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FRIDAY, APRIL 29, 1994

MEMBERS ENDORSED CERTAIN MEASURES TO BE INTRODUCED TO PREVENT RECOMMENDED MISAPPROPRIATION OF CLIENT'S MONEY BY AN ESTATE AGENT AND

CONSIDER PRESCRIBING CERTAIN THAT THE REGULATORY AUTHORITY SHOULD INDEMNITY REQUIREMENTS TO BE MET BY ESTATE AGENTS AS HAS BEEN THE CASE IN SOME PROFESSIONS.

MEMBERS ALSO AGREED THAT AN INDEPENDENT APPEAL PANEL SHOULD SET UP TO DEAL WITH APPEALS AGAINST THE AUTHORITY'S DECISIONS.

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E & M CONTRACT AWARDED FOR LANTAU FIXED CROSSING

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THE CENTRAL TENDER BOARD HAS TODAY (FRIDAY) ACCEPTED A

ABB LIMITED MILLION

SUBMITTED BY ABB SAE SADELIMI TENDER VENTURE FOR THE SUPPLY AND INSTALLATION OF ELECTRICAL AND SYSTEMS FOR THE LANTAU FIXED CROSSING.

$289.2

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JOINT MECHANICAL

THE AIRPORT

THE LANTAU FIXED CROSSING IS A MAJOR ELEMENT IN CORE PROGRAMME'S TRANSPORT NETWORK LINKING THE NEW AIRPORT AT CHEK LAP AND CENTRAL KOK AND TUNG CHUNG NEW TOWN ON NORTH LANTAU TO KOWLOON HONG KONG,

WORKS UNDER THIS CONTRACT COVER ALL NON-EMBEDDED ELECTRICAL AND FIXED MECHANICAL WORK FOR THE OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE OF THE LANTAU CROSSING, WHICH COMPRISES THE TSING MA BRIDGE, THE KAP SHUI MUN BRIDGE PLAZA ON AND MA WAN VIADUCT, AN INTERCHANGE WITH ROUTE 3 AND A TOLL THE TSING YI ISLAND, THE LANTAU TOLL PLAZA AND LANTAU ISLAND.

ROAD APPROACHES ON

THE

WORKS,

COMPLETION TO BEGIN NEXT MONTH FOR

IN MID-1997,

INCLUDE POWER

PLANT SYSTEMS, SUPPLY AND

LIGHTING DISTRIBUTION,

SECURITY PROTECTION SYSTEMS, MONITORING AND CONTROL SYSTEMS, FIRE

STRUCTURAL HEALTH MONITORING AND FACILITIES,

ALL COMMUNICATIONS

SYSTEMS.

AIRPORT GOVERNMENT

THE AWARD OF THIS CONTRACT BRINGS THE TOTAL NUMBER OF CORE PROGRAMME (ACP) CONSTRUCTION CONTRACTS AWARDED BY THE TO 39, WITH A TOTAL VALUE OF ABOUT $32 BILLION.

VALUED AT TOGETHER WITH THE SIX MAJOR CONSTRUCTION CONTRACTS

AND THE $10.7 BILLION AWARDED BY THE PROVISIONAL AIRPORT AUTHORITY

WESTERN HARBOUR $5.7 BILLION CONSTRUCTION CONTRACT AWARDED BY THE

OF CONSTRUCTION CONTRACTS TUNNEL

LIMITED, THE TOTAL VALUE COMPANY AWARDED FOR THE ACP, ALL WITHIN BUDGET, IS ABOUT $48.3 BILLION.

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