XN000022-1994-08-23 — Page 7

TUESDAY, AUGUST 23, 1994

TWO MORE INVALID NOMINATIONS FOR DB ELECTIONS

THE NOMINATIONS OF TWO MORE CANDIDATES FOR THE DISTRICT BOARD ELECTIONS IN SEPTEMBER HAVE BEEN RULED INVALID.

THEY WERE MR TSANG WING-HONG OF HOI TSUI CONSTITUENCY AND MR LAW YIU-KUEN OF SHEK LEI CONSTITUENCY, BOTH IN KWAI TSING DISTRICT.

THE REASONS WERE THAT CHEQUES FOR PAYMENT OF ELECTION DEPOSIT NOT IN ORDER.

THE TOTAL NUMBER OF NOMINATIONS REJECTED SO FAR WAS 10.

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TING KAU BRIDGE AND APPROACH VIADUCT CONTRACT AWARDED

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THE GOVERNMENT TODAY (TUESDAY) AWARDED A $1,738 MILLION CONTRACT TO THE TING KAU CONTRACTORS JOINT VENTURE FOR THE DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION OF THE TING KAU BRIDGE AND APPROACH VIADUCT SECTION OF ROUTE 3.

UPON COMPLETION BY MID-1997, IT WILL RELIEVE CONGESTION IN THE KWAI TSING/TSUEN WAN AREA.

MZOV,

THE JOINT VENTURE COMPRISES A PARTNERSHIP OF CUBIERTAS Y S.A. (SPAIN), DOWNER AND COMPANY LIMITED (HONG KONG), ENTRECANALES Y TAVORA, S.A. (SPAIN) AND ED. ZUBLIN AG (GERMANY).

THE TING KAU BRIDGE AND APPROACH VIADUCT FORMS A MAJOR PART OF ROUTE 3 AND WILL LINK THE TUEN MUN ROAD TO THE TSING YI SECTION OF ROUTE 3 AND THE LANTAU FIXED CROSSING, PROVIDING BASY ACCESS FROM NORTHWEST NEW TERRITORIES TO THE KOWLOON PENINSULAR AND THE PROPOSED PORT DEVELOPMENTS ON LANTAU AND THE NEW AIRPORT AT CHEK LAP KOK.

CONSTRUCTION WORK WILL START ON AUGUST 30.

THE CONTRACT IS OF THE "DESIGN AND BUILD" TYPE AND IS THE LARGEST IN-HOUSE PROJECT EVER UNDERTAKEN BY THE HIGHWAYS DEPARTMENT.

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THE CONTRACTOR WILL DESIGN AND CONSTRUCT THE TING KAU BRIDGE, TRIPLE TOWER CABLE-STAYED BRIDGE WITH A TOTAL LENGTH OF 1,178 METRES ACROSS THE RAMBLER CHANNEL, AND A HIGH LEVEL APPROACH VIADUCT ON TING KAU HEADLAND WITH A TOTAL LENGTH OF ABOUT 700 METRES.

THESE MAJOR STRUCTURES WILL CARRY A DUAL THREE-LANE EXPRESSWAY WITH HARD SHOULDERS AND THE APPROACH VIADUCT WILL CONNECT TO THE PROPOSED TAI LAM TUNNEL SECTION OF THE ROUTE 3.

SLIP ROADS TO AND FROM THE TING KAU BRIDGE AT ITS NORTHERN END WILL PROVIDE CONNECTIONS TO AND FROM THE WEST ONTO TUEN MUN ROAD (ROUTE 2), WHILST AT THE SOUTHERN END OF THE TING KAU BRIDGE. A CONNECTION WILL BE MADE TO THE SOUTHERN PART OF ROUTE 3 AND THE INTERCHANGE WITH THE TSING MA BRIDGE.

/THE CONTRACT