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WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 14, 1994

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GOVERNOR DESCRIBES TSING MA BRIDGE AS

"SYMBOL OF HONG KONG'S DYNAMISM"

(WEDNESDAY) KONG'S AS THE

THE GOVERNOR, THE RT HON CHRISTOPHER PATTEN, TODAY DESCRIBED THE TSING MA SUSPENSION BRIDGE AS A "SYMBOL OF HONG DYNAMISM", WHICH WOULD BECOME AS WELL KNOWN AROUND THE WORLD FAMOUS GOLDEN GATE BRIDGE IN SAN FRANCISCO.

TSING YI SPINNING THE 1,377-

MR PATTEN TOURED THE CONSTRUCTION SITES ON BOTH THE AND MA WAN SIDES OF THE BRIDGE TODAY, AND WATCHED THE AERIAL OF 2,200-METRE-LONG SUSPENSION CABLES WHICH WILL SUPPORT METRE-LONG CENTRAL SPAN.

"THIS IS ONE OF THE MOST DRAMATIC CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS IN

MR PATTEN SAID. WORLD TODAY AND ONE OF THE MOST SUCCESSFUL,

..

THE

BE

"IT

WILL BECOME A SYMBOL OF HONG KONG'S DYNAMISM, AND WILL AS WELL KNOWN AROUND THE WORLD AS THE FAMOUS GOLDEN GATE BRIDGE IN SAN FRANCISCO.

"THE STRUCTURE IS SPECTACULAR AND THE DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION TEAM ARE MOST IMPRESSIVE,

OF ACHIEVEMENTS

THE

ON STARTED

THE

SITE, "IN JUST OVER TWO YEARS SINCE WORK CONTRACTORS HAVE BUILT THE TWO ELEGANT TWIN TOWERS, AS WELL AS MASSIVE ANCHORAGES FOR THE SUSPENSION SYSTEM.

"THEY ARE NOW SPINNING THE LARGE CABLES WHICH WILL SUPPORT WHAT WILL BE THE WORLD'S LONGEST SUSPENSION SPAN CARRYING A RAILWAY AS WELL AS A ROAD.

"THE

CONTRACTORS HAVE MADE RAPID PROGRESS SINCE WORK BEGAN MAY 1992 AND THEY ARE WELL IN LINE FOR COMPLETION ON SCHEDULE IN 1997.

IN

MAY

"BY

SIGNIFICANT THE HIGHWAYS

ANY INTERNATIONAL STANDARDS THE PROGRESS IS A

ALL CONCERNED ACHIEVEMENT

I CONGRATULATE AND DEPARTMENT, THE DESIGNERS, MOTT MACDONALD, AND JOINT VENTURE OF TRAFALGAR HOUSE, COSTAIN AND MITSUI.

THE

GOVERNOR SAID

THE CONTRACTORS,

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FORMED PART OF THE THE TSING MA BRIDGE

WOULD PROVIDE HONG KONG WITH ITS WHICH AIRPORT CORE PROGRAMME INFRASTRUCTURAL BASE FOR THE NEXT CENTURY WITH A NEW AIRPORT, RAILWAY, HIGHWAYS, AND A NEW TOWN, AS WELL AS WIDE EXPANSES OF NEWLY LAND.

RECLAIMED

AIRPORT "OUR TALKS WITH THE CHINESE SIDE ON FINANCING FOR THE

I VERY MUCH HOPE THAT AIRPORT

CONTINUING, AND ARE AND

RAILWAY

MAKE WE ARE DOING ALL WE CAN TO AGREEMENT WILL BE REACHED VERY SOON. THAT POSSIBLE.

STORY ON "IN THE MEANTIME WE HAVE HERE A MAJOR SUCCESS WORLD'S BIGGEST CURRENT INFRASTRUCTURE PROGRAMME," SAID MR PATTEN.

THE

"WORK IS UNDER WAY ON ALL THE 10 CORE PROJECTS, STRETCHING FROM OVER THE CENTRAL TO CHEK LAP KOK, AND WE HAVE CONTRACTORS FROM ALL WORLD WORKING ROUND THE CLOCK TO BRING THIS IMAGINATIVE PROGRAMME

FRUITION,”

TO

/A GOVERNMENT