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ENVIRONMENT ADVISERS VISIT AIRPORT PROJECT AREAS

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MEMBERS OF THE ADVISORY COUNCIL ON THE ENVIRONMENT (ACE) SPENT

(THURSDAY) ΤΟ THE WHOLE MORNING TODAY

UPDATE THEMSELVES WITH THE LATEST DEVELOPMENT OF THE AIRPORT CORE PROGRAMME (ACP) PROJECTS.

THE PARTY THEY WERE

BY

ACCOMPANIED BY THE DEPUTY DIRECTOR OF THE NEW AIRPORT PROJECTS CO-ORDINATION OFFICE, MR JOHN BURRETT,

ARRIVED FIRST LAUNCH AT THE CENTRAL WATERFRONT WHERE

ΤΟ ABLE EASTERN SEAWALL OF THE CENTRAL RECLAMATION PHASE I WHICH HAD EMERGED ABOVE THE SEA LEVEL.

SEE THE ALREADY

THEY THEN PROCEEDED TO THE WEST KOWLOON WATERFRONT AND WERE HAD BEEN TOLD THAT OVER 73 PER CENT OF RECLAMATION WORKS IN THE AREA COMPLETED.

NOTED THAT THEY ALSO

WORKS WERE PROGRESSING WELL ON THE WESTERN HARBOUR CROSSING AND THE WEST KOWLOON EXPRESSWAY.

THE PARTY THEN PROCEEDED TO TSING YI AND MA WAN CHANNEL WHERE

ROUTE 3. INCLUDING THEY WERE BRIEFED ON THE LATEST PROGRESS OF

AND RECENT BROKEN-THROUGH CHEUNG CHING TUNNEL

THE COMMENCEMENT BRIDGE CONSTRUCTION ACROSS THE RAMBLER CHANNEL.

THE

OF

MEMBERS WERE SHOWN THE KEY ENVIRONMENTAL MITIGATION MEASURES THAT HAVE BEEN INCORPORATED INTO THE DESIGN OF ACP PROJECTS.

THE CONSTRUCTION ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORED BY THE GOVERNMENT AND SUITABLE REDUCE SUCH IMPACTS TO A MINIMUM.

THE

IMPACTS ARE BEING CLOSELY

MEASURES ARE IN PLACE

ΤΟ

ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING WORK

THEY WERE ALSO BRIEFED ON CARRIED OUT BY THE TWO ENVIRONMENTAL PROJECT OFFICES.

MEMBERS ALSO HAD A CLOSE LOOK AT THE TSING MA BRIDGE SITE AND TWIN THE TWO TEMPORARY FOOTBRIDGES WHICH WERE BEING BUILT BETWEEN THE 206 METRES HIGH TOWERS.

COAST

THIS WAS THEN FOLLOWED BY A TOUR ALONG THE NORTH LANTAU

CARRIED OUT TO SEE THE PHYSICAL WORKS BEING

FOR THE NORTH LANTAU EXPRESSWAY AND THE TUNG CHUNG NEW TOWN DEVELOPMENT.

кок, MEMBERS SAW

LAP AT THE SITE OF THE NEW AIRPORT AT CHEK THAT 730 HECTARES OF LAND, OVER 60 PER CENT OF THE TOTAL TO BE FORMED, HAD BEEN COMPLETED.

THEY ALSO SAW THE

EXCAVATIONS FOUNDATIONS

FOR THE PASSENGER TERMINAL IS STARTING AND WHERE THE AUTOMATED PEOPLE MOVER AND BAGGAGE HANDLING SYSTEMS WILL BE INSTALLED.

BUILDING WHERE WORK ON THE

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