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SATURDAY, DECEMBER 4, 1993

THESE

OVERSEAS INSTITUTIONS

IIFFERENT

COME FROM WIDELY

THE EDUCATION SYSTEMS AND SOCIETIES, RANGING FROM THE UNITED KINGDOM,

SOCIAL WORK, UNITED STATES, AUSTRALIA AND CHINA. IN SUBJECTS SUCH AS HISTORY, ECONOMICS, COMMERCE AND LAW.

MR LAM ALSO NOTED THAT PRIVATE DEVELOPED THROUGH THE INTRODUCTION OF A CREDIT KONG'S HIGHER EDUCATION.

FOR EXAMPLE, THE OPEN

LEARNING

TERTIARY EDUCATION WAS BEING UNIT SYSTEM IN HONG

INSTITUTE ENABLES

PEOPLE AT LINKED PROGRAMMES OF

LOWER LEVELS OF EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT TO JOIN COURSES LEADING FROM SUB-DEGREE TO POSTGRADUATE LEVELS.

"THIS HAS BEEN APPLIED TO 20 WIDE RANGE OF SUBJECTS," HE SAID.

"CURRENTLY,

THE

DIFFERENT DEGREE COURSES IN A

OPEN LEARNING

INSTITUTE

HAS CREDIT ALSO IN THE UNITED KINGDOM

TRANSFER AGREEMENTS WITH THE OPEN UNIVERSITY AND THE OPEN LEARNING INSTITUTE AGENCY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA.

OF AND

"I HOPE THAT WITH THE DEVELOPMENT OF A FULLY FLEDGED SYSTEM CREDIT ACCUMULATION AND TRANSFER BETWEEN HONG KONG'S INSTITUTIONS

STUDENTS TO MOVE FROM ONE ELSEWHERE, ARRANGEMENTS CAN BE MADE FOR INSTITUTION TO ANOTHER."

CONTRACT AWARD OF TRAFFIC CONTROL AND SURVEILLANCE SYSTEM

*

* * *

FOR

(HONG

THE GOVERNMENT HAS AWARDED A CONTRACT WORTH $305.9 MILLION THE SUPPLY AND INSTALLATION OF A TRAFFIC CONTROL AND SURVEILLANCE

GEC SYSTEM ON THE LANTAU FIXED CROSSING AND PART OF ROUTE 3 TO KONG) LIMITED.

THE CONTRACT, WHICH FORMS PART OF THE AIRPORT CORE PROGRAMME (ACP), COMPRISES A TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT SYSTEM FOR A HIGHWAY, BRIDGES AND A TUNNEL, TOTALLING 16.7 KILOMETRES IN LENGTH, ON THE ROUTE TO THE NEW AIRPORT AT CHEK LAP KOK.

IT ALSO INCLUDES ADDITIONAL FACILITIES FOR THE TING KAU BRIDGE, AN ESSENTIAL PART OF THE COUNTRY PARK SECTION OF ROUTE 3 SPANNING THE RAMBLER CHANNEL BETWEEN NORTHWEST TSING YI ISLAND AND TING KAU TSUEN WAN.

AREA INCLUDING

OF

FACILITIES WILL INCLUDE CLOSE CIRCUIT TELEVISION SURVEILLANCE FOR TRAFFIC MONITORING AND INCIDENT DETECTION, RADIO COMMUNICATION

FULL THE

EXTENT OF SYSTEM, TRAFFIC SIGNS AND LANE SIGNALS COVERING THE CONTROL

THE LOWER DECK OF THE LANTAU FIXED SIGNS AND SIGNALS, CROSSING, COMPUTERISED CONTROL AND MONITORING OF AN AUTOMATIC INCIDENT DETECTION SYSTEM, EMERGENCY TELEPHONES, PUBLIC AND DISPLAYS ADDRESS FACILITIES, AND ALL EQUIPMENT, COMPUTER SYSTEM, AT THE CONTROL CENTRE AND LOCAL CONTROL ROOMS REQUIRED TO SUPPORT ABOVE FACILITIES.

THE

/TENDERS WERE