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THURSDAY, OCTOBER 6, 1994

MR BLAKE SAID BOTH THE CONDITIONS OF CONTRACT, AND THE INTERNAL THE PROCEDURES WHICH ACCOMPANIED THEM, WERE UNDER CONTINUAL REVIEW BY

ADVISERS NEW AIRPORT PROJECT CO-ORDINATING OFFICE (NAPCO), THE LEGAL AND, WHERE APPROPRIATE, THE HONG KONG CONSTRUCTION ASSOCIATION (HKCA).

TO THIS, NAPCO MEET WITH THE HKCA THINGS ARE AT," HE SAID.

"IN ADDITION TIMES TO REVIEW WHERE

AT DIFFERENT

SAID

IMPORTANCE THE ACP

TURNING TO THE IMPORTANT SUBJECT OF SITE SAFETY, MR BLAKE THE HEALTH AND WELFARE OF ALL WORKERS HAD TO BE OF PRIMARY AND IT' WAS FOR THIS REASON THAT THE SAFETY REQUIREMENTS IN CONDITIONS WERE "BEEFED UP".

OF

"SITE SAFETY IS A 24 HOUR PER DAY MATTER AND I ASK THAT ALL.

NOT ONLY ON THE ACP, YOU STRIVE FOR EVEN SAFER WORKING ENVIRONMENTS

HE ADDED. BUT IN ALL AREAS OF WORK YOU ARE INVOLVED,

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ACP CONTRACT AWARDED FOR AIR TRAFFIC CONTROL TOWER

THE CENTRAL TENDER BOARD HAS APPROVED THE AWARD OF AN CORE PROGRAMME (ACP) CONTRACT FOR THE BUILDING OF AN AIR CONTROL TOWER AND COMPLEX FOR THE NEW AIRPORT AT CHEK LAP KOK.

AIRPORT TRAFFIC

THE CONTRACT, VALUED AT ABOUT $360 MILLION, WILL BE AWARDED BY THE ARCHITECTURAL SERVICES DEPARTMENT TO YAU LEE CONSTRUCTION COMPANY LIMITED OF HONG KONG.

THE COMPANY WILL BE RESPONSIBLE FOR BUILDING AN 80-METRE HIGH CONTROL TOWER AND A SEVEN-STOREY COMPLEX COMPRISING THE AIR TRAFFIC CONTROL CENTRE AND OFFICES FOR THE CIVIL AVIATION DEPARTMENT AND THE ROYAL OVSERVATORY.

WORK

WILL START LATER THIS MONTH AND WILL BE COMPLETED IN DECEMBER, 1996.

THE AWARD OF THIS CONTRACT BRINGS THE TOTAL NUMBER OF ACP CONTRACTS AWARDED SO FAR TO 65, WITH A TOTAL VALUE OF ABOUT $51.7 BILLION.

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THESE INCLUDE 51 CONTRACTS WORTH ABOUT $33.9 BILLION AWARDED BY THE GOVERNMENT, 12 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 CORPORAT LON.

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