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TUESDAY, OCTOBER 11, 1994

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CONTRACT AWARDED FOR WATER WORKS IN TUNG CHUNG

THE

CENTRAL TENDER BOARD HAS APPROVED THE AWARD OF A CONTRACT UNDER THE AIRPORT CORE PROGRAMME TO CARRY OUT CIVIL WORKS FOR THE TUNG CHUNG FRESH WATER SERVICE RESERVOIR.

THE CONTRACT, VALUED AT ABOUT $135 MILLION, HAS BEEN AWARDED BY то THE CHINA THE HONG KONG GOVERNMENT'S WATER SUPPLIES DEPARTMENT STATE CONSTRUCTION ENGINEERING CORPORATION.

PROJECT

THE CONTRACT IS PART OF THE NORTH LANTAU WATER SUPPLY

CHEK TO PROVIDE A PERMANENT FRESH WATER SUPPLY TO THE NEW AIRPORT AT

DEVELOPMENTS ON LAP KOK, THE TUNG CHUNG NEW TOWN AND OTHER PROPOSED THE NORTH LANTAU.

FOR THE THE COMPANY WILL BE RESPONSIBLE FOR ALL CIVIL WORKS

WHICH INCLUDE DRAINAGE, TUNG CHUNG FRESH WATER SERVICE RESERVOIR, LANDSCAPING, SITE FORMATION AND LAYING OF A WATER MAIN.

THE WORKS WILL START LATER THIS MONTH FOR COMPLETION IN

APRIL

1996.

AIRPORT THE AWARD OF THIS CONTRACT BRINGS THE TOTAL NUMBER OF CORE PROGRAMME CONTRACTS AWARDED SO FAR TO 66, WITH A TOTAL VALUE OF ABOUT $51.8 BILLION.

BY THE

CONTRACT

THESE INCLUDE 52 CONTRACTS WORTH ABOUT $34 BILLION AWARDED THE GOVERNMENT, 12 CONTRACTS WORTH ABOUT $11.5 BILLION AWARDED BY PROVISIONAL AIRPORT AUTHORITY, THE $5.7 BILLION CONSTRUCTION AWARDED BY THE WESTERN HARBOUR TUNNEL COMPANY LIMITED, BILLION IMMERSED TUBE TUNNEL CONTRACT FOR THE AIRPORT RAILWAY BY THE MASS TRANSIT RAILWAY CORPORATION.

AND A $0.6 AWARDED

THE WAS

SPACE ROCK LANDS AT PROVISIONAL AIRPORT AUTHORITY

*

A SMALL "PIECE" OF HONG KONG THAT HAS COMPLETED 236 ORBITS OF EARTH, TRAVELLING 6.1 MILLION MILES BEFORE LANDING BACK ON EARTH AIRPORT AUTHORITY TODAY (TUESDAY) PRESENTED TO THE PROVISIONAL

(PAA).

THE PRESENTATION WAS MADE BY DR LEROY CHIAO, NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION (NASA) WHO CARRIED ENGRAVED QUARTZ DUG UP FROM CHEK LAP KOK ON BOARD SHUTTLE, COLUMBIA, DURING ITS MISSION IN JULY.

ASTRONAUT OF THE THE THE U.S. SPACE

KONG, IS THE FIRST DR CHIAO, ON A FOUR-DAY VISIT TO HONG

CEREMONY AT ASTRONAUT OF 100 PER CENT CHINESE ANCESTRY. IN A SIMPLE

THE THE PROVISIONAL AIRPORT AUTHORITY'S HEADQUARTERS, HE HANDED OVER

DR SMALL CHUNK OF QUARTZ TO THE PAA'S CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER, TOWNSEND.

HANK

/HE SAID