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THURSDAY, JANUARY 20, 1994

DECIDED FOR THE

FOLLOWING PRECEDENTS IN PREVIOUS CASES WE "THEREFORE, POST IN AN ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICER TO LEAD THE DEPARTMENT TIME-BEING.

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SUGGESTION

THAT THE GOVERNMENT HAS BOWED PRESSURE IN DOING SO IS COMPLETELY UNTRUE.

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POLITICAL

"SEEN IN THIS CONTEXT, MRS YU'S APPOINTMENT IS INTEREST OF THIS DEPARTMENT AS A WHOLE, THE SPOKESMAN SAID.

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CONTRACT AWARD FOR CHEUNG CHING TUNNEL

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TUNNEL SERVICES

A $122 PROVISION OF TUNNEL ON

THE CENTRAL TENDER BOARD HAS TODAY (THURSDAY) ACCEPTED MILLION TENDER SUBMITTED BY GEC (HONG KONG) LTD FOR THE ELECTRICAL AND MECHANICAL TUNNEL SERVICES FOR CHEUNG CHING THE TSING YI ISLAND SECTION OF ROUTE 3.

THIS

IN ELEMENT

THE

AIRPORT

CONTRACT 18 A MAJOR PROGRAMME'S HIGHWAYS NETWORK LINKING THE NEW AIRPORT AT CHEK AND TUNG CHUNG NEW TOWN TO KOWLOON AND CENTRAL HONG KONG.

CORE LAP KOK

LINKING THE

ROUTE 3 IS PLANNED AS A MAJOR NORTH-SOUTH HIGHWAY BORDER AND NORTHWEST NEW TERRITORIES WITH WEST KOWLOON VIA TSING YI.

FALLS WITHIN THE THE FIRST PART OF ROUTE 3 TO BE CONSTRUCTED

LANTAU FIXED CROSSING AIRPORT CORE PROGRAMME AND CONNECTS THE

WITH

THE WEST KOWLOON EXPRESSWAY.

THE CHEUNG CHING TUNNEL ON TSING

ISLAND FORMS PART

OF

THIS

SECTION.

BF EXECUTED THE WORKS TO

UNDER THIS CONTRACT

THE INCLUDE COMMISSIONING OF THE DESIGN, MANUFACTURE, INSTALLATION, TESTING AND FOLLOWING ELECTRICAL AND MECHANICAL FACILITIES:

* POWER SUPPLY SYSTEM

TUNNEL LIGHTING SYSTEM FIRE PROTECTION SYSTEM BUILDING SERVICES

BY

AND GEC TENDERS WERE RECEIVED FROM FOUR PREQUALIFIED TENDERERS

THE WORKS WILL START (HONG KONG) LTD SUBMITTED THE LOWEST BID. THE END OF THIS MONTH FOR COMPLETION BY JANUARY 1997.

BRINGS THE TOTAL NUMBER OF THE AWARD OF THIS CONTRACT

ACP WITH A TOTAL CONSTRUCTION CONTRACTS AWARDED BY THE GOVERNMENT TO 35, VALUE OF OVER $31.4 BILLION.

VALUED AT TOGETHER WITH THE FOUR MAJOR CONSTRUCTION CONTRACTS

PROVISIONAL AIRPORT AUTHORITY AND THE $9.7 BILLION AWARDED BY THE

AWARDED BY THE WESTERN HARBOUR TOTAL VALUE OF CONSTRUCTION CONTRACTS

$5.7 BILLION CONSTRUCTION CONTRACT TUNNEL COMPANY LIMITED, THE

AWARDED FOR THE ACP, ALL WITHIN BUDGET, IS MORE THAN $46.8 BILLION.