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EXCO MEMBERS UPDATED ON AIRPORT PROJECTS

OF THE

A GROUP OF EXECUTIVE COUNCIL MEMBERS TODAY (FRIDAY) VISITED THE AIRPORT PROJECTS CO-ORDINATION OFFICE (NAPCO) AND SITES AIRPORT CORE PROGRAMME (ACP) PROJECTS.

NEW

ORGANISED

TO SHOW

THE VISIT WAS THE LATEST IN A SERIES PROMINENT GROUPS THE PROGRESS OF WORK ON THESE PROJECTS.

GROUPS HAVE

PREVIOUS

INCLUDED MEMBERS OF THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL, THE AIRPORT CONSULTATIVE COMMITTEE AND DISTRICT BOARDS.

LIEH-

THE PARTY, COMPRISING MS ROSANNA WONG, PROFESSOR FELICE MAK AND MR ANDREW LI, WERE FIRST BRIEFED ON THE OVERALL DEVELOPMENT OF THE ACP BY THE DIRECTOR OF NAPCO, MR BILLY LAM.

THEY WERE TOLD THAT IMPLEMENTATION OF THE ACP WAS MOVING ON A STEP-BY-STEP BASIS AND WAS ACHIEVING GOOD PROGRESS.

AHEAD

AWARDED CONTRACTS

SO FAR BY THE GOVERNMENT, THE PROVISIONAL AUTHORITY

TUNNEL AND THE WESTERN HARBOUR AIRPORT

COMPANY TOTALLED ABOUT $46 BILLION AND HAD ALL BEEN AWARDED WITHIN BUDGET.

BY APRIL NEXT YEAR, ABOUT 90 PER CENT BY VALUE CONTRACTS WOULD HAVE BEEN AWARDED.

OF GOVERNMENT

MEMBERS

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LOOK

AT

THE

FLEW BY HELICOPTER TO MA WAN THEN CONSTRUCTION WORK OF THE WEST KOWLOON EXPRESSWAY AND ROUTE 3.

BRIEFED BY THE THEY THEN WENT BY BOAT TO TSING YI AND WERE

OF THE LANTAU DIRECTOR OF HIGHWAYS, MR H S KWONG, ON THE PROGRESS

MUN FIXED CROSSING WHICH COMPRISES THE TSING MA BRIDGE, THE KAP SHUI BRIDGE AND THE MA WAN VIADUCT.

THEY WERE ALSO TAKEN BY HELICOPTER TO CHEK LAP KOK, VIEWING THE NORTH LANTAU EXPRESSWAY AND THE TUNG CHUNG DEVELOPMENT EN ROUTE.

ON

AIRPORT

FOLLOWING A TOUR OF THE AIRPORT SITE, MEMBERS WERE BRIEFED

PROVISIONAL THE PROGRESS OF THE SITE FORMATION WORK BY THE AUTHORITY AND SITE STAFF.

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TAC MEMBERS BRIEFED ON ATC SYSTEM

* *

(ATC) SYSTEM

SAW

HELPED REDUCE

MEMBERS OF THE TRANSPORT ADVISORY COMMITTEE TODAY (FRIDAY) FOR THEMSELVES HOW AREA TRAFFIC CONTROL TRAFFIC CONGESTION AND SAVE JOURNEY TIMES.

DURING A VISIT TO THE HONG KONG AREA TRAFFIC CONTROL (HKATC) ATC TECHNOLOGY CENTRE, MEMBERS WERE SHOWN THE LATEST DEVELOPMENTS IN AS APPLIED TO HONG KONG.

INTRODUCING THE FUNCTIONS OF *THE SYSTEMS TO THE COMMITTEE SHU-CHEE, SAID MEMBERS, ASSISTANT COMMISSIONER FOR TRANSPORT, MR LEE ATC OFFERS THE FOLLOWING BENEFITS:

/IT REDUCES