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THURSDAY, MARCH 24, 1994

TERRITORIES

IT ALSO FORMS PART OF THE TSING YI SECTION OF ROUTE 3, A NEW NORTH-SOUTH HIGHWAY LINKING THE BORDER AND NORTHWEST NEW WITH WEST KOWLOON.

THE FIRST PART OF ROUTE 3 TO BE CONSTRUCTED FALLS

THE ACP AND CONNECTS THE LANTAU FIXED CROSSING WITH EXPRESSWAY VIA TSING YI AND KWAI CHUNG.

WITHIN THE WEST KOWLOON

INCLUDE THE OF THE

WORKS ΤΟ BE EXECUTED UNDER THE CONTRACT AWARDED DESIGN, MANUFACTURE, INSTALLATION, TESTING AND COMMISSIONING FOLLOWING ELECTRICAL AND MECHANICAL FACILITIES:

*

TUNNEL VENTILATION SYSTEM

*

CENTRAL MONITORING AND CONTROL SYSTEM

TENDERERS AND

THE WORKS WILL START

TENDERS

PREQUALIFIED WERE RECEIVED FROM FOUR BALFOUR BEATTY LIMITED SUBMITTED THE LOWEST BID.

1997. THIS MONTH FOR COMPLETION BY JANUARY

NUMBER OF ACP

THE AWARD OF THIS CONTRACT BRINGS THE TOTAL CONTRACTS AWARDED BY THE GOVERNMENT TO 38, WITH A TOTAL VALUE OF $31.7 BILLION.

OVER

VALUED AT TOGETHER WITH THE SIX MAJOR CONSTRUCTION CONTRACTS,

THE $10.7 BILLION, AWARDED BY THE PROVISIONAL AIRPORT AUTHORITY, AND

WESTERN HARBOUR $5.7 BILLION CONSTRUCTION CONTRACT AWARDED BY THE

OF CONSTRUCTION CONTRACTS TUNNEL COMPANY LIMITED, THE TOTAL VALUR AWARDED FOR THE ACP, ALL WITHIN BUDGET, IS OVER $48 BILLION.

ONE MORE WEEK FOR BRITISH NATIONALITY SCHEME APPLICATIONS

REMINDED INTENDING APPLICANTS THE GOVERNMENT TODAY (THURSDAY) OF THE BRITISH NATIONALITY SELECTION SCHEME THAT ONLY ONE WEEK IS LEFT BEFORE THE CLOSE OF THE APPLICATION PERIOD ON MARCH 31 (THURSDAY).

FINAL

PHASE

OF THE SCHEME.

UNDER THE

13.160 HOUSEHOLDS AND THEIR DEPENDANTS IN HONG KONG WILL BE ABLE TO AS BRITISH CITIZENS.

AS AT YESTERDAY, A TOTAL OF 10,169 APPLICATIONS FOR PHASE OF THE SCHEME HAD BEEN RECEIVED.

A

GOVERNMENT

HEADS

OF

REGISTER

THE FINAL

SAID

IN THE

IT

SPOKESMAN COMMENTING ON THE RESPONSE, REFLECTED A STRONG INTEREST IN THE SCHEME. FURTHER INCREASES NUMBER OF APPLICATIONS ARE EXPECTED AS THE DEADLINE DRAWS NEAR.

"APPLICANTS

SHOULD

SUBMIT LAST-MINUTE

AS

APPLICATIONS AS EARLY THEIR

RUSH AND MISSING THE DEADLINE PRACTICABLE TO AVOID A

THE SPOKESMAN INADVERTENTLY. LATE APPLICATIONS WILL NOT BE ACCEPTED,'

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SAID.

OF GUIDANCE NOTES ARE CENTRE, IMMIGRATION AND POST

APPLICATION FORMS TOGETHER WITH A SET AVAILABLE FROM

PUBLICATIONS THE GOVERNMENT OFFICES, PUBLIC ENQUIRY SERVICE CENTRES OF DISTRICT OFFICES OFFICES.

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