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FERRY ROUTE DEFINED

MONDAY, OCTOBER 24, 1994

THE

LIAISON PORT DEVELOPMENT BOARD IS MAINTAINING CLOSE ALL GROUPS LIKELY TO BE AFFECTED BY THE EVENTUAL CONSTRUCTION CONTAINER TERMINAL 10 AND WILL STRENGTHEN THESE CONTACTS.

WITH OF

THIS WAS STATED TODAY (MONDAY) BY A SPOKESMAN FOR THE BOARD IN RESPONSE TO A NEWSPAPER ARTICLE ON THE DISCOVERY BAY FERRY.

THE

SPOKESMAN SAID THERE WAS NO QUESTION OF FERRIES HAVING OPERATE IN WATERS CROWDED WITH VESSELS WORKING ON LANTAU PORT.

THE

TO

MARINE

ROUTE FOR

BOARD UNDERSTANDS THAT AFTER DISCUSSIONS WITH THE DEPARTMENT AND THE CIVIL ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT, A DISCOVERY BAY FERRIES HAS BEEN SUGGESTED TO THE FERRY OPERATORS.

DISCUSSIONS

THE DEPARTMENTS CONCERNED WILL HAVE FURTHER WHILE ON THE EXACT ROUTE, THE ULTIMATE ROUTE USED, AND THE SAFETY OF VESSEL AND ITS PASSENGERS, WILL CONTINUE TO BE THE RESPONSIBILITY THE VESSEL'S CAPTAIN AND ITS OWNERS.

THE

OF

WILL

MADE PUBLIC

FERRY CO.

THE MARINE DEPARTMENT WILL ENSURE THAT NAVIGATIONAL AIDS BE IN PLACE DURING THE WORKS. DETAILS OF THESE WILL BE BEFORE WORK STARTS AND THE COMMENTS OF THE DISCOVERY BAY WILL BE SOUGHT BEFORE THE MEASURES ARE FINALISED.

THE SPOKESMAN EMPHASISED THAT THE VIEWS OF ALL PARTIES INVOLVED WORK ON WERE BEING CONSIDERED DURING THE CONTINUING DETAILED DESIGN LANTAU PORT.

CONSTRUCTION OF TSING MA BRIDGE DECK BEGINS

PART OF

THE FIRST STEEL DECK SECTION OF THE TSING MA BRIDGE, THE AIRPORT CORE PROGRAMME (ACP), HAS JUST BEEN SUCCESSFULLY PLACED.

OF

"THIS IS A MAJOR STEP FORWARD AS IT MARKS THE COMMENCEMENT THE CONSTRUCTION

ACTING OF THE 2.2-KILOMETRE-LONG BRIDGE DECK, DIRECTOR PROJECT

OF THE LANTAU FIXED CROSSING PROJECT MANAGEMENT OFFICE OF THE HIGHWAYS DEPARTMENT, MR C K LAU, SAID TODAY (MONDAY).

THE TSING MA BRIDGE, WITH A MAIN SUSPENDED SPAN OF 1,377 METRES

SPANS

WILL BE ON BOTH TSING YI AND MA WAN,

THE SIDE

LONGEST SUSPENSION BRIDGE IN THE WORLD CARRYING BOTH ROAD AND RAIL TRAFFIC.

AND

THE FIRST SECTION OF THE STEEL DECK MEASURING 80 AND WEIGHING 1,350

1,350 TONNES WAS LIFTED BY STRAND JACKS BRIDGE'S SIDE SPAN ON TSING YI.

UP

METRES LONG ONTO THE

/THE 288-METRE-LONG