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SATURDAY, DECEMBER 4, 1993

TENDERS WERE RECEIVED FROM FIVE PREQUALIFIED TENDERERS AND (HONG KONG) LIMITED SUBMITTED THE LOWEST TENDER OF $305.9 MILLION.

WORK WILL START THIS MONTH FOR COMPLETION IN MID 1997.

THE LANTAU FIXED CROSSING,

GBC

BRIDGE,

COMPRISING THE TSING MA

VIADUCT, WILL FORM PART OF AN THE KAP SHUI MUN BRIDGE AND MA WAN

AND THE NEW EXTENSIVE TRANSPORT NETWORK LINKING TUNG CHUNG NEW TOWN AIRPORT AT CHEK LAP KOK TO THE URBAN AREAS OF KOWLOON AND HONG KONG.

LINKING THE

TSING

ACP AND

YI.

ROUTE 3 IS PLANNED AS A MAJOR NORTH-SOUTH HIGHWAY BORDER AND NORTHWEST NEW TERRITORIES WITH WEST KOWLOON VIA THE FIRST PART OF ROUTE 3 TO BE CONSTRUCTED FALLS WITHIN THE CONNECTS THE LANTAU FIXED CROSSING WITH THE WEST KOWLOON EXPRESSWAY.

THIS TRAFFIC

CONTROL

AND

SURVEILLANCE

THE AWARD OF

SYSTEM

BRINGS THE

CONTRACTS CONTRACT

TOTAL NUMBER OF ACP CONSTRUCTION

TOTAL VALUE OF NEARLY $31 AWARDED BY THE GOVERNMENT TO 33, WITH A BILLION.

VALUED AT

TOGETHER WITH THE FOUR MAJOR CONSTRUCTION CONTRACTS $9.7 BILLION AWARDED BY THE PROVISIONAL AIRPORT AUTHORITY AND THE $5.7 HARBOUR TUNNEL BILLION CONSTRUCTION CONTRACT AWARDED BY THE WESTERN

CONSTRUCTION CONTRACTS AWARDED COMPANY LIMITED, THE TOTAL VALUE OF FOR THE ACP, ALL WITHIN BUDGET, IS OVER $46 BILLION.

SIX MORE TREE WALKS OPEN

* * * * *

BEEN OPEN TO THE NUMBER OF SUCH WALKS IN THE

HAVE SIX MORE TREE WALKS IN COUNTRY PARKS

ΤΟ 14 THE TOTAL PUBLIC, BRINGING TERRITORY.

THE SIX TREE WALKS ARE SITUATED RESPECTIVELY CLEAR WATER BAY, NAI CHUNG, KAM SHAN, WONG SHEK AND

IN POK FU LAM, MA ON SHAN.

AGRICULTURE AND FISHERIES DEPARTMENT'S (AFD) ACTING SENIOR THESE WALKS COUNTRY PARKS DEVELOPMENT OFFICER, DR YEUNG KA-MING SAID

TREES WOULD PROVIDE MORE AVENUES FOR VISITORS TO STUDY AND UNDERSTAND WHILE APPRECIATING THE BEAUTY OF THE COUNTRYSIDE.

SAID: DR YEUNG

TO

"THESE TREE WALKS ARE OF VARYING LENGTH,

MAKE THEIR COUNTRY PARK VISITORS CAN

OWN PREFERENCE ACCORDING THEIR INTEREST, ACCESSIBILITY AND PHYSICAL STRENGTH,

中輸

OF

IDEAL

MIXTURE AN INTERESTING OFFERING

AN

HE ADDED THAT THESE WALKS EMBRACE EXOTIC AND INDIGENOUS TREE SPECIES, AREA TO APPRECIATE THE GRACE OF THEIR DIVERSE FORMS AND SHAPES.

TO VISITORS

HE SAID VISITORS COULD OBTAIN USEFUL INFORMATION INTERESTING TREE SPECIES FROM ON-SITE INTERPRETATIVE STEEL PLATES UP ALONG THE WALKS.

ABOUT PUT

/TO MARK