TO THE GRADUAL PHASING OUT OF THE USE OF OZONE-DEPLETING CHEMICALS THAT DAMAGE THE ENVIRONMENT, SAID.

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