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THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 8, 1994

WORKS UNDER THIS CONTRACT INCLUDE THE INSTALLATION OF A 1.5- KILOMETRES LONG STEEL PIPELINE OF WHICH 1.3 KILOMETRES BENEATH THE SEABED.

WILL BE LAID

TREATMENT AND

IT WILL FORM PART OF THE SEWAGE COLLECTION, DISPOSAL SYSTEM FOR THE NEW AIRPORT AT CHEK LAP KOK AND OTHER DEVELOPMENTS ON THE NORTH LANTAU.

WORK WILL START LATER THIS MONTH AND WILL BE COMPLETED IN

MID-1996.

THE AWARD OF THIS CONTRACT BRINGS THE TOTAL NUMBER OF ACP CONTRACTS AWARDED SO FAR TO 62, WITH A TOTAL VALUE OF ABOUT $51.3 BILLION.

THESE INCLUDE 49 CONTRACTS WORTH ABOUT $33.5 BILLION AWARDED BY THE GOVERNMENT, 11 CONTRACTS WORTH ABOUT $11.5 BILLION AWARDED BY THE PROVISIONAL AIRPORT AUTHORITY, THE $5.7 BILLION CONSTRUCTION CONTRACT AWARDED BY THE WESTERN HARBOUR TUNNEL COMPANY LIMITED, AND A $0.6 BILLION IMMERSED TUBE TUNNEL CONTRACT FOR THE AIRPORT RAILWAY AWARDED BY THE MASS TRANSIT RAILWAY CORPORATION.

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TRADE DIRECTOR LEADS HK DELEGATION

TO APEC MEETING IN INDONESIA

THE DIRECTOR-GENERAL OF TRADE, MR TONY MILLER, WILL LEAD A HONG KONG DELEGATION TO THE THIRD SENIOR OFFICIALS' MEETING FOR THE SIXTH MINISTERIAL MEETING OF THE ASIA PACIFIC ECONOMIC CO-OPERATION TO BE HELD IN YOGYAKARTA, INDONESIA, FROM SEPTEMBER 12 TO 14.

(APEC)

THE MEETING WILL DISCUSS A NUMBER OF ISSUES INCLUDING TRADE AND INVESTMENT, FOLLOW-UP OF THE BLAKE ISLAND LEADERS' INITIATIVES, HUMAN RESOURCES DEVELOPMENT, PARTICIPATION OF PRIVATE/BUSINESS SECTOR IN APEC AND THE FUTURE STRUCTURE OF APEC.

THE MEETING WILL ALSO DISCUSS THE DRAFT OF THE SECOND REPORT OF THE EMINENT PERSONS GROUP.

MEMBERS OF THE DELEGATION ARE DEPUTY DIRECTOR-GENERAL OF TRADE, MR KEVIN HO; DEPUTY DIRECTOR-GENERAL OF INDUSTRY, MR DOMINIC LAW; GOVERNMENT ECONOMIST, MR K Y TANG; ASSISTANT COMMISSIONER OF CUSTOMS AND EXCISE, MR DAVID TONG; ASSISTANT DIRECTORS-GENERAL OF INDUSTRY, MS ANISSA WONG, MISS M L WONG AND MR BRIAN TYLER; PRINCIPAL ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR TRADE AND INDUSTRY, MISS CHERRY LING; ASSISTANT DIRECTOR-GENERAL OF TRADE, MR JOHN TSANG; PRINCIPAL TRADE OFFICER, MS PATRICIA LUI; AND TRADE OFFICERS, MR ANTHONY LEE AND MISS ADA YEUNG.

MEMBERS OF APEC ARE AUSTRALIA, BRUNEI DARUSSALAM, CANADA, THE PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF CHINA, HONG KONG, INDONESIA, JAPAN, THE REPUBLIC OF KOREA, MALAYSIA, MEXICO, NEW ZEALAND, PAPUA NEW GUINEA, THE PHILIPPINES, SINGAPORE, CHINESE TAIPEI, THAILAND AND THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA.

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