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FRIDAY, JULY 15, 1994

AIRPORT SUPPORTING COMMUNITY CLOSER TO COMPLETION

THE COMMUNITY TO SUPPORT THE NEW AIRPORT AT ONE STEP CLOSER TO COMPLETION.

CHEK LAP KOK IS

OF ABOUT $704 MILLION FOR TWO CONTRACTS WITH A TOTAL VALUE

TODAY CONSTRUCTION OF THE INFRASTRUCTURE OF THE COMMUNITY WERE SIGNED

OF TERRITORY

DR DEVELOPMENT,

CHOI (FRIDAY) BY THE ACTING DIRECTOR YU-LEUK, AND REPRESENTATIVES OF THE CONTRACTORS.

"THE SIGNING OF THE TWO CONTRACTS TODAY SIGNIFIES AN STAGE IN THE PROGRESS OF THE NORTH LANTAU DEVELOPMENT,

JOINT

IMPORTANT

* DR CHOI SAID.

WAS AWARDED ΤΟ A THE FIRST CONTRACT, VALUED AT $511 MILLION,

AND CONTRACTORS

CHINA ON CIVIL

HARBOUR VENTURE OF SHUI

INFRASTURCTURE то SERVE ENGINEERING COMPANY FOR PROVIDING THE BASIC THE FIRST PHASE OF TUNG CHUNG NEW TOWN.

LOCAL

THE CONTRACT INCLUDES THE CONSTRUCTION OF 3.3 KILOMETRES

AND SEWERAGE; A AND THE

WATER DRAINAGE ASSOCIATED STORM

ROAD BRIDGE TO CHEK LAP KOK 290-METRE-LONG PRESTRESSED CONCRETE

FOOTBRIDGE; FOUR CONCRETE

ROADS

ISLAND;

A

REINFORCED

38-METRE-LONG REINFORCED

CONCRETE

SUBWAYS;

TRANSPORT INTERCHANGE NOISE BARRIER; FRESH

PUBLIC FACILITIES; A 200-METRE-LONG, 3.5-METRE-HIGH AND SALT WATER DISTRIBUTION MAINS; AND LANDSCAPING WORKS.

BE

"THE ROAD NETWORK TO BE CONSTRUCTED UNDER THE CONTRACT WILL

TWO

TO INTERCHANGES,

THE NORTH LANTAU EXPRESSWAY CONNECTED, VIA

(NLE), DR CHOI SAID.

HE EXPLAINED THAT THE ROAD PROVIDE A DIRECT ACCESS FOR LOCAL AIRPORT ISLAND, WHICH OTHERWISE DETOURED WAY VIA THE NLE.

то BRIDGE

CHEK LAP KOK WAS TO FROM TUNG TRAFFIC

CHUNG TO THE WOULD HAVE TO TRAVEL A LONG AND

"ADDITIONALLY, THE BRIDGE PROVIDES

AN ALTERNATIVE ROUTE FOR

THE EXPRESSWAY TRAFFIC GOING TO CHEK LAP KOK IN CASE HAS TO BE CLOSED IN AN EMERGENCY," DR CHOI ADDED.

WORKS UNDER THIS CONTRACT WILL BEGIN ON MONDAY COMPLETION IN 30 MONTHS.

THE NLE BRIDGE

IS WORTH ABOUT

$193

LIMITED,

CORPORATION

FOR

THE OTHER CONTRACT WHICH AWARDED TO A JOINT VENTURE OF KIER HONG KONG

AND CHINA (CIVIL) LIMITED

TECHNO-ECONOMIC CO-OPERATION.

IT

FUJIAN

(JULY 18) FOR

MILLION, WAS SUNG KOO KEE INTERNATIONAL

OF FIRST PHASE

SCHEME DESIGNED TUNG CHUNG

A

IS FOR THE

OF THE CONSTRUCTION COMPREHENSIVE SEWAGE PUMPING, TREATMENT AND DISPOSAL TO SERVE THE NEW AIRPORT AT CHEK LAP KOK, THE NEW TOWN AT AND TAI HO AND THE LANTAU PORT DEVELOPMENTS.

MAIN SEWAGE PLANT PROVIDING

THE CONTRACT WORKS COMPRISE THE CONSTRUCTION OF A PUMPING STATION AT TUNG CHUNG AND A SEWAGE TREATMENT PRELIMINARY TREATMENT AT SIU HO WAN.

JER CHOI

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