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WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 24, 1993

THE

A PERSON IS ALSO DISQUALIFIED FROM CANDIDATURE IF, WITHIN

CONVICTED OF AN 10 YEARS BEFORE THE DATE OF ELECTION, HE HAS BEEN OFFENCE AND SENTENCED TO IMPRISONMENT EXCEEDING THREE MONTHS.

OF

REPLYING TO A QUESTION BY THE HON JAMES TIEN IN THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL, MR ASPREY SAID: "THESE PROVISIONS COVER PERSONS CONVICTED TRIAD-RELATED OFFENCES."

"WE HAVE NO PLANS TO INTRODUCE FURTHER MEASURES," HE SAID.

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BLAKE EXPLAINS AIRPORT TERMINAL DESIGN COSTS

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THE SECRETARY FOR WORKS, MR JAMES BLAKE, SAID TODAY (WEDNESDAY} THAT THE ADDITIONAL PAYMENT OF $50 MILLION FOR THE DESIGN CONTRACT OF THE NEW AIRPORT TERMINAL AT CHEK LAP KOK WAS FOR A CHANGE IN THE SCOPE OF DESIGN WORKS.

REPLYING TO A LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL QUESTION FROM THE HON ALBERT CHAN WAI-YIP, MR BLAKE SAID THE CHANGE IN DESIGN COULD NOT HAVE BEEN FORESEEN AT THE TIME THE DESIGN CONTRACT WAS LET.

MR BLAKE SAID: "THE PROVISIONAL AIRPORT AUTHORITY (PAA) UNDER THE TERMS OF THE DESIGN CONTRACT WAS OBLIGED TO PAY FOR ADDITIONAL WORK ARISING FROM THE CHANGE IN SCOPE, AND AFTER PROPER CONSIDERATION THE PAA BOARD AUTHORISED THE LUMP-SUM SETTLEMENT APPROACH; THIS WAS A COST-EFFECTIVE MEANS TO RESOLVE AN ISSUE WHICH OTHERWISE WOULD HAVE DRAGGED ON IN A CONTENTIOUS MANNER, POSSIBLY то RESULT IN COST ARBITRATION."

THE

TERMINAL

DEVELOPED

BUILDING

THROUGH

HE SAID THE SCHEMATIC DESIGN FOR CONCEIVED IN THE AIRPORT MASTER PLAN HAD NOW BEEN DETAILED DESIGN INTO A BUILDING WHICH MET THE PAA'S OPERATIONAL REQUIREMENTS, AS WELL AS THOSE OF THE AIRLINE INDUSTRY, PASSENGERS AND OTHER USERS.

"THE

FRIENDLINESS ONLY ABOUT BUILDINGS.

HIGHEST STANDARDS OF FUNCTIONALITY, EFFICIENCY, AND

HAVE BEEN ACHIEVED, FOR AN ESTIMATED UNIT COST WHICH AVERAGE FOR EQUIVALENT INTERNATIONAL

USER

IS

AIRPORT

TERMINAL

"THE

HAS BEEN WITHIN

INTEGRITY OF THE PAA'S OVERALL BUDGET ESTIMATE KEPT INTACT, WHILST OPPORTUNITIES FOR COMMERCIAL REVENUE SPACE THE BUILDING HAVE BEEN UPLIFTED WITH SIGNIFICANT BENEFITS IN

"I HE SAID. REVENUE GENERATING POTENTIAL OF THE BUILDING,

THE

HE SAID THE ADMINISTRATION WAS SATISFIED THAT THE TOTAL PAYMENT EXPECTED TO BE MADE FOR THIS DESIGN CONTRACT, INCLUDING THE ADDITIONAL PAYMENT, WAS COST-EFFECTIVE.

/MR BLAKE

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